US wholesale prices up 0.5% in January, most since late 2018
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. producer prices climbed last month at fastest pace since October 2018 as higher prices for servic...
Ex-Gov. Blagojevich returns to Chicago, maintains innocence
CHICAGO (AP) — Rod Blagojevich returned home to Chicago early Wednesday, shaking hands and signing autographs after Pres...
Pompeo says South Africa land seizures would be ‘disastrous’
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — America’s top diplomat on Wednesday asserted that South Africa’s plan to allow expropriatio...
In the spirit of Whitney: Houston Hologram tour set to begin
BURBANK, Calif. (AP) — Whitney Houston is about to appear on the concert stage again. Eight years after her death, a hol...
Asian shares mostly rise despite continuing virus fears
TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares mostly rose Wednesday, despite overnight losses on Wall Street and continuing fears about an o...
‘Good Times’ Ja’Net DuBois dies; co-wrote ‘Jeffersons’ theme
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ja’Net DuBois, who played the vivacious neighbor Willona Woods on “Good Times” and composed and sang ...
Actress Zoe Caldwell, Tony winner for ‘Medea,’ dies at 86
NEW YORK (AP) — Zoe Caldwell, a four-time Tony Award winner who brought humanity to larger-than-life characters, whether...
Utah lawmakers get tough on porn, ease up on polygamy
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah lawmakers voted Tuesday to put new regulations on pornography and remove some on polygamy in ...
Immigration agency subpoenas Oregon county over 2 inmates
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement subpoenaed a sheriff’s office in the suburbs of Portland,...
Trial begins in lawsuit over missing woman’s murdered sons
TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — A final chapter in the horrific saga of a Utah woman who vanished about a decade ago and the killin...
Nebraska denies pardon for notorious killer’s ex-girlfriend
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska’s pardons board refused Tuesday to pardon the murder conviction of the ex-girlfriend of Ch...
‘Fresh Off the Boat’ leaving indelible mark on TV landscape
Even before “Fresh Off the Boat” hit the airwaves on ABC in February 2015, the show was facing pressure that other new s...
Charge: Man strangled girlfriend, 2 girls, burned bodies
Arzel J. Ivery is seen in an undated photo provided by the Shelby County, Tenn., Sheriff's Office. Ivery, boyfriend of A...
After learning of Whitey Bulger LSD tests, juror has regrets
EASTHAM, Mass. (AP) — One of the jurors who convicted notorious crime boss James “Whitey” Bulger says she regrets her de...
Mom, daughter plead not guilty to slaying 5 close relatives
DOYLESTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A mother and her adult daughter pleaded not guilty Tuesday to killing five of their close relativ...
MIT to caption online videos after discrimination lawsuit
BOSTON (AP) — The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has agreed to provide captions for more of its publicly availabl...
US border clampdown forces Venezuelan teen into Mexico alone
In this Monday, Feb. 17, 2020 photo provided by attorney Jodi Goodwin, a Venezuelan teenager named Branyerly stands on a...
Insider Q&A: Facebook VP of Messenger discusses privacy
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — At Facebook, Stan Chudnovsky oversees the Messenger chat app that’s used by well over 1 billion peo...
Soggy neighborhoods under flash-flood warning in Mississippi
RIDGELAND, Miss. (AP) — Forecasters expected more heavy rains in parts of the flood-ravaged South on Tuesday, prolonging...
Ethiopia says US plans ‘substantial financial support’
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — America’s top diplomat in his final Africa stop on Tuesday discussed political reforms with Ethiopia’s Nobel Peace Prize-winni...
Shares take hit as virus outbreak slams profits, events
BANGKOK — Shares slipped in Europe and Asia on Tuesday as the impact from the virus outbreak that began in China deepened, with Apple saying it would ...
China reports 1,886 new virus cases, death toll up by 98
Mainland China reported 1,886 new virus cases and 98 more deaths for a total of 1,868 in its update Tuesday, following a report that 80% of cases have...
Hundreds still flooded from homes in Mississippi capital
JACKSON, Miss. — The swollen Pearl River appeared to have crested Monday in Mississippi’s capital, but authorities warned the hundreds of evacuees in ...
Jeff Bezos commits $10 billion to fight climate change
NEW YORK — Amazon founder Jeff Bezos said Monday that he plans to spend $10 billion of his own fortune to help fight climate change.
Eccentric millionaire Durst faces trial in friend’s killing
LOS ANGELES — There is almost no physical evidence connecting New York real estate heir Robert Durst to the slaying of his best friend in Los Angeles ...
Tech-starved government seeks industry’s best, brightest
Denver — In this post-impeachment era of divisiveness and deadlock in the nation’s capital, Uncle Sam has a message for top U.S. technologists:
American cruise passengers quarantined at US military bases
TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — More than 300 American cruise ship passengers, including 14 who tested positive for coronavirus, were being quarantine...
Pompeo in Africa visit praises Angola’s moves against graft
JOHANNESBURG — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in his latest Africa stop on Monday praised Angola’s president for his actions against corruption, ...
Asian markets mixed: Japan skids; China helped by rate cut
BANGKOK — Markets were mixed in Asia on Monday, with Japan's benchmark slipping 0.8% after the government reported the economy contracted 6.3% in annu...
Floods put Mississippi capital in ‘precarious situation’
JACKSON, Miss. — With the waters in the Pearl River continuing to rise in and around Mississippi's capital city and more rain on the way this week, th...