Ambitious Texas law fails to make dent in jailhouse suicides
In a county jail in central Texas, an inmate on suicide watch begins strangling himself with a phone cord. The guard watching him does not rush in bec...
Catalan separatist politicians win new EU legal victory
BRUSSELS — The European Union’s top court said Friday that it wants a lower court to re-consider its decision to prevent fugitive former Catalan leade...
Ex-model sues Weinstein, renewing allegations of abuse at 16
NEW YORK — A former model who accused Harvey Weinstein last year of sexually abusing her when she was 16 years old filed a new lawsuit against him Thu...
Lawsuits allege hotel chains ignored human trafficking
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Lawyers representing human trafficking victims want a single federal judge to oversee multiple lawsuits alleging that major hotel cha...
California bar: Avenatti stole from client using ‘deceit’
LOS ANGELES — Attorney Michael Avenatti should be prevented from practicing law for pocketing a client's settlement and covering his tracks through “d...
Defiant Trump rallies supporters as House impeaches him
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Defiant in the face of a historic rebuke, President Donald Trump rallied supporters in Michigan on Wednesday night as the House ...
Walk-in clinics for opioid addiction offer meds first, fast
OLYMPIA, Wash. — Every time she got out of jail, Jamie Cline started hustling again for heroin, driven by an addiction she didn’t understand.
British man accused of hacking US health care companies
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A British man pleaded not guilty Wednesday to U.S. charges alleging that he and co-conspirators in an international hacking group c...
European planet-studying mission launches from South America
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A European spacecraft launched from South America Wednesday on a three-year mission to study planets in other solar systems.
Lawsuit: Apple, Microsoft profit from child cobalt miners
WASHINGTON — A new lawsuit accuses several of the world's largest technology firms of knowingly profiting from children laboring under brutal conditio...
LSU’s Ed Orgeron is AP college football coach of the year
Ed Orgeron of LSU is The Associated Press Coach of the Year after leading the top-ranked Tigers to a Southeastern Conference championship and their fi...
Owners of OxyContin maker paid more after company’s big fine
The wealthy owners of OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma started taking far more money out of the company after it was fined for misleading marketing of th...
Louisville up to No. 6 in women’s Top 25; South Dakota in
NEW YORK — Louisville climbed a spot to No. 6 in the The Associated Press women's Top 25 rankings, which remained mostly unchanged Monday with most te...
AP All-America teams dominated by LSU, Ohio State
No. 1 LSU and No. 2 Ohio State each placed three players on The Associated Press All-America first team released Monday.
Review: Greta Gerwig’s ‘Little Women’ is a new classic
LOS ANGELES — There is a wild urgency to Greta Gerwig’s “Little Women” that hardly seems possible for a film based on a 150-year-old book. But such is...
Tiger Woods and US team rally to win Presidents Cup again
MELBOURNE, Australia — High emotions, fierce hugs from Tiger Woods, this time as a winner both ways in the Presidents Cup.
No. 1 Louisville bounces back to rout Eastern Kentucky 99-67
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Jordan Nwora scored 26 points, Steven Enoch had 23 and No. 1 Louisville shot 63% in both halves to blow out Eastern Kentucky 99-67 o...
International have best shot at rare win in Presidents Cup
MELBOURNE, Australia — The final round of the Presidents Cup began with words from the captains, not singles matches.
International clings to 2-point lead in Presidents Cup
MELBOURNE, Australia — The International team has the lead going into the final day of the Presidents Cup for the first time in 16 years, and it has a...
Trump calls impeachment vote ‘an embarrassment’ to nation
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump declared Friday's House committee vote to impeach him ”an embarrassment to our country" and refused to back away f...
Impeachment charges head to House; Trump cries anew: ‘Hoax’
WASHINGTON — Democrats propelled President Donald Trump’s impeachment toward a historic vote by the full U.S. House as the Judiciary Committee on Frid...
Suit: Pilot tried to warn before dozer killed pot suspect
The family of a marijuana suspect who wound up dead under the treads of a bulldozer commandeered by Pennsylvania State Police has filed an amended law...
AP Top 25 Takeaways: Who’s in CFP is easy; But Who’s No. 1?
Picking the four teams to play in the College Football Playoff should be pretty easy for the selection committee.
Trump: Giuliani wants to take information to Barr, Congress
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump indicated Saturday that his personal attorney Rudy Giuliani wants to take the information he has gathered from his...
Evans’ 3 TDs lead No. 20 App State to Sun Belt title, 45-38
BOONE, N.C. — Darrynton Evans scored three touchdowns and 20th-ranked Appalachian State repeated as Sun Belt Conference champions with a 45-38 victory...
House impeachment report looks at abuse, bribery, corruption
WASHINGTON — Previewing potential articles of impeachment, the House Democrats on Saturday issued a lengthy report drawing on history and the Founding...
AP FACT CHECK: Trump and the people he forgets he knew
WASHINGTON — When certain associates and acquaintances of President Donald Trump get into hot water, he forgets he ever knew them. Various figures fro...
Impeachment collides with funding deadline, testing Congress
WASHINGTON — The impeachment drama is dominating Washington, but leading figures such as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi still have their day jobs to do.
No. 1 Louisville pulls away from Pittsburgh, 64-46
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Jordan Nwora scored 19 points, Malik Williams had 13 points and 11 rebounds off the bench, and No. 1 Louisville used a 17-4 second-h...
‘All roads lead to Putin’: Impeachment ties Ukraine, Russia
WASHINGTON — House Democrats are bringing the impeachment focus back to Russia as they draft formal charges against President Donald Trump.