State probe says Latino teens strapped down but not abused
WASHINGTON (AP) — A state review into the treatment of immigrant teens held at a Virginia detention center confirmed the facility uses restraint techniques that...
Democrats look to longshot territory for midterm gains
MASON, Ohio (AP) — As Aftab Pureval campaigns for Congress in southwest Ohio, he sometimes smilingly introduces himself as “a brown dude with a funny...
Key Afghan city turned into ‘ghost town’ by deadly battles
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Hundreds of people have fled four days of fierce fighting between Afghan forces and the Taliban over the key provincial capital...
Trump signs bill named for Sen. McCain, doesn’t mention him
FORT DRUM, N.Y. (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday signed a $716 billion defense policy bill named for John McCain but included no mention...
Under new law, military kids get sex assault protections
The Defense Department must improve the way it responds to child-on-child sexual assault at military bases in the U.S. and abroad as part of a...
Immigration cases tossed in fallout from high court ruling
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Immigration courts from Boston to Los Angeles have been experiencing fallout from a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision that has caused...
FBI fires Peter Strzok in wake of anti-Trump text messages
WASHINGTON (AP) — Peter Strzok, a longtime FBI agent who was removed from the Russia investigation over anti-Trump text messages, has been fired by the...
Seattle airplane theft prompts review of security measures
SEATTLE (AP) — The spectacular theft of a 76-seat plane from the Seattle airport by a ground crew employee is prompting an industrywide review of...
White man charged with fatally shooting black man in Florida
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Prosecutors charged a white man with manslaughter Monday in the death of an unarmed black man whose video-recorded shooting in...
Trump’s Harley boycott call roils Wisconsin primary
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and Republican U.S. Senate candidate Kevin Nicholson both came out Monday against boycotting Milwaukee-based Harley-Davidson, the day...
Maryland puts Durkin on leave amid football investigation
Maryland placed head coach DJ Durkin on administrative leave Saturday while the school scrutinizes allegations of poor behavior by the football staff, apparent misdeeds that...
Crews make progress battling Southern California wildfire
LAKE ELSINORE, Calif. (AP) — Firefighters made significant progress trying to tamp down a wildfire that threatened homes and has been raging for days south...
Turkey’s president: US waging “economic war” against Turkey
ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey’s president on Saturday blamed the country’s economic downturn on the United States and other nations that he claims are waging “war”...
Canadian police charge suspect in shooting that left 4 dead
TORONTO (AP) — Canadian police charged a man Saturday for the deaths of two police officers and two civilians in a shooting that struck a...
Facing indictment, Rep. Chris Collins ends re-election bid
NEW YORK (AP) — In an about-face, U.S. Rep. Chris Collins is ending his re-election bid days after the Republican congressman from New York was...
Thousands attend Arab-led rally against Israeli bill
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Members of Israel’s Arab minority led a mass protest in central Tel Aviv on Saturday night against a contentious new...
Authorities probe how airline employee could steal plane
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Investigators are piecing together how an airline ground agent working his regular shift stole an empty Horizon Air turboprop plane, took...
Nobel Prize-winning author V.S. Naipaul dies at 85
LONDON (AP) — V.S. Naipaul, the Trinidad-born Nobel laureate whose celebrated writing and brittle, provocative personality drew admiration and revulsion in equal measures, died Saturday...
Peaceful events, heavy security mark rally anniversary
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Charlottesville, Virginia, was marking the anniversary of last summer’s white supremacist violence with marches, vigils and other community events that began...
Baby killed, dozens hurt when tornado hits North Dakota city
WATFORD CITY, N.D. (AP) — A newborn baby was killed and more than two dozen people were injured when a tornado whipped through a North...
Heroes or criminals? Trump pardons 2 Oregon ranchers
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Rugged individualists to some, dangerous arsonists to others, a father and son who were convicted of intentionally setting fires on public...
Courts finds suspect in neo-Nazi trial guilty of 10 killings
MUNICH (AP) — A German court on Wednesday found the main defendant in a high-profile neo-Nazi trial guilty over the killing of 10 people —...
Border Protection says NYC mayor crossed border illegally
WASHINGTON (AP) — New York Mayor Bill de Blasio City and his security detail violated both Mexican and U.S. immigration laws by crossing the border...
Kavanaugh’s views of presidential power drawing questions
WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s past writings that a president should not be distracted by lawsuits and investigations could become a flashpoint...
Government falls short of deadline to reunite kids, parents
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Some immigrant toddlers are back in the arms of their parents, but others remained in holding facilities away from relatives as...
Kids lost weight but ‘took care of themselves’ in Thai cave
MAE SAI, Thailand (AP) — The soccer teammates rescued from a flooded cave in Thailand lost weight during their 18-day ordeal but had water while...
China vows retaliation for latest US tariff threat
BEIJING (AP) — China slammed the U.S. threat to expand tariff hikes to imports including apples, fish sticks and French doors as a “totally unacceptable”...
The Latest: Trump claims Germany ‘captive to Russia’
BRUSSELS (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump’s trip to Europe (all times local): 9:45 a.m. President Donald Trump is asserting that Germany is...
Trump claims Germany ‘controlled’ by Russia
BRUSSELS (AP) — President Donald Trump claimed a pipeline project has made Germany “totally controlled” by and “captive to Russia” during a combative breakfast Wednesday...
Trump: Don’t fall for Democrat Lamb’s moderate talk
MOON TOWNSHIP, Pa. (AP) — President Donald Trump told western Pennsylvania voters Saturday night that his new tariffs were saving the steel industry and urged...
Vet in California attack had trouble after return from war
YOUNTVILLE, Calif. (AP) — The man who killed three women after a daylong siege at a Northern California veterans home had trouble adjusting to regular...
Trump uses page from ‘smart policymaking 101′ on health care
WASHINGTON (AP) — A smartphone app that lets Medicare patients access their claims information. Giving consumers a share of drug company rebates for their prescriptions....
The Latest: Guardian: Shooter had been person of integrity
YOUNTVILLE, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on a fatal shooting at a California veterans center (all times local): 6:45 p.m. The former guardian of an...
China’s move to end Xi term limits blanketed in censorship
BEIJING (AP) — The day China’s ruling Communist Party unveiled a proposal to allow President Xi Jinping to rule indefinitely as Mao Zedong did a...
Shooter saw vets program as path to heal after deployment
When Albert Wong returned from an Army deployment in Afghanistan in 2013, he knew it had affected him. He had trouble adjusting to regular life,...
Gun background check system riddled with flaws
SEATTLE (AP) — Recent mass shootings have spurred Congress to try to improve the nation’s gun background check system that has failed on numerous occasions...
Critics across partisan divide assail Florida’s new gun law
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The political and legal fallout from Florida Gov. Rick Scott’s decision to sign a sweeping gun bill into law following a...
Veterans home workers remembered as devoted caregivers
After a work conference, Maura Turner was looking forward to a girls’ weekend with her close friend, Christine Loeber, a social worker and executive director...
Afghanistan war impacted Army vet behind California attack
YOUNTVILLE, Calif. (AP) — The Army veteran who killed three women after a siege in California had long dreamed of serving his country in the...
Trump: Voters must support GOP in Pittsburgh-area House race
MOON TOWNSHIP, Pa. (AP) — President Donald Trump told western Pennsylvania voters Saturday night that his new tariffs were saving the steel industry and urged...
Trump believes North Korea will keep word on missile tests
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Saturday he believes North Korea will abide by its pledge to suspend missile tests while he prepares for...
Trump’s cheeseburger in Japan still drawing lines
TOKYO (AP) — Haruyuki Sano traveled 1 ½ hours for a taste of the same cheeseburger U.S. President Donald Trump ate with Japan’s prime minister...
Bank robber with poor spelling skills pleads guilty
BOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts man authorities dubbed the “spelling bee bandit” because the notes he passed to tellers during multiple bank robberies in the...
Cards Against Humanity says it’s fighting border wall
HOUSTON (AP) — The party game Cards Against Humanity says it’s bought U.S.-Mexico border land and hired a lawyer to try to stop President Donald...
Drive-thru-window becomes squeeze-thru for McDonald’s thief
COLUMBIA, Md. (AP) — A McDonald’s drive-thru window became a squeeze-thru window for a woman who apparently needed a fast food fix. A surveillance video...
Small town Connecticut election decided by coin toss
BOLTON, Conn. (AP) — An election for the governing board of a small Connecticut town has been decided by a coin toss. The Journal-Inquirer reports...
Correction: MOMA-Stolen Art story
NEW YORK (AP) — In a story Nov. 12 about the theft of photographs from a museum in New York, The Associated Press erroneously reported...
California woman leads officers on second chase in 2 days
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities say the same woman led officers on vehicle chases through Southern California on back-to-back days. The Orange County Register reports...
Billionaire Norwegian given $30,400 drunken driving fine
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A 22-year-old Norwegian student has been handed a 250,000-kroner ($30,400) fine for drunken driving — but can still count herself lucky....
Man gets his dying wish: To be buried with 2 cheesesteaks
PLAINS, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania man who always joked that he wanted to take something to eat when he died has gotten his wish....