Politics

Police are trying to determine why a former pastor from the Houston area fatally shot his wife and 11-year-old son, tried to strangle his daughter, then killed himself. Richard Logan,...

After heavy-handed police action harassed a former officer over tweets merely expressing an opinion within the transgender debate, the UK High Court has ruled against the police – a rare...

Wheat for Mar. was off 1.50 cents at 5.4275 a bushel; Mar. corn fell 1.75 cents at 3.7775 a bushel, Mar. oats was up .25 cent at $2.9550 a bushel;...

The Trump administration's effort to remake Medicaid by requiring low-income people to work for health care suffered a serious setback Friday when a federal appeals court ruled it goes beyond...

The state of Mississippi gave more than $2.1 million in federal welfare money to a ministry run by former pro wrestler Ted DiBiase Sr., who was known in the ring...

A trophy-hunting group says it has launched an ethics investigation following the release of undercover video showing vendors at its recent convention promoting trips to shoot captive-bred lions in Africa....

In a story Thursday about Cloudflare Inc.'s results — generated by Automated Insights using data from Zacks Investment Research — The Associated Press reported erroneously the company's name. It is...

The University of Vermont Health Network — made up of six affiliate hospitals in Vermont and New York — is taking steps to address financial troubles after ending last quarter...

High wind delayed Northrop Grumman's supply run to the International Space Station on Friday. The weather was OK at the launch pad on Wallops Island, Virginia, but upper-level winds exceeded...

A sheriff in Ohio who was convicted of posting confidential child abuse reports to the department's website and Facebook page agreed to step down in exchange for avoiding an indictment...

North Dakota regulators say oil production in December was down about 3% from November. The Department of Mineral Resources says the state produced an average of 1.47 million barrels of...

Boston is trying to throw some love to Chinatown amid concerns about a new Chinese virus that has sickened tens of thousands, including a college student in the city. Mayor...

Environmental and community groups that want to keep a Taiwanese company's plastics complex out of south Louisiana went to court Friday to challenge state air quality permits. The groups include...

Fiat Chrysler said Friday it is temporarily shutting down its plant in Serbia due to supplier issues linked to the new virus outbreak in China. Fiat Chrysler said it had...

Federal prosecutors have charged a Rapid City businessman in what they say was a $71 million scheme to sell fake organic grain and seeds to fuel his extravagant lifestyle including...

An Indiana company operating four Arkansas youth lockups said it will not renew its contract with the state because of the financial burden and a lack of support. Youth Opportunity...

Gen Z, comprising people born in the late 1990s and early 2000s, is seen as the most sexually liberated ever. But the ‘hook-up' based dating culture they have created makes...

The Kansas-based owner of a Boonville hospital that abruptly closed in January has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Pinnacle Healthcare System filing for reorganization means the Boonville hospital will reopen,...

Major League Baseball is raising the minimum salary for minor league players in 2021, according to a memo sent Friday from the commissioner's office to all 30 teams and obtained...

Michael Avenatti, a lawyer who gained fame by representing a porn star in lawsuits against President Donald Trump, was convicted Friday of trying to extort sportswear giant Nike. The verdict...

The U.S. government on Friday issued a travel ban Sri Lanka's army chief, saying there is “credible information of his involvement” in human rights violations during the final phase of...

One of 57 evacuees from the virus zone in China who is being held in quarantine in Nebraska was being transported Friday to a special unit of an Omaha medical...

The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Friday to appoint Gilbert Town Councilman Eddie Cook as county assessor to replace Paul Petersen, his indicted predecessor. Cook is a Republican...

Women denouncing their sisters who publicly tout the virtues of traditional marriage and motherhood as victims of extremist brainwashing have substituted a creeping paternalism for feminism's true aims. Concern about...

The West Virginia Senate on Friday passed a bill encouraging power companies to use solar energy in a bid to lure businesses to the state. But they're making it clear...

Georgia's highest court has granted a pretrial appeal to a man charged with the 2005 slaying of a high school teacher whose disappearance remained a mystery for more than a...

A grand jury charged two Japanese businessmen for their role in an alleged global conspiracy to fix prices for components used in computer hard disk drives, federal officials announced Friday....

UEFA has banned Manchester City from the Champions League for two seasons for “serious breaches” of financial regulations. The English Premier League champion has also been fined 30 million euros...

United Airlines said Friday it is removing the grounded Boeing 737 Max from its schedule until early September, forcing it to cancel thousands more flights. United, Southwest and American are...

Finalists have been announced in the Ohio Associated Press Media Editors' 2019 newspaper contest. The awards in actual order of finish — first, second and third places — will be...

BOSTON (RNS) — Samira Imin can't stop thinking about the times her father took her horseback riding. She remembers how her father, a prominent Uighur publisher and historian named Iminjan...

Authorities in northern Nevada are investigating the death of a man at a large gold mine site, a sheriff said Friday. Deputies were called about 8 a.m. Thursday to a...

A company that makes automobile parts plans to shut down a plant in Michigan next year, after promising to invest $22 million into a new facility that would have provided...

As the Democratic presidential race hurtles toward Nevada, candidates in the still-crowded field are jumping in to their first test in a racially diverse, largely urban state with solid union...

From The Bulletin, Feb. 12, on how to donate to victims of the Umatilla County floods: The Umatilla River did not discriminate when it overflowed its banks last week in...

South Florida residents have grown used to the looming threat of hurricanes crashing into the coast and disrupting their lives for days or weeks. But Spirit Airlines has had enough....

School construction funding in Maryland would increase by $2.2 billion over five years, under a measure approved by the House of Delegates on Friday. The House approved the measure on...

Medical marijuana is getting a serious look in the Kentucky legislature. In another sign of momentum for the push to legalize cannabis for treatment of some medical conditions, House Speaker...

The former federal consumer watchdog will kick off canvassing for Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren's presidential campaign in Ohio's capital city Saturday. Democrat Richard Cordray was the first person to head...

A chemical waste landfill near the Columbia River in Oregon accepted hundreds of tons of radioactive fracking waste from North Dakota in violation of Oregon regulations that has alarmed environmental...