Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards, like his Alabama counterpart a day earlier, declared a state of emergency Wednesday as dangerous flash-flooding remained a threat. Cindy had weakened slightly, with top…
Supporter Jan Yanes cries as Democratic candidate for 6th congressional district Jon Ossoff concedes to Republican Karen Handel at his election night party in Atlanta on Tuesday.David Goldman/Associated Press Any…
United States Capitol Police Chief Matthew Verderosa, with Federal Bureau of Investigation Washington Field Office, Special Agent in Charge Timothy Slater, back right, speaks to reporters outside the FBI Washington…
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, who has the authority to cut off travel to North Korea with the stroke of the pen, has been weighing such a move since late…
Then-Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Oct. 28, 2016. Iowa independents who helped Trump win the presidency see last year’s tough-talking…
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., joined by, from left, Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., and Majority Whip John Cornyn, R-Texas, speaks following a closed-door strategy session…
Belgian police stand in front of a police cordon as people are evacuated at the Grand Place square near Central Station in Brussels after a reported explosion on Tuesday.Geert Vanden…
The forecast calls for 119 degrees in Phoenix, where some flights have been canceled because certain planes can’t take off in extreme heat. Arizona is seeing the most stifling temperatures,…
The 22-year-old “has completed his journey home,” the family said in a statement. “Unfortunately, the awful, torturous mistreatment our son received at the hands of the North Koreans ensured that…
Police were treating the incident as a deliberate attack, and the Paris prosecutor had opened an anti-terror investigation as of late Monday afternoon. The car’s driver, whose identity was not…
More than 2,700 firefighters were still battling Monday to contain several major wildfires in the area northeast of Lisbon, where one blaze that began Saturday killed 63 people, many of…
confronted officers with a knife
People relax on the beach in Waikiki in Honolulu. Many Americans might dream of going on vacation to places such as Waikiki, but a new poll shows nearly half of…
Police said the 48-year-old man who was driving the car has been arrested and taken to a hospital as a precaution. He will be given a mental health evaluation. The…
But no video existed of exactly what happened inside the car in the key seconds before Reynolds began filming, leaving a jury to decide whether to believe Officer Jeronimo Yanez’s…
A Japan Coast Guard boat goes along with the damaged USS Fitzgerald near the U.S. Naval base in Yokosuka, southwest of Tokyo, after the U.S. destroyer collided with the Philippine-registered…
This is according to a person familiar with the case who was not authorized to speak publicly and spoke to The Associated Press on Saturday on condition of anonymity. The…
The march that began Saturday morning at the Montpelier Statehouse, headed to the company’s main factory. Proponents say the program would ensure fair pay and living conditions on farms that…
Bill Cosby, left, accompanied by Andrew Wyatt arrives for his sexual assault trial at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa., on Saturday.Matt Rourke/Associated Press Jurors deliberated more than 52…
“Type-ins” are social gatherings in public places where typewriter fans test different vintage machines. The vintage typewriter is making a comeback with a new generation of fans gravitating to machines…
A shopper at the Greenmarket at Union Square walks through the market carrying a bag of groceries from the newly opened Whole Foods grocery store on the other side of…
Flames from methane burning at the landfill in Coventry, Vt. The Trump administration is delaying two Obama-era regulations aimed at restricting harmful methane emissions from oil and gas production.Associated Press…
Congressional baseball game honors Rep. Scalise shot a day earlier
Polygamous sect leader Lyle Jeffs leaves the federal courthouse, in Salt Lake City. Polygamous sect leader Jeffs has been captured after being on the run for nearly a year. An…
Scalise dragged himself off the infield leaving a trail of blood as colleagues rushed to his assistance. Capitol Police officers who were in Scalise’s security detail wounded the shooter, who…
House Majority Whip Steve Scalise of La. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Scalise was shot at a congressional baseball practice in Alexandria, Va., congressional officials say.Associated Press file Scalise,…
Democrats say attorney general is ‘stonewalling’
