By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Stuck-in-space astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams said Friday it's been tough dealing with their Boeing ride leaving without them and the prospect of spending several extra months in orbit. It was their first public ...
By JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — A teenager scouting out a spot near a Colorado lake to take picturesque homecoming photos this weekend was shot in the face when the boyfriend of the property owner fired his weapon and yelled, "Oh sh__, my gun went off," ...
By MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania's Supreme Court on Friday sided with lower court decisions to block two third-party presidential candidates from the battleground state's ballot in November's election. The decisions hand a win apiece to each major party, ...
By MIKE CATALINI, JULIE CARR SMYTH and BRUCE SHIPKOWSKI Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio city remains in an unwelcome spotlight after former President Donald Trump amplified false rumors that members of its recently expanded Haitian immigrant population were abducting and ...
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The governor of Ohio will send law enforcement and millions of dollars in healthcare resources to the city of Springfield as it faces a surge in temporary Haitian migrants that has landed it in the national spotlight. Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine said Tuesday he ...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice will call the Legislature back to the Capitol this month to consider several proposals, including one that would cut taxes and another that would provide child care support, he announced Monday. The Republican governor said for a ...
CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (AP) — A former Mafia hitman already serving life in prison was sentenced to 25 years Friday in the 2018 fatal prison bludgeoning of notorious Boston gangster James "Whitey" Bulger. Prosecutors said Fotios "Freddy" Geas used a lock attached to a belt to repeatedly hit the ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris plans a four-day campaign trip through major swing states after the Democrat's debate Tuesday with Republican Donald Trump. Her "New Way Forward" tour will include a new television spot, rallies, canvassing events and programs designed to target ...
By BRUCE SCHREINER and LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press LONDON, Ky. (AP) — Authorities searched a rugged, hilly area of southeastern Kentucky on Sunday for a man suspected in the weekend shooting of nine vehicles and wounding of five people on a busy interstate. Joseph A. Couch, 32, was ...
By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The mother of a student in class with the boy accused of killing four people in a Georgia high school shooting says information that school officials were warned that the boy was having a crisis shows the shooting could have been prevented. "The ...
By MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — When Donald Trump and Kamala Harris meet onstage Tuesday night in Philadelphia, they'll both know there's little debate that Pennsylvania is critical to their chances of winning the presidency. The most populous presidential swing ...
By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kendrick Lamar will pop out on the NFL's biggest stage next year: The Grammy winner will headline the Apple Music Super Bowl Halftime Show in New Orleans. The NFL, Apple Music and Roc Nation announced Sunday that Lamar ...
By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Grief, pain, hope and faith permeated church services Sunday as an Atlanta area community's efforts to cope with the nation's latest deadly school shooting included prayer, hymns and a first-person account of the tragedy from a teacher who ...
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — One of the biggest challenges for Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris in the final stretch of the campaign is introducing herself to voters before her Republican rival, Donald Trump, has a chance to define her. Until her ...
By RUSS BYNUM and CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press The mother of the 14-year-old who has been charged with murder over the fatal shooting of four people at his Georgia high school called the school before the killings, warning staff of an "extreme emergency" involving her son, a relative ...
By JOSH BOAK Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris plans a four-day campaign trip through major swing states after the Democrat's debate Tuesday with Republican Donald Trump. Her "New Way Forward" tour will include a new television spot, rallies, canvassing ...
DENVER (AP) — A Colorado State Patrol trooper is recovering after he was shot in the arm during a shootout near Denver that left the gunman dead, authorities said. Cpl. Tye Simcox was in his parked pickup in the center median of U.S. 36 on Saturday afternoon when a passing driver fired at ...
WASHINGTON, Pa. (AP) — A western Pennsylvania county official has pleaded guilty to felony animal cruelty in an agreement with prosecutors that spares her jail time but requires her to resign her post at the end of the month. Washington County Controller April Sloane, 43, entered the plea ...
By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press LONDON, Ky. (AP) — A manhunt was underway early Sunday as police searched for a gunman in a rural area of southeastern Kentucky near Interstate 75, according to authorities who said seven people were hurt in the shooting and a vehicle accident that ...
By JEFF McMURRAY Associated Press The secret to avoiding red lights during rush hour in Utah's largest city might be as simple as following a bus. Transportation officials have spent the past few years refining a system in which radio transmitters inside commuter buses talk directly to the ...