US construction spending falls 0.8% in October
WASHINGTON — Spending on U.S. construction projects fell 0.8% in October, dragged down by declines in apartment and multi-family homebuilding.
Global markets steady at start of busy economic data week
LONDON — Global stock markets traded in fairly narrow ranges Monday as investors awaited developments on the U.S.-China trade talks front and a raft o...
New higher-speed Florida train has highest US death rate
MIAMI — After Richard Branson announced his Virgin Group would partner with Brightline, Florida’s new higher-speed passenger rail service, a train whi...
China urges rollback of US tariffs, Huawei exec’s release
BEIJING — China’s foreign ministry on Monday urged Canada to free an executive of telecom equipment giant Huawei Technologies held for more than a yea...
Rock tragedy: Music superstars, small suburb forever linked
FINNEYTOWN, Ohio — Tragedy four decades ago linked the British rock band The Who to a small suburban city in Ohio.
9 family members killed in South Dakota plane crash
Federal investigators are expected to arrive Monday at the South Dakota site where nine members of an extended Idaho family were killed in a plane cra...
Correction: Sex Abuse-Lawsuits story
NEWARK, N.J. — In a story Nov. 30 about New Jersey sex abuse limits, The Associated Press reported erroneously the type of clients two attorneys repre...
Deadly storm moves cross country taking aim at Northeast
NEW YORK — Hundreds of flights were canceled and thousands delayed for travelers heading home after the Thanksgiving holiday as a deadly winter storm ...
Daughter in admissions scandal returns to YouTube channel
LOS ANGELES — Social media star Olivia Jade Giannulli on Sunday posted her first YouTube video since the arrest of her parents, actress Lori Loughlin ...
South Dakota airplane crash kills 9 in extended family
Nine members of an extended Idaho family died when their plane crashed in a South Dakota field as they were heading home after a hunting trip.
10 wounded in shooting near New Orleans’ French Quarter
NEW ORLEANS — Ten people were shot and wounded early Sunday near the French Quarter in New Orleans, a popular spot for tourists. Hours later in anothe...
‘Frozen 2’ ices competition again with record Thanksgiving
LOS ANGELES — “Frozen 2” kept a wintry wind at its back in its second week, setting a Thanksgiving record with a whopping box office bounty.
Rescuers search for girl, 6, missing after truck swept away
TONTO BASIN, Ariz. — Rescuers with helicopters, drones, boats and dogs searched Sunday for a 6-year-old girl missing since Friday, when a truck she wa...
Lobster catch headed for decline, not crash, scientists say
PORTLAND, Maine — A pair of studies by Maine-based scientists suggest the U.S. lobster industry is headed for a period of decline, but likely not a cr...
Sugar field burning plagues poor Florida towns with soot
PAHOKEE, Fla. — For residents of the Glades, a string of poor, predominantly African American rural towns dotting the southern shore of Florida’s Lake...
Mountain village embraces its legacy as cure center for TB
SARANAC LAKE, N.Y. — An Adirondack Mountain village that was put on the map as a cure center for tuberculosis is honoring its novel legacy.
Paradise’s dream football season ends 1 year after fire
YUBA CITY, Calif. — Lukas Hartley stood in the endzone on Saturday night as raindrops mingled with his tears after his high school football team lost ...
Sewer blockage pushes waste into 300 New York City homes
NEW YORK — A blocked sewer main flooded basements Saturday with brown filth and left residents in the neighborhood near New York City’s Kennedy Airpor...
Powerful storm pushes into Midwest with heavy snow and winds
Wintry weather bedeviled Thanksgiving weekend travelers across the United States Saturday as a powerful and dangerous storm moved eastward, dumping he...
Authorities: 2 kids dead, 1 missing after truck swept away
TONTO BASIN, Ariz. — The bodies of two young children were found Saturday, but searchers were still looking for a third child who went missing after a...
California high school competes for title after deadly fire
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A Northern California high school football team will play for a championship Saturday one year after most of the players and coac...
Fiat Chrysler, auto union reach tentative deal on contract
DETROIT — The United Auto Workers and Fiat Chrysler reached a tentative agreement Saturday on a new four-year contract, which includes a total of $9 b...
Mississippi fire department roiled by noose in locker
HATTIESBURG, Miss. — There’s little disagreement that the object found in a white Mississippi firefighter’s locker was a hangman’s noose. But as with ...
In ride-hail boom, livery cabs feel squeezed and forgotten
NEW YORK — As a livery cab driver in the Bronx for more than a decade, Orlando Lantigua knows some of his customers well. If they don’t have money to ...
Belated bill to help solve indigenous cold cases gains steam
FARGO, N.D. — A bill originally meant to help law enforcement investigate cold cases of murdered and missing indigenous women that has floundered in C...
Head start on holiday deals tempers Black Friday frenzy
NEW YORK — Black Friday enthusiasts woke up before dawn and traveled cross-state to their favorite malls in search of hot deals, kicking off a shorten...
Agency cited sprinkler need months before high-rise fire
MINNEAPOLIS — The agency that manages public housing in Minneapolis noted a need for sprinklers in older high-rise apartments months before a massive ...
US says cryptocurrency expert violated NKorea sanctions
NEW YORK — A cryptocurrency expert has been charged with violating sanctions against North Korea by speaking at a conference there.
US stocks close out half-day session with broad losses
Stocks fell broadly on Wall Street Friday following a shortened trading session a day after the Thanksgiving holiday that left the market slightly bel...
How a central banker’s low-rate shift showed the way for Fed
RICHMOND, Virginia — In mid-2016, even with unemployment falling and the economy growing modestly, James Bullard, head of the St. Louis Federal Reserv...