Cholesterol levels dropping in US, but many still need care
WASHINGTON — Some good health news: Americans' cholesterol levels are dropping, and more people at especially high risk are getting treatment.
A Whole New World: Disney streaming debuts with hit brands
NEW YORK — Disney will sprinkle its pixie dust on the streaming arena Tuesday, as its Disney Plus service debuts with an arsenal of marquee franchises...
Little Rock teachers to go on strike over district’s control
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Little Rock teachers will go on strike for one day this week over an Arkansas panel's decision to strip their collective bargainin...
Man charged in Caribbean hotel worker’s death skips hearing
DARIEN, Conn. — A Connecticut man charged in the death of a hotel worker he says attacked his family in Anguilla has declined to return to the British...
Utah death-row inmate featured in best-selling book dies
SALT LAKE CITY — A Utah death-row inmate whose double-murder case was featured in the book "Under the Banner of Heaven" and who was nearing execution ...
Uber CEO walks back comment on Saudi writer’s slaying
NEW YORK — Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi is facing criticism for calling the murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi "a mistake" in an interv...
Lobbying by sitting Illinois lawmakers under scrutiny
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — A federal bribery charge against an Illinois state legislator has led to questions about whether lawmakers should be allowed to lo...
Keystone pipeline restarts 2 weeks after North Dakota leak
BISMARCK, N.D. — Canadian crude oil is once again moving through a pipeline nearly two weeks after the line leaked an estimated 383,000 gallons (1.4 m...
As ruling nears, immigrant fights for anti-deportation act
NEW YORK — A Mexican immigrant fighting President Donald Trump's attempt to end a program shielding young immigrants from deportation says he is nervo...
What’s coming in impeachment: The inquiry goes public
WASHINGTON — For only the fourth time in U.S. history, the House of Representatives has started a presidential impeachment inquiry. House committees a...
Rebirth, angst and the ‘new normal’ of California wildfires
SANTA ROSA, Calif. — Tina Chandler walks outside her home and sniffs the air. "Do you smell smoke?" she asks.
Still teaching at 95, Jimmy Carter draws devotees to church
PLAINS, Ga. — The pilgrims arrive early and from all over, gathering hours before daybreak in an old pecan grove that surrounds a country church. They...
Justices take up high-profile case over young immigrants
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is taking up the Trump administration's plan to end legal protections that shield 660,000 immigrants from deportation, ...
Members of community attacked in Mexico doubt they’ll return
PHOENIX — A Utah man who helped get his mother and other family members safely out of northern Mexico after nine people were killed in an apparent amb...
Hispanic immigrant in line to lead US Catholic bishops
Clergy sex abuse is once again on the agenda as U.S. Catholic bishops meet this week — but so is a potentially historic milestone: Los Angeles Archbis...
New federal grant program allots $10M for dams in 26 states
Built for irrigation in 1884, Smith Reservoir in Colorado no longer can hold as much water as it once did.
Offshoot Mormon community hit in deadly attack leaves Mexico
TUCSON, Ariz. — An 18-vehicle caravan carrying about 100 members of an offshoot Mormon community leaving their homes in Mexico after a violent attack ...
Pot or not? Busts highlight growing confusion over hemp
NEW YORK — The CBD craze might be leaving the war on drugs a bit dazed and confused.
For 30-somethings, stakes are high over future of DACA
PHOENIX — Karina Ruiz's life is deeply rooted in Phoenix. She has three children and two grandkids, a side gig selling houses, frantic days rushing ki...
Tribe members: Ancient bison kill site desecrated by mining
SARPY CREEK, Montana — When a coal company contractor working under federal oversight used a backhoe to dig up one of the largest known Native America...
N Carolina senator has latched on to Trump. Will he hold on?
RALEIGH, N.C. — Sen. Thom Tillis is following a simple formula for reelection in closely divided North Carolina: Stand with Donald Trump.
Black voter outreach intensifies in Louisiana governor race
BATON ROUGE, La. — To win a second term in his Southern state, Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards needs strong turnout from Louisiana's black voters, wh...
Harris, Warren compete for support from black female voters
Kamala Harris got a much needed boost this past week when the California senator picked up the endorsement of Higher Heights, the country's largest po...
Trump pushes back on reports US will remove China tariffs
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Friday dismissed a Chinese official's assertion that his administration has agreed to roll back some of the hig...
Complaint: ‘Jane Doe’ beaten, burned, discarded in Wisconsin
MILWAUKEE — A woman known for two decades simply as "Jane Doe" after her battered remains were found on the edge of a Wisconsin cornfield was a cognit...
Whistleblower disputes boil over in impeachment interview
WASHINGTON — Transcripts released Friday in the impeachment inquiry show Republicans and Democrats repeatedly skirmishing over GOP questions that appe...
Paradise community gathers on anniversary of Camp Fire
PARADISE, Calif. — One year after Paradise burned, hundreds of people gathered in the parking lot of a former bank building in the Northern California...
Mural of activist Greta Thunberg going up in San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO — Teen climate activist Greta Thunberg is staring down at pedestrians in the heart of San Francisco where an artist is painting a massiv...
Stocks push past latest trade-war confusion to more records
NEW YORK — The stock market capped another week of healthy gains on Friday, but it ended on more of a befuddled note than a bang as confusion about th...
Got a weird text? A telecom vendor says it’s to blame
If you woke up to a weird text that seemed totally out of place, you aren't alone. A mysterious wave of missives swept America's phones overnight, del...