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Updated: 3 hours ago
|By LARRY NEUMEISTER
A New York state judge has temporarily blocked publication of a tell-all book by President Donald Trump's niece after the president's brother sued to stop it.
Updated: 3 hours ago
|By MARY CLARE JALONICK, ZEKE MILLER and JAMES LaPORTA Associated Press
Lawmakers have been demanding answers over the allegations, and Democrats have accused Trump of bowing to Russian President Vladimir Putin at the risk of U.S. soldiers' lives.
Updated: 4 hours ago
|By JAKE COYLE and JONATHAN J. COOPER
The run-up in cases — blamed in part on "knucklehead behavior" by Americans not wearing masks or obeying other social-distancing rules — has raised fears that many states could see the same phenomenon if they reopen too, or that people from the South and West could spread the virus to other regions.
Updated: 4 hours ago
The Democratic-controlled House approved a $1.5 trillion plan Wednesday to rebuild the nation’s crumbling infrastructure, pouring hundreds of billions of dollars into projects to fix roads and bridges, upgrade transit systems, expand interstate railways and dredge harbors, ports and channels.
Updated: 5 hours ago
|By AARON MORRISON
Thousands of Black activists from across the U.S. will hold a virtual convention at the end of the summer to produce a new political agenda that builds on the protests that followed George Floyd’s death.
Updated: 6 hours ago
|By MARTHA BELLISLE and LISA BAUMANN
Seattle police showed up Wednesday in force at the city’s “occupied” protest zone, tore down demonstrators’ tents and used bicycles to herd the protesters after the mayor ordered the area cleared following two fatal shootings in less than two weeks.
Updated: 6 hours ago
|By ELLEN KNICKMEYER and ASHRAF KHALIL
The Trump administration is promising one of the largest fireworks displays in recent memory in Washington on July Fourth.
Updated: 7 hours ago
|By Alana Austin
The Atlantic hurricane season is already breaking records with several storms named so early this year. With parts of the U.S. battling the wrath of the coronavirus pandemic, experts urge you not to delay in preparing.
Updated: 7 hours ago
|By Ed Payne
A Facebook video posted over the weekend shows the woman getting kicked after she swatted one of the horses with a plastic shovel.
Updated: 7 hours ago
|By Brandon Hamilton and Christy Soto
More remains were found Wednesday in the search for a Fort Hood private who disappeared without a trace more than two months ago.
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Updated: 8 hours ago
|By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press
San Francisco Police Chief Bill Scott said the policy means the department will no longer release booking photos of suspects to the media or allow officers to post them online.
Updated: 9 hours ago
|By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer
Economists have forecast that employers added 3 million jobs in June and that the unemployment rate dropped to 12.3% from 13.3% in May.
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Gov. Tate Reeves then signed the historic bill, immediately removing official status for the 126-year-old banner.
Updated: 9 hours ago
The federal agency that was created to improve the nation's response to terrorism is adding the stepped-up protection of statues and monuments to its mission.
Updated: 9 hours ago
|By AEXANDRA JAFFE
A group of former George W. Bush administration and campaign officials have launched a new super PAC supporting Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden.
Updated: 10 hours ago
Wednesday's report finds a lack of coordination among government agencies hindered access to coronavirus testing and protective equipment, among other problems.
Updated: 10 hours ago
|By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer
Women make up 45% of the 2020 class and people of color comprise 36% of the total of invitees this year.
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|By ANDREW TAYLOR Associated Press
The Senate Armed Services Committee approved Warren's measure to force the bases to be renamed within three years by a voice vote last month.
Updated: 10 hours ago
More companies are joining the list of advertisers fleeing Facebook as the boycott against the social media giant grows.
Updated: 11 hours ago
|By DAVID BAUDER
Fox News on Wednesday fired daytime news anchor Ed Henry after an investigation of sexual misconduct in the workplace.
Updated: 11 hours ago
|By MIKE STOBBE and NICKY FORSTER Associated Press
If the protests had driven an explosion in cases, experts say, the jumps would have started to become apparent within two weeks.
Updated: 11 hours ago
A new study suggests children may be able to transmit coronavirus similar to infected adults.
Updated: 12 hours ago
|By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV and DARIA LITVINOVA
A majority of Russians approved amendments to Russia’s constitution in a weeklong vote ending Wednesday, allowing President Vladimir Putin to hold power until 2036, although the balloting was tarnished by widespread reports of pressure on voters and other irregularities.
Updated: 13 hours ago
|By Zen Soo
Any person taking part in secessionist activities, such as shouting slogans or holding up banners and flags urging for the city's independence, is in violation of the law regardless of whether violence is used.
Updated: 13 hours ago
A New York public service announcement to get people to wear masks during the pandemic stars a character who looks like Jason from ‘Friday the 13th.’
Updated: 13 hours ago
Experts are now considering a new approach: pool testing. Many say it's the necessary next step in testing and tracing COVID-19.
Updated: 14 hours ago
|By Associated Press
The Ohio capital named for Christopher Columbus removed a large statue of him outside its city hall on Wednesday, taking down what the mayor described as a symbol of divisiveness and oppression.
Updated: 14 hours ago
|By MARIA CHENG
Health experts on Wednesday slammed the U.S. decision to hog nearly the entire global supply of remdesivir, the only drug licensed so far to treat COVID-19, warning that type of selfish behavior sets a dangerous precedent for attempts to share scarce treatments amid the pandemic.
Updated: 14 hours ago
|By Holden Lewis, NerdWallet
June’s rate average was the lowest in the four-year history of NerdWallet’s daily rate survey.
Updated: 15 hours ago
Lauren Boebert won the Republican Party primary after a campaign in which she accused Rep. Scott Tipton of not being sufficiently pro-Donald Trump.
Updated: 15 hours ago
|By MARTHA MENDOZA
Federal authorities in New York on Wednesday seized a shipment of weaves and other beauty accessories suspected to be made out of human hair taken from people locked inside a Chinese internment camp.
Updated: 16 hours ago
Boston’s arts commission voted unanimously Tuesday night to remove a statue that depicts a freed slave kneeling at Abraham Lincoln’s feet.
Updated: 16 hours ago
|By LAUREN WEBER, LAURA UNGAR, MICHELLE R. SMITH, HANNAH RECHT and ANNA MARIA BARRY-JESTER
The U.S. public health system has been starved for decades and lacks the resources to confront the worst health crisis in a century.
Updated: 16 hours ago
|By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER
U.S. companies added nearly 2.4 million jobs in June, according to a private survey, a large gain that still leaves total employment far below its pre-pandemic levels.
Updated: 17 hours ago
Scientists at Florida Atlantic University are experimenting with different non-medical masks to find the most effective face covering to help stop the spread of COVID-19.
Updated: 17 hours ago
|By DAVID KOENIG
A government report says Boeing did not give regulators documents about changes it made in a key system blamed in two deadly crashes of its 737 Max jet, and that officials responsible for approving the plane did not know how powerfully the system could push the plane’s nose down.
Updated: 17 hours ago
|By Andrew Taylor
About $130 billion remains of $660 billion approved so far for the subsidy program, which provides direct subsidies to businesses harmed by the coronavirus pandemic.
Updated: 17 hours ago
Weinstein was convicted earlier this year of rape and sexual assault against two women. Accusations by dozens of women in 2017 destroyed his career and gave rise to #MeToo.
Updated: 17 hours ago
The 9-year-old boy's father says when he asked his son why he hid, the boy replied, "Because they killed George Floyd."
Updated: 18 hours ago
|By Kiana Miller
Shaw Air Force Base has confirmed that the pilot of the U.S. Air Force F-16CM Fighting Falcon that crashed late Tuesday night has died.
Updated: 18 hours ago
|By JENNIFER PELTZ and MICHAEL R. SISAK
The vote by the City Council came at an extraordinary moment when the nation's biggest city is grappling with a $9 billion revenue loss due to the coronavirus pandemic and simultaneously with pressure to cut back on policing and invest more in community and social programs.
Updated: 21 hours ago
The man fell 20 to 25 feet into an uncapped well that was covered by hardwood flooring but no subfloor.
Updated: Jul. 1, 2020 at 12:40 AM EDT
|By Sean Murphy
The Oklahoma Health Care Authority has projected that about 215,000 residents would qualify for a Medicaid expansion, for a total annual cost of about $1.3 billion.
Updated: Jul. 1, 2020 at 12:03 AM EDT
Officials have not released any additional information on the case. It is unknown if anyone was arrested or charged.
Updated: Jun. 30, 2020 at 10:16 PM EDT
Suburban Denver police say multiple officers are on paid leave during an investigation into photos that emerged of them near where Elijah McClain died last summer.
Updated: Jun. 30, 2020 at 9:58 PM EDT
Baseball's minor leagues canceled their seasons Tuesday because of the coronavirus pandemic, and the head of their governing body said more than half of the 160 teams were in danger of failing without government assistance or private equity injections.
Updated: Jun. 30, 2020 at 9:53 PM EDT
Chinese researchers have discovered a new type of swine flu with pandemic potential, but experts say it is not an immediate threat.
Updated: Jun. 30, 2020 at 8:27 PM EDT
|By REBECCA BOONE
Prosecutors say the mother of two children who were found dead in rural Idaho months after they vanished had conspired with her new husband to hide or destroy the kids’ bodies.
Updated: Jun. 30, 2020 at 7:09 PM EDT
|By AAMER MADHANI and LAURIE KELLMAN Associated Press
In Republican circles -- with the notable exception of the man who leads the party -- the debate about masks is over: It’s time to put one on.
Updated: Jun. 30, 2020 at 6:52 PM EDT
|By TAMARA LUSH and LORNE COOK Associated Press
The European Union will reopen its borders to travelers from 14 countries, and possibly China soon, the bloc announced Tuesday, but most Americans have been refused entry for at least another two weeks due to soaring coronavirus infections in the U.S.