Politics

Gov. Andrew Cuomo is set to deliver an annual State of the State address Wednesday in which he'll outline his vision for progress in New York while navigating a looming...

The latest on U.S.-Iran tensions after the U.S. airstrike that killed Iran's top general (all times local): 9 a.m. The energy minister of the United Arab Emirates says he sees...

The disgraced former chairman of Nissan is expected to speak to journalists in Beirut on Wednesday, more than a week after his dramatic escape from Japan ahead of his trial...

Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg is unveiling a rough sketch of his plans to create millions of new jobs focused largely in communities “left behind” by President Donald Trump. The...

Malaysia's Anti-Corruption Commission has released a series of audio recordings allegedly showing how former Prime Minister Najib Razak abused his power to conceal wrongdoings linked to a massive corruption scandal...

When the nation's largest electric utility preemptively shut off power last fall to prevent wildfires in California, customers lost more than just their lights — some lost their phones, too....

The Philippine government said Wednesday that it has ordered the mandatory evacuation of Filipino workers from Iraq and the coast guard said it is sending a vessel to the Middle...

Missouri lawmakers on Wednesday are set to return to the Capitol to start work on issues ranging from an overhaul of the voter-approved redistricting plan to combating violence in the...

After beating the Philadelphia Flyers in overtime, the Carolina Hurricanes announced a big addition to their roster. Dougie Hamilton scored 1:56 into overtime to give Carolina a 5-4 win over...

A U.S. military contractor who was killed in a rocket attack in Iraq last month — an attack that ignited a series of reprisals between the U.S. and Iran that...

An ex-U.S. congressman is humbled and remorseful after pleading guilty to conspiracy in an insider trading scheme and should face no time behind bars, his lawyers argued in court papers...

Samsung Electronics Co. said Wednesday its operating profit for the last quarter likely fell 34% from a year earlier, which would be a smaller-than-expected decline possibly resulting from increased smartphone...

A bus carrying day laborers was struck by a cargo train in northwestern Mexico on Tuesday, killing seven passengers and injuring three dozen others. The prosecutors'office in the northern border...

Illinois could lighten its property tax burden by consolidating governmental taxing districts, standardizing property-value assessments, tightening up the appeals process and reining in breaks on commercial redevelopments, according to a...

The defense team for former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn on Wednesday slammed Nissan's investigation that accuses him of financial misconduct as flawed and biased, not independent, and aimed only at...

The day after Bloomingdale's announced it was closing at The Falls, its sister retailer, Macy's, said Tuesday it was closing three stores in Florida, including in Pompano Beach in Broward...

An agreement between Uber and regional transportation officials will allow riders in Nevada to purchase bus tickets through the ride-hailing service. The Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada announced the...

United Airlines said Tuesday it will take a $90 million charge against fourth-quarter earnings because of a drop in value of its routes to Hong Kong, the scene of anti-government...

A week after a malicious virus infected its network, the London-based foreign currency exchange company Travelex had yet to restore digital sales and was reported infected with ransomware by hackers...

A Philadelphia nonprofit hoping to open a safe injection location with onsite overdose treatment is seeking a final judgement to make its operation legal and head off threats of punishment...

Oregon-based PacifiCorp has announced it plans to close one of the three generators at the Cholla coal-fired power plant in northern Arizona by the end of this year. The remaining...

Four students suffered minor injuries Tuesday after a firework was ignited inside a Houston-area high school cafeteria, according to law enforcement officials. About 700 students were in the cafeteria at...

Bushels and bushels of corn spilled from a freight train and formed a smooth, yellow path for more than a third of a mile on railroad tracks in a northern...

A Navajo Nation company may continue operating a coal mine for two more months amid ongoing negotiations over the terms of a state permit, Montana officials announced Tuesday in granting...

An Arkansas panel formed after historic flooding last year on Tuesday called for increased oversight of the state's levees, consolidation of some levee districts and state grants to make improvements....

A state representative from Wasilla will not seek re-election. Republican Colleen Sullivan-Leonard said Tuesday she would not seek to retain her seat, the Anchorage Daily News reported. Sullivan Leonard is...

Over 2,000 discarded Christmas trees were donated to New Jersey environmental officials to reinforce sand dunes at Island Beach State Park. The state's Department of Environmental Protection posted on Twitter...

A former banker at Goldman Sachs pleaded guilty to an insider trading charge Tuesday, admitting that he stole secrets from the investment bank and gave them to a securities trader...

The nation's largest consumer electronics show on Tuesday hosts Ivanka Trump as a keynote speaker — a choice that drew scorn from many women in technology. The annual CES tech...

If you judge by viewer interest in ABC's interview with Alex Trebek, the upcoming “World Series” of “Jeopardy!” is shaping up as a winner for the network. Michael Strahan's interview...

Just months after becoming the 4th-largest community bank in South Florida, Coral Gables-based Professional Bank is filing to go public. Professional and its parent company, Professional Holding Corp, filed a...

___ Facebook bans deepfakes in fight against online manipulation LONDON (AP) — Facebook says it's banning "deepfake" videos as it steps up efforts to fight online manipulation. The social network...

Florida's economy will grow in 2020, but the state will experience growing pains from a lack of housing and a weak transportation network, according to an economic forecast from the...

Louisiana's Medicaid program started the new year under a cloud of uncertainty, amid a continued dispute over multibillion-dollar contracts to provide health services to 1.5 million people. Lucrative deals with...

Facing a shortage of 3.5 million houses, some California lawmakers want developers to build more apartments and other housing closer to public transportation — even if it means overriding local...

An elected official in metro Phoenix has resigned months after being charged with running a human smuggling operation that paid pregnant women from the Marshall Islands to give up their...

Religious leaders in Rhode Island asked the state's politicians Tuesday to pass bills this year to address poverty. Members of the Rhode Island Interfaith Coalition to Reduce Poverty marched to...

Nebraska lawmakers will try to address prison overcrowding problems, approve new tax incentives for businesses and decide how to use a surplus of state tax revenue in the 2020 session...

Mexico's labor secretary acknowledged Monday that 80 to 85% of all labor contracts in the country were signed without approval from the workers they cover. Corrupt unions in Mexico have...

A witness said a plane that crashed in south Louisiana had leveled out its wings before it hit trees and transmission lines and crashed in a fiery heap, according to...