US consumer prices up 0.4% in October; gasoline prices surge
WASHINGTON — Surging gasoline prices caused U.S. consumer prices to rise last month at the fastest pace since March.
Global stocks sink after Trump threatens more China tariffs
BEIJING — Global stocks sank Wednesday after President Donald Trump threatened more tariff hikes on Chinese imports if talks aimed at ending a trade w...
BMI honors Dwight Yoakam, top country songwriters
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Country music singer, songwriter and actor Dwight Yoakam was honored by performing rights organization BMI for his trailblazing and...
Asian stocks sink after Trump threatens more China tariffs
BEIJING — Asian stocks sank Wednesday after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened more tariff hikes on Chinese imports if talks aimed at ending a tra...
Michigan teen who vaped received double lung transplant
DETROIT — A Michigan teenager was the recipient of what could be the first double lung transplant on a person whose lungs were severely damaged from v...
Prosecutor: Messages show teen plotted SC school shooting
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Prosecutors who want a teen to serve a lifelong prison sentence for killing a first-grader on a South Carolina school playground show...
Border wall opponents in court trying to stop construction
SAN DIEGO — A federal appeals court heard arguments Tuesday on a bid to halt military funding for construction of President Donald Trump's border wall...
Oklahomans launch new petition to reduce prison population
OKLAHOMA CITY — Days after more than 450 Oklahoma inmates walked out of prison in the nation's largest single-day prisoner release, a group that champ...
Woman who spoke at Epstein’s bail hearing sues his estate
NEW YORK — A woman who confronted Jeffrey Epstein at a July bail hearing to tell a judge he touched her inappropriately when she was 16 sued his estat...
In ‘The Report,’ setting the record on torture straight
NEW YORK — The unredacted Senate Intelligence Committee report on the CIA's detention and enhanced interrogation program runs approximately 6,700 page...
Unproven fraud claims seen in state races could cloud 2020
As Kentucky's Republican governor trailed by thousands of votes in his re-election bid and Democrats took the reins of the Virginia Statehouse, social...
Sorry, wrong number: Statistical benchmark comes under fire
NEW YORK — Earlier this fall Dr. Scott Solomon presented the results of a huge heart drug study to an audience of fellow cardiologists in Paris.
US-British diplomatic clash in store over Caribbean killing?
HARTFORD, Conn. — Officials in Anguilla are preparing a warrant for the arrest of a Connecticut man who refused to return to the Caribbean island to f...
HBO doc peers into Ralph Lauren’s rose-tinted American Dream
NEW YORK — Of all the editors, fashion notables, filmmakers and cultural critics who opine on Ralph Lauren in the new documentary "Very Ralph," it's a...
Senate Democrats assail Trump’s $16B bailout for farmers
MINNEAPOLIS — President Donald Trump's $16 billion bailout package for farmers hurt by the trade war with China unfairly benefits the South at the exp...
Former President Carter out of surgery, no complications
ATLANTA — Former President Jimmy Carter was recovering Tuesday following surgery to relieve pressure from brain bleeding linked to recent falls.
Singer Andrea Bocelli: ‘Absurd’ to shun opera legend Domingo
MIAMI — Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli is staunchly defending opera legend Placido Domingo, calling it "absurd" that opera houses have canceled the star...
Democrats’ wins could help bring down Confederate statues
RICHMOND, Va. — An army of Confederate monuments dots Virginia's landscape but some of those statues could soon start coming down after Election Day g...
US held record number of migrant children in custody in 2019
COMAYAGUA, Honduras — The 3-year-old girl traveled for weeks cradled in her father's arms, as he set out to seek asylum in the United States. Now she ...
LA’s Gómez elected 1st Hispanic to lead US Catholic bishops
BALTIMORE — Archbishop José Gómez of Los Angeles, an immigrant from Mexico, overwhelmingly won election Tuesday as the first Hispanic to head the U.S....
McDonald’s workers say anti-harassment efforts fall short
McDonald's got tough on its former CEO, who was fired last week for having a consensual relationship with an employee.
Man: Slashing ‘Baby Trump’ was matter of good versus evil
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — An Alabama man charged with criminal mischief in the slashing of a towering "Baby Trump" balloon has defended his actions, saying i...
Report: Election vendors are ‘prime targets,’ need oversight
ATLANTA — The private companies that make voting equipment and build and maintain voter registration databases lack any meaningful federal oversight d...
Stocks mixed as uncertainty reigns in US-China trade talks
BANGKOK — Shares were mixed in Asia on Tuesday as investors awaited cues on trade talks between China and the U.S.
Widow sues boat owner in fire off California that killed 34
LOS ANGELES — The widow of a passenger who died in a fiery dive boat disaster that killed 34 people in the waters off California sued the vessel's own...
Transit system apologizes to black rider cuffed for eating
SAN FRANCISCO — The head of a San Francisco Bay Area commuter train system apologized to a black rider who was detained and cited by police for eating...
Winter already? Snow, deep freeze from Rockies to East Coast
CHICAGO — An arctic air mass that brought snow and ice to an area stretching from the Rocky Mountains to northern New England on Monday was poised to ...
Portland, Oregon, paramedics learn self-defense amid attacks
PORTLAND, Ore. — Trisha Preston was transporting a patient in a mental health crisis in the back of her ambulance when suddenly the woman undid her se...
The most destructive hurricanes are hitting US more often
WASHINGTON — Big, destructive hurricanes are hitting the U.S. three times more frequently than they did a century ago, according to a new study.
AP-NORC poll: Many youths say high school diploma is enough
Although most young Americans believe in the value of higher education, many still consider a high school diploma alone to be enough for success, acco...