Wash. state sees 1st virus death in US, declares emergency
The governor of Washington declared a state of emergency Saturday after a man died there of COVID-19, the first such rep...
Feds reject removal of 4 US Northwest dams in key report
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A long-awaited federal report out Friday rejected the idea of removing four hydroelectric dams on ...
High-tech Chicago exhibit puts visitors eye-to-eye with MLK
CHICAGO (AP) — Imagine being so close to Martin Luther King Jr. as he gives one of the world’s most famous speeches that...
Court halts Trump asylum policy, then suspends its own order
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A Trump administration immigration policy that requires asylum seekers to wait in Mexico while their ca...
Plácido Domingo revises apology, as Spain drops more shows
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Opera star Placido Domingo amended his apology to the multiple women who have accused him of sexual...
Shifting demographics drive GOP nosedive on US West Coast
BEND, Ore. (AP) — In the early 1990s, the population of Bend was around 25,000 and leaned Republican. A lumber mill oper...
House makes lynching a federal crime, 65 years after Till
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sixty-five years after 14-year-old Emmett Till was lynched in Mississippi, Congress has approved legis...
Placido Domingo apology prompts new accuser to step forward
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The words “I am truly sorry” have not been uttered often in the #MeToo era. So when soprano Luz del...
Tagovailoa looking forward to going full speed in March
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Tua Tagovailoa climbed up a couple stairs, then walked to the podium without a hitch Tuesday.It was ...
Dior invokes #MeToo in feminist-inspired fashion show
“Consent, Consent, Consent” flashed the neon set lights at Dior’s latest ready-to-wear show in Paris.It signaled that th...
California congressman’s vacated seat unleashes GOP slugfest
LAKESIDE, California (AP) — Republican U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter’s resignation from Congress last month after pleading gui...
AP: US opera union probe finds Placido Domingo abused power
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — An investigation into legendary singer Placido Domingo by the U.S. union representing opera perform...
GOP lawmakers walk out after Oregon climate bill advances
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Republican senators slipped out of the Oregon State Capitol on Monday, preventing the state Senate fr...
Kansas back atop Top 25 as Baylor slides to No. 2 after loss
1 of 4Kansas head coach Bill Self calls a play from the bench against Baylor during the second half of an NCAA college b...
Actor Jussie Smollett pleads not guilty to restored charges
CHICAGO (AP) — Former “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett pleaded not guilty Monday to restored charges that accuse him of st...
Feds to investigate California bus rollover that killed 3
PALA MESA, Calif. (AP) — Federal investigators are sending a team to the scene of a charter bus crash crash that killed ...
UNLV hands No. 4 San Diego State its first loss, 66-63
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Elijah Mitrou-Long scored 19 points, including two free throws with 11.5 seconds left, and UNLV handed ...
Auburn rallies past Vols; fan tossed for derogatory comment
AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Samir Doughty scored 22 points and No. 13 Auburn rallied from a 17-point deficit in the second half ...
Togo vote could see Gnassingbes extend decades-long rule
LOME, Togo (AP) — The West African nation of Togo is voting Saturday in a presidential election that is likely to see th...
Arizona State beats No. 14 Oregon for 6th straight win
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Alonzo Verge Jr. scored 26 points, Rob Edwards added 24 and Arizona State beat No. 14 Oregon 77-72 o...
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...
Ending Putin’s support of Venezuela no easy feat for US
MOSCOW (AP) — In October 2016, the head of Russia’s largest oil company traveled to the birthplace of Hugo Chávez, in th...
Israeli Opera to host Placido Domingo despite protest
JERUSALEM (AP) — Despite objections from sexual abuse activists, the Israeli Opera will host a weeklong singing competit...
Manfred apologizes for calling WS trophy a “piece of metal”
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred apologized Tuesday for what he called a disrespectful reference to...
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,...
President Trump goes on clemency spree, and the list is long
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has gone on a clemency blitz, commuting the 14-year prison sentence of former I...
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, ...
Kawhi Leonard wins first Kobe Bryant All-Star MVP award
CHICAGO — Kawhi Leonard made it look effortless, nailing one 3-pointer after another and nearly matching an All-Star Game record.
Last shot wins: Team LeBron wins All-Star Game 157-155
CHICAGO — Players were taking charges, bodies were hitting the floor, calls and non-calls were being screamed about on both ends. The fourth quarter o...