Middleton has career-best 51, Bucks win minus Antetokounmpo
MILWAUKEE — Khris Middleton scored a career-high 51 points in the absence of injured teammate Giannis Antetokounmpo, leading the Milwaukee Bucks to a ...
New Mexico recreational pot legalization passes 1st test
SANTA FE, N.M. — A Democrat-backed bill to legalize recreational marijuana businesses in all towns and counties across New Mexico passed its first tes...
San Francisco official charged with corruption in FBI probe
SAN FRANCISCO — A top San Francisco public official and go-to bureaucrat to mayors over two decades was charged with public corruption Tuesday, upendi...
Pentagon: 50 troops suffered brain injuries in Iran strike
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon on Tuesday raised to 50 the number of U.S. service members who suffered traumatic brain injuries in Iran's missile strike ea...
GOP squirms as Bolton prepares to dish on Trump White House
WASHINGTON — For much of the last 20 years, John Bolton was a conservative poster child, a Republican hawk whose worldview helped shape the GOP establ...
Trial highlights: Trump defense urges end to impeachment
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s legal team on Tuesday concluded its three-day presentation as they started it — arguing that the Democrats’ case...
Tributes build outside arena known as House that Kobe Built
LOS ANGELES — Fans call it The House that Kobe Built, and since Kobe Bryant's death in a helicopter crash mourners by the thousands have gathered dail...
AP source: McConnell says he can’t yet block new witnesses
WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told senators privately Tuesday he does not yet have the votes to block new witnesses in President...
AP FACT CHECK: Trump defense wrong about FBI investigation
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's defense team falsely claimed the Justice Department was already investigating him even before the 2016 election ...
Coroner: 4 of 8 boat dock fire victims were children
SCOTTSBORO, Ala. — Roughly two dozen people lived on Dock B at Jackson County Park Marina, and none was rich or famous. They were middle-class adults ...
Midwestern states consider banning bias based on hairstyles
TOPEKA, Kan. — Black female legislators in two predominantly white Midwestern states urged their Republican colleagues Tuesday to join a national push...
Apple holiday season tops projections as iPhone bounces back
SAN FRANCISCO — Apple is still reaping huge profits from the iPhone while mining more moneymaking opportunities from the growing popularity of its sma...
Unite Here labor union staying neutral in Democratic primary
LAS VEGAS — Unite Here, the parent of the large Nevada union representing hotel and casino workers, announced Tuesday that it is not planning to endor...
Mag 7.7 quake hits between Cuba and Jamaica, but no injuries
HAVANA — A powerful magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck in the Caribbean Sea between Jamaica and eastern Cuba on Tuesday, shaking a vast area from Mexico ...
Harvard professor charged with hiding China ties, payments
BOSTON — A Harvard University professor was charged Tuesday with lying about his ties to a Chinese-run recruitment program and concealing payments he ...
Man accused of killing missing wife is in critical condition
FARMINGTON, Conn. — A Connecticut man charged with murdering his estranged wife was hospitalized in critical condition Tuesday after being found unres...
Trump peace plan delights Israelis, enrages Palestinians
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump unveiled his long-awaited Middle East plan Tuesday, winning immediate praise from a beaming Israeli Prime Minister...
Sanders’ Social Security ‘adjustments’ undercut Biden attack
DES MOINES, Iowa — As a congressman in the 1990s, Bernie Sanders expressed an openness to making “adjustments" to the tax and benefit structure of Soc...
Barr says there will be ‘zero tolerance’ on anti-Semitism
NEW YORK — Attorney General William Barr ordered federal prosecutors across the U.S. to step up their efforts to combat anti-Semitic hate crimes as he...
Budget deficit to break $1 trillion despite strong economy
WASHINGTON — An annual congressional report says the U.S. budget deficit is likely to burst through the symbolic $1 trillion barrier this year despite...
‘Minari,’ a Korean immigrant drama, breaks out at Sundance
PARK CITY, Utah — After the premiere of “Minari” at the Sundance Film Festival, while many in the audience were still drying their eyes, director Lee ...
In grinding manufacturing slump, 3M cuts another 1,500 jobs
A profound slump in manufacturing and a trade war that has slowed economic growth in China has led to a second round of layoffs at 3M, the Minnesota c...
Iowans adjust to ‘weird’ final days of caucus campaign
DES MOINES, Iowa — In normal years, Iowa is the center of the political universe during the final stretch before its famed caucuses. Top candidates ru...
Reports: Fotis Dulos, accused of killing his wife, is dead
FARMINGTON, Conn. — A Connecticut man charged with murdering his estranged and missing wife has died, according to reports Tuesday.
Kobe Bryant leaves lasting impact on women’s basketball
HARTFORD, Conn. — Kobe Bryant always had an interest in women's basketball, one that he shared with many in the sport even before his daughter Gianna ...
New pressure on Prince Andrew to help Epstein investigation
LONDON — The pressure on Britain’s disgraced Prince Andrew increased Tuesday after the revelation by U.S. authorities that he has failed to cooperate ...
‘Like I’m trapped’: Africans in China lockdown see no escape
JOHANNESBURG — The normally bustling supermarket in Wuhan was deserted, looking more foreign than ever. Khamis Hassan Bakari walked the aisles and saw...
Huey Lewis pushes past hearing pain to keep making music
NEW YORK — There’s mixed news when it comes to Huey Lewis these days. The good part is that the '80s hitmaker and his band have their first new album ...
Astronaut craves salsa and surf after record 11 months aloft
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — After nearly 11 months in orbit, the astronaut holding the record for the longest spaceflight by a woman can't wait to dig into...