Some groups step in to fill the gap in local news coverage
NEW YORK (AP) — Given the dramatic downsizing in local journalism, efforts are sprouting to match reporters with towns and topics left uncovered. Time will...
As newspapers close, role of government watchdog disappears
One of the last investigations Jim Boren oversaw before he retired as executive editor of The Fresno Bee was a four-month examination of substandard housing...
More blackouts hit Venezuela as opposition, government rally
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The Venezuelan opposition and government loyalists held rival demonstrations in Caracas on Saturday, as both sides prepared for what some fear...
Wanted: More pastures for West’s overpopulated wild horses
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — If you ever wished to gaze at a stomping, snorting, neighing panorama of Western heritage from your living-room window, now could...
Turbulence injures 30 on flight from Istanbul to New York
NEW YORK (AP) — Severe turbulence over the Atlantic Ocean tossed terrified passengers and crew around a Turkish Airlines plane cabin on Saturday, with 30...
As budget deficit balloons, few in Washington seem to care
WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal budget deficit is ballooning on President Donald Trump’s watch and few in Washington seem to care. And even if they...
Pot-litics: 2020 Democrats line up behind legalization
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A growing list of Democratic presidential contenders want the U.S. government to legalize marijuana, reflecting a nationwide shift as more Americans...
Trump, at North Korea summit, distracted by Cohen
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — The moment was meant to be a grand diplomatic triumph, a headline-dominating spectacle that could lead to the disarmament of a...
Amid clouds of dust, border wall prototypes are demolished
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The government is demolishing eight prototypes of Donald Trump’s prized border wall that instantly became powerful symbols of his presidency when...
Pakistan says 2 Indian warplanes downed, pilot captured
MUZAFARABAD, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan’s military said Wednesday it shot down two Indian warplanes in the disputed region of Kashmir and captured a pilot, answering...
Walmart is getting rid of greeters, worrying the disabled
As Walmart moves to phase out its familiar blue-vested “greeters” at some 1,000 stores nationwide, disabled workers who fill many of those jobs say they’re...
House approves bill to expand gun-sale background checks
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Democratic-controlled House on Wednesday approved a measure requiring federal background checks for all firearms sales and transfers, the first major gun...
Military spent about $8M on transgender care since 2016
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Lindsey Muller served in the Army as a man for nearly a decade before telling her commanders in 2014 that she...
Trump, Kim share smiles, dinner before nuke talks
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un projected optimism Wednesday as they opened high-stakes talks about curbing...
Floods isolate 2 California towns, storm dumps snow in West
GUERNEVILLE, Calif. (AP) — Two communities in Northern California’s wine country were accessible only by boat Wednesday after a rain-swollen river overflowed its banks following...
Judge orders Texas not to purge voters after botching list
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Saying there is no evidence of widespread election fraud in Texas, a federal judge Wednesday blocked the removal of any registered...
Political operative arrested in North Carolina scandal
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The political operative at the center of an election fraud scandal that has engulfed a North Carolina congressional race was arrested...
‘Racist,’ ‘conman’: Cohen assails Trump before Congress
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a damning depiction of Donald Trump, the president’s former lawyer on Wednesday cast him as a racist and conman who used...
The Latest: Florida Bar opens probe into Gaetz tweet
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer Michael Cohen (all times local): 3:40 p.m. The Florida Bar has opened an...
Boys school reopens amid criticism over videotaped encounter
PARK HILLS, Ky. (AP) — A Catholic high school student whose close encounter with a Native American activist and a black religious sect was captured...
Amid wall debate, pope says fear of migration makes us crazy
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis said Wednesday that fear of migration is “making us crazy” as he began a trip to Central America amid...
Liz Weston: More parents are putting limits on college help
Tyler Luker of Plano, Texas, is a high school junior who already knows which college he wants to attend (University of Missouri), how much it...
1 point away, Serena stunned by Pliskova at Australian Open
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Four times, Serena Williams was only one point — a single point — from closing out a victory in the Australian...
Japan’s PM seeks trade reform as risks to world economy loom
DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — Japan’s prime minister says China’s slowing growth, Brexit woes and U.S.-China trade disputes pose risks to the world economy, while decrying...
AP Exclusive: Adoptee deported by US sues S. Korea, agency
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Adam Crapser lives in limbo, a stranger in South Korea, the country of his birth. Forcibly separated from his wife,...
Unrest roils Venezuela amid new push to topple Maduro
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela’s re-invigorated opposition faces a crucial test Wednesday as it seeks to fill streets nationwide with protesters in an appeal to...
Democratic Mayor Pete Buttigieg joins 2020 presidential race
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Democrat Pete Buttigieg, the 37-year-old mayor of South Bend, Indiana, says he’s forming an exploratory committee for a 2020 presidential...
Week 5: Shutdown votes set up political test for Senate
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate leaders agreed to hold votes this week on dueling proposals to reopen shuttered federal agencies, forcing a political reckoning for senators...
AP sources: Trump, others agitated by Giuliani’s performance
NEW YORK (AP) — Rudy Giuliani’s latest media blitz, which was filled with a dizzying array of misstatements and hurried clarifications, agitated President Donald Trump...
Supreme Court returns to gun rights for 1st time in 9 years
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said Tuesday it will take up its first gun rights case in nine years, a challenge to New York...
Zimbabwe leader: Violence by security forces ‘unacceptable’
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe’s president on Tuesday said “unacceptable” violence by security forces will be investigated after a days-long crackdown on economic unrest, while...
Kremlin ‘optimistic’ ahead of WADA doping ruling
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia is “optimistic” ahead of a World Anti-Doping Agency ruling on whether the country’s authorities met demands to turn over lab data,...
China demands US drop Huawei extradition request with Canada
BEIJING (AP) — China on Tuesday demanded the U.S. drop a request that Canada extradite a top executive of the tech giant Huawei, shifting blame...
Political shifts, sales slump cast shadow over gun industry
When gunmakers and dealers gather this week in Las Vegas for the industry’s largest annual conference, they will be grappling with slumping sales and a...
3 groups, many videos, many interpretations of DC encounter
A group of five black men shouting vulgar insults while protesting centuries of oppression. Dozens of white Catholic high school students visiting Washington for a...
AP-NORC Poll: Disasters influence thinking on climate change
WASHINGTON (AP) — When it comes to their views on climate change, Americans are looking at natural disasters and their local weather, according to a...
Singer Chris Brown detained in Paris after rape complaint
PARIS (AP) — U.S. singer Chris Brown and two other people are in custody in Paris after a woman filed a rape complaint, French officials...
High court lets military implement transgender restrictions
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed the Trump administration to go ahead with its plan to restrict military service by transgender people...
Trump’s shutdown proposal faces uncertain fate in Senate
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s proposal to reopen the government, with immigration provisions Democrats have denounced as inadequate, is headed for Senate action, its...
Brooklyn rapper 6ix9ine arrested on racketeering charges
NEW YORK (AP) — Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine was deemed a likely danger to the community and denied bail Monday after a prosecutor said there was...
California gunman’s life was both unremarkable and troubled
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) — At first, the outlines of the mass shooter’s 28 years appeared unremarkable. Ian David Long enlisted in the Marines out...
Backlash at Chinese university shows limits to surveillance
BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese university’s plan to conduct a blanket search of student and staff electronic devices has come under fire, illustrating the limits...
Rams outlast Chiefs 54-51 in record Monday night showdown
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Even before the fourth lead change of the fourth quarter, well before the 1,001st yard of combined offense was tallied, the...
Rain could hamper search for victims of California wildfire
CHICO, Calif. (AP) — It’s been 12 days since Christina Taft started the frantic search for her mother Victoria, who refused to evacuate their Paradise...
Arrest of Nissan’s Ghosn in financial probe stuns Japan
TOKYO (AP) — The arrest of Nissan Motor Co.’s chairman Carlos Ghosn amid a financial probe prompted by a whistleblower caused the automaker’s shares to...
Trump criticizes war hero for not capturing bin Laden sooner
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has ignited a firestorm of criticism and charges that he is politicizing the military by faulting a war hero...
Report: Ivanka Trump used personal email for government work
WASHINGTON (AP) — Ivanka Trump, the president’s daughter and a top White House adviser, sent hundreds of emails about government business from a personal email...
Trump pressed to levy harsh US response to Khashoggi killing
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump faces increasing pressure to take tougher measures against Saudi Arabia over the killing of writer Jamal Khashoggi. Trump says...
Argument at Chicago hospital erupts into deadly shooting
CHICAGO (AP) — An argument outside a Chicago hospital turned deadly when a man pulled out a gun and killed an emergency room doctor with...
Judge bars US from enforcing Trump asylum ban
HOUSTON (AP) — A federal judge barred the Trump administration on Monday from refusing asylum to immigrants who cross the southern border illegally. U.S. District...