Correction: California High School Shooting story
LOS ANGELES — In a story Nov. 21 about the unregistered gun used in a shooting at Saugus High School in Santa Clarita, California, The Associated Pres...
Navy vet’s ashes destined for sunken Pearl Harbor battleship
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii — On Dec. 7, 1941, then-21-year-old Lauren Bruner was the second-to-last man to escape the burning wreckage of the USS Arizona af...
NFL At 100: Rooney Rule has its positives and its faults
In 2003, the NFL had three minority head coaches: future Pro Football Hall of Famer Tony Dungy, Herman Edwards and Marvin Lewis.
Iowa worker who took bathroom photos may have many victims
DES MOINES, Iowa — A settlement between the state of Iowa and three of its Department of Revenue workers whose genitals were secretly photographed by ...
As Dems zero in on White House, Trump racks up court losses
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump knows he has fierce Democratic adversaries in Congress. But there is also powerful sentiment against him from the ...
Belafonte recalls Horne’s activism as Solange is honored
NEW YORK — Lena Horne was a fierce advocate for civil rights in her later years, but that part of her legacy is often pushed behind her glamorous imag...
World powers press Iran to reverse nuke deal violations
VIENNA — World powers pressured Iran on Friday to reverse recent atomic activities that violate the landmark 2015 nuclear deal, but stopped short of d...
Germany’s Merkel voices ‘shame’ during 1st Auschwitz visit
OSWIECIM, Poland — German Chancellor Angela Merkel voiced a feeling of "deep shame” during her first-ever visit on Friday to the hallowed grounds of t...
Doctor’s report says Elizabeth Warren ‘in excellent health’
WASHINGTON — Elizabeth Warren “is in excellent health,” according to a doctor's report released by the Massachusetts senator on Friday, becoming the f...
Texas woman fights to keep name out of lawsuit alleging rape
HOUSTON — A Texas woman is fighting for anonymity in a lawsuit alleging she was sexually assaulted by a co-worker, but a federal judge who plans to di...
‘Dark money’ ties raise questions for GOP Sen. Ernst of Iowa
WASHINGTON — An outside group founded by top political aides to Sen. Joni Ernst has worked closely with the Iowa Republican to raise money and boost h...
Independence not on ballot but on voters’ minds in Scotland
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — Ask voters in this picturesque university town in eastern Scotland how they're voting in next week's election, and they’re lik...
A locker, a chirp: How tiny clues help solve child sex cases
FAIRFAX, Va. — It was the odd-looking locker handles that caught their eye.
GOP Rep. pitches LGBTQ rights bill with religious exemptions
As Democrats champion anti-discrimination protections for the LGBTQ community and Republicans counter with worries about safeguarding religious freedo...
Patriots-Chiefs rematch headlines Week 14
Beating the New England Patriots has been the primary focus for the Kansas City Chiefs since losing the AFC championship game last January.
Democrats move toward impeaching Trump, with scant grumbling
WASHINGTON — House Democrats are charging toward impeaching President Donald Trump but not without pockets of division, as lawmakers who began the sum...
Biden scrap with voter risks overshadowing critique of Trump
NEW HAMPTON, Iowa — Joe Biden sought to capitalize on President Donald Trump's icy reception from world leaders by portraying himself on Thursday as s...
Articles of impeachment: Explaining what’s next in the House
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that Democrats will draft articles of impeachment against President Trump, a crucial step toward...
Senate passes bill to save funding for black colleges
The Senate on Thursday passed a bipartisan deal that would permanently restore funding to historically black colleges and universities and other schoo...
Democrats say Trump impeachment charges must come swiftly
WASHINGTON — House Democrats moved aggressively to draw up formal articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump on Thursday, with Speaker Nan...
Pelosi sets Medicare showdown on drug costs and new benefits
WASHINGTON — The House will hold a showdown vote next week on Speaker Nancy Pelosi's bill empowering Medicare to negotiate drug prices, expanded Thurs...
Boeing tries to reassure airline industry leaders about Max
DALLAS — Boeing is reassuring airline industry leaders about the safety of the grounded 737 Max as it continues working to get the plane back in servi...
Judge: Turkish bank can’t deny knowledge of criminal charges
NEW YORK — A judge cited a Rudy Giuliani-led effort to get top U.S. and Turkey political figures to intervene in a New York criminal case Thursday as ...
US report: Prescription drug prices down slightly last year
WASHINGTON — Prices for prescription drugs edged down by 1% last year, a rare result driven by declines for generics and slow, low growth in the cost ...
US likely to hit China over human rights despite trade talks
WASHINGTON — Congress is poised to hand President Donald Trump a second chance in less than a month to anger the Chinese government and attack its rec...
Bloomberg gun plan: Permits, assault weapon ban, age limits
AURORA, Colo. — Democratic presidential contender Michael Bloomberg unveiled a gun control policy on Thursday just steps from the site of one of Color...
Indicted jail officers faced earlier excessive force claims
BALTIMORE — When a prisoner shattered glass panes in a control center at a Baltimore jail, the staff summoned a paramilitary-style tactical team to he...
Chiefs and Patriots plenty familiar ahead of Sunday showdown
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Chiefs have been dominant against the AFC West since Andy Reid’s arrival in 2013, winning so often against their mo...
Lawsuit: McCarrick victim told pope of sex abuse in 1988
NEWARK, N.J. — A man claims in a lawsuit filed under a recently enacted New Jersey law that he told Pope John Paul II in 1988 about being sexually abu...