California school shooter dies with motive a mystery
SANTA CLARITA, Calif. — The death of a 16-year-old boy who killed two students and wounded three others at his Southern California high school has lef...
The Latest: Ousted Ukraine ambassador has her say in hearing
WASHINGTON — The Latest on President Donald Trump and House impeachment hearings (all times local):
Bolivia: 5 dead in clashes challenging interim government
SACABA, Bolivia — Bolivian security forces clashed with supporters of former President Evo Morales in a central town Friday, leaving at least five peo...
Jones scores 31, No. 2 Duke beats Georgia State, 74-63
DURHAM, N.C. — No. 2 Duke hadn’t shot this poorly all season. The Blue Devils made up for it with one of their most impressive rebounding performances...
Motive a mystery in fatal California school shooting
SANTA CLARITA, Calif. — A 16-year-old boy planned the attack that killed two students and wounded three others at a Southern California high school, b...
No. 12 Seton Hall placed on 3 years’ probation by NCAA
SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. — The NCAA has placed the men’s basketball program at Seton Hall on probation for three years, taken away a scholarship for the 202...
Stocks end week of milestones at new highs; Dow tops 28,000
Wall Street closed out the week with more milestones Friday as the Dow Jones Industrial Average crossed 28,000 for the first time and the S&P 500 ...
Fire burns for Stewart as he chases another NASCAR title
HOMESTEAD, Fla. — Tony Stewart was convalescing from a nasty wreck, and he was depressed because, as he cracked, "if you live with your mom and stepda...
Noseda, in his prime, lifting National Symphony Orchestra
NEW YORK — After a piano rehearsal, two orchestra sessions and one concert performance together, soprano Christine Goerke gushed with praise for Giana...
Warren says getting to ‘Medicare for All’ will take 3 years
WASHINGTON — Elizabeth Warren announced Friday that she won’t immediately push to give every American fully government-funded health care and instead ...
Mormon leader: We didn’t leave Boy Scouts, they left us
NEW YORK — A high-ranking leader with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints said Friday the church severed its century-long tie with the Boy...
Attorney: Man charged in adoption case ‘made happy families’
SALT LAKE CITY — An Arizona elected official charged with running an adoption-fraud scheme involving women from the Marshall Islands ran a legal pract...
Creator of Lizzo’s signature slogan could get a Grammy nod
NEW YORK — Mina Lioness’ longstanding battle to finally receive writing credit on Lizzo’s megahit song “Truth Hurts” is paying off in more ways than o...
Pensioners struggling to survive join Chile protests
SANTIAGO, Chile — Seventy-seven-year-old María Gonzalez is tired of waking up, Monday to Friday, to sell toilet paper in the Chilean capital. Her meag...
Swift questions AMAs performance over fight with music group
LOS ANGELES — Taylor Swift said Thursday that she may not perform at the American Music Awards and may have to put other projects including a forthcom...
American IS suspect repatriated from Turkish-Greek border
ANKARA, Turkey — An American citizen suspected of being an Islamic State group member was deported to the U.S. on Friday after spending five days in n...
Trump contributes foreword to paperback of McConnell book
NEW YORK — The paperback edition of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s “The Long Game” includes a foreword from a well-placed fellow Republican:...
For Obama and Patrick, a long friendship and political bond
WASHINGTON — Deval Patrick was in need of a pep talk.
Belarus holds vote, ignores blatant ballot box stuffing
MINSK, Belarus — Belarus is holding a parliamentary election but with top opposition candidates kept off the ballot, only loyalists to the nation’s au...
Esper defends as fair Pentagon contract disputed by Amazon
SEOUL, South Korea — U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Friday he was certain that the awarding of a $10 billion cloud-computing contract to Micro...
Garrett loses cool, hits Steelers QB with helmet in brawl
CLEVELAND — The Browns were seconds away from a season-changing win when Myles Garrett lost his composure in a moment of rage rarely seen on an NFL fi...
Esper says S Korea wealthy enough to pay more for US troops
SEOUL, South Korea — U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper says South Korea is wealthy enough to pay a bigger share of the cost of having U.S. troops on i...
Venezuela’s Guaidó urges nation back into the streets
CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has seen an ally forced from office and protests rattle leaders across Latin America in recen...
N. Korea calls Biden a ‘rabid dog’ for insulting its dignity
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea called former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden a “rabid dog” that “must be beaten to death with a stick” in its latest s...
Sri Lankans seek security in post-Easter attack election
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Worries about Islamic extremism will be paramount for many Sri Lankan voters while others hope to block former leaders accused of...
Hall layup leads No. 3 Michigan State over No. 12 Seton Hall
NEWARK, N.J. — Freshman Malik Hall hit a layup with 26 seconds to play and scored all 17 of his points in the second half as No. 3 Michigan State over...
Winners in key categories at the 2019 Latin Grammy Awards
A list of winners in key categories at the 2019 Latin Grammy Awards, held Thursday at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
Holiday’s 36 points push Pelicans past Clippers 132-127
NEW ORLEANS — Jrue Holiday scored 36 points and stole the ball from Paul George three times in the final minutes to spoil George’s season debut and le...
The Latest: Trump says impeachment probe hard on his family
BOSSIER CITY, La. — The Latest on President Donald Trump at a rally in Louisiana (all times local):