Alaska governor marks 1st year in office amid turmoil
JUNEAU, Alaska — Last December, poor weather scrambled Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s inaugural plans, a bumpy start to a turbulent year marked by budget...
Fears about worker shootings prompt new business tactics
OKLAHOMA CITY — Security is not subtle at the sprawling campus of human resources technology giant Paycom in Oklahoma City.
Impact of WTO protests in Seattle still felt 2 decades later
SEATTLE — Nancy Haque worried about the conditions in sweatshops around the world. For Lynne Dodson, it was the possibility of attacks on public educa...
10 animals killed in barn fire at Ohio wildlife park
PORT CLINTON, Ohio — Officials in Ohio say at least 10 animals have been killed in a barn fire at a wildlife park.
Asian shares slide on weak Japan data; US markets closed
BEIJING — Shares extended losses in Asia on Friday after Japan and South Korea reported weak manufacturing data that suggest a worsening toll from tra...
Thanksgiving brings brief respite from worst of snow, winds
Wintry weather temporarily loosened its grip across much of the U.S. just in time for Thanksgiving, but travelers were bracing for heavy snow and bliz...
After wind scare, balloons fly in Macy’s Thanksgiving parade
NEW YORK — The beloved balloons flew, but lower than usual, in a windy Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade after an anxious weather watch.
Somalia burial planned for Minnesota high-rise fire victim
MINNEAPOLIS — Family members of a woman who was killed when fire broke out on the 14th floor of a Minneapolis public housing high-rise say they’re mak...
Video app TikTok unblocks teen who posted on China’s Muslims
SAN FRANCISCO — Chinese-owned video app TikTok says it has unblocked a U.S. teenager and restored her viral video condemning China’s treatment of its ...
Fire continues at Texas plant; 50K under evacuation order
PORT NECHES, Texas — More than 50,000 people in East Texas remained under a mandatory evacuation order Thursday as a fire continued to burn at a chemi...
China furious, Hong Kong celebrates after US move on bills
BEIJING — China reacted furiously Thursday to President Donald Trump’s signing two bills aimed at supporting human rights in Hong Kong, summoning the ...
Michigan, Illinois set to usher in recreational pot sales
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — James Daly is eager to make marijuana history on Sunday, when he plans to open the doors to Arbors Wellness, beckon the lengthy lin...
Asian shares retreat after Trump approval of Hong Kong bill
BEIJING — Asian shares were mostly lower on Thursday after President Donald Trump signed a bill expressing support for human rights in Hong Kong.
Wynn Resorts settles with pension funds over sex allegations
RENO, Nev. — Wynn Resorts agreed Wednesday to accept $41 million from former CEO and chairman Steve Wynn and insurance carriers as part of a settlemen...
Utah hearing for Hawaii suspect in extreme cyberstalking
HONOLULU — A man arrested in Hawaii will be sent to Utah, where he’s accused of tormenting a family for more than year by sending more than 500 people...
Judge keeps California law on utilities paying fire damages
SAN FRANCISCO — A federal bankruptcy court judge on Wednesday rejected Pacific Gas & Electric’s latest attempt to change a California law requirin...
Judge upholds charges that could put Weinstein away for life
NEW YORK — A New York judge has rejected Harvey Weinstein’s bid to throw out the most serious charges in his sexual assault case, dealing a big blow t...
Navy cancels review for SEALs after firing of Navy secretary
SAN DIEGO — The Navy has cancelled a peer-review process for three Navy SEAL officers who supervised a fourth SEAL convicted of posing with a dead tee...
Report: US lacked technology to track separated families
PHOENIX — The U.S. government separated thousands of families despite knowing it lacked the technology to document and track their whereabouts, accord...
The Latest: Vaping industry slams ban on flavored products
BOSTON — The Latest on Massachusetts becoming the first state to ban flavored tobacco and vaping products, including menthol cigarettes (all times loc...
MRIs of dense breasts find more cancer but also false alarms
Giving women with very dense breasts an MRI scan in addition to a mammogram led to fewer missed cancers but also to a lot of false alarms and treatmen...
Correction: Reckoning-Where Are They Now story
In a story sent Oct. 4 and 5 about clergy members that the Roman Catholic Church considers credibly accused of child sexual abuse living with little t...
Ex-Houston officer to remain jailed in deadly drug raid case
HOUSTON — A judge has denied bond for a former Houston police officer charged with murder in a January drug raid that killed a couple in their home an...
Wind could ground big balloons at NYC’s Thanksgiving parade
NEW YORK — Smokey Bear might feel like he’s battling Santa Ana winds — if he even gets a chance to fly.
Evacuation orders ended as rain douses California wildfire
GOLETA, Calif. — A strong storm moved into Southern California on Wednesday, almost completely dousing a wildfire that had threatened thousands of hom...
Judge denies challenge to Indiana religious objection limits
INDIANAPOLIS — An Indiana judge has canceled a trial challenging limits on the state’s religious objections law, finding conservative groups failed to...
Sheriff: Marine deserter captured at Virginia murder scene
ROANOKE, Va. — A Marine deserter wanted in the fatal shooting of his mother’s boyfriend was captured Wednesday after a weekslong, multistate manhunt t...
Winter storm threatens to scramble Thanksgiving travel plans
MINNEAPOLIS — A day after bringing havoc to the Rocky Mountains, a powerful winter storm rolled across the Midwest on Wednesday, threatening to scramb...
Experts: Leadership key to changing anti-gay police culture
CLAYTON, Mo. — It is possible to change the police culture in St. Louis County, which was on the losing end of a $20 million jury award to a gay offic...
5 dead, 3 hurt in ‘devastating’ Minneapolis high-rise fire
MINNEAPOLIS — A fire swept through a Minneapolis high-rise apartment building early Wednesday, killing five people and sending three others to the hos...