10:16, 19 Jan 2019
Florida's new Republican governor rode to office with the strong support of President Donald Trump, leaving some to wonder if he'd be a partisan leader. But in Ron DeSantis' first two weeks in office, he's surprised ...
03:01, 19 Jan 2019
The text from Rob Rivard's stepson came at 5:23 one Sunday morning in November.A 20-year-old student at Pasco-Hernando State College, Chris Machesney was excited about launching a modeling career. Rivard and his wife hadn't seen ...
13:33, 18 Jan 2019
Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is suspending a county elections supervisor who failed to meet deadlines during recounts after November's election.DeSantis announced Friday that he is replacing Palm Beach elections supervisor Susan Bucher, a former ...
16:50, 17 Jan 2019
Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis criticized the Legislature's implementation of a medical marijuana law and said Thursday that if they don't fix it quickly, he'll take matters into his own hands.DeSantis wants a new law ...
11:10, 17 Jan 2019
Florida Republican Senator Rick Scott is defending President Donald Trump's decision to reject a short-term fix to the partial government shutdown, indicating that he thinks Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is not acting in ...
17:38, 16 Jan 2019
CSX Corp. delivered a fourth-quarter profit of $843 million, which was lower than last year when tax reforms were approved but in line with Wall Street expectations.The Jacksonville, Florida-based railroad said Wednesday it earned $1.01 ...
08:29, 16 Jan 2019
Teachers, students and parents of victims of last year’s Florida high school shooting that killed 17 disagree with recent security recommendations
18:27, 15 Jan 2019
Saying he would "make them feel the heat," Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday called for sanctions against Airbnb unless it reverses its decision barring lodging listings in the disputed West Bank in the Middle ...
15:52, 15 Jan 2019
Florida airports are helping federal workers who aren't getting paid during the government shutdown by offering free food, holding a food drive and opening a food bank.At Miami International Airport, Wilkinson Sejour, owner of the ...
14:21, 14 Jan 2019
Florida Congressman Alcee Hastings says he has pancreatic cancer but plans to remain in office as he fights the disease.The 82-year-old Democrat said in a statement Monday that he's optimistic about his chances for survival ...
09:58, 12 Jan 2019
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and a Cabinet granted posthumous pardons Friday, Jan. 11, 2019, to Shepherd, Irvin, Charles Greenlee and Ernest Thomas, the four African-American men accused of raping a white woman in 1949 in ...
03:05, 12 Jan 2019
Wounded military personnel and their supporters have bicycled across the Seven Mile Bridge and sections of the Florida Keys Overseas Highway during the annual Soldier Ride event from Key Largo to Key West.Some 45 individuals ...
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16:59, 18 Jan 2019
President Donald Trump's former lawyer, Michael Cohen, created a stir when he was photographed outside his New York City apartment with his arm in a sling and a hospital ID bracelet on his wrist Speculation ran ...
13:52, 18 Jan 2019
One of the four Americans killed in a suicide bomb attack in Syria this week was a Navy sailor and married mother of two whose father is a high-ranking officer in the New York State ...
01:01, 18 Jan 2019
Conflicts over control, inclusivity and alleged anti-Semitism will mean that women protesting on the second anniversary of the Women's March on Washington are faced with competing demonstrations this weekend in New York City.One procession, a ...
18:24, 17 Jan 2019
Harvey Weinstein is recasting his legal team a month after losing a hard-fought bid to get his sexual assault case thrown out.Weinstein and high-profile defense attorney Benjamin Brafman said in a statement Thursday that they ...
18:03, 16 Jan 2019
More than three months after 20 people died in a stretch limousine crash in rural upstate New York, federal safety investigators have yet to get their hands on the most crucial piece of evidence: the ...
18:38, 15 Jan 2019
State Sen. Jose Peralta's unexpected death was caused by a rare and aggressive form of leukemia, medical examiners said Tuesday.The finding came nearly two months after a death that stunned the statehouse and Peralta's family. ...
17:33, 15 Jan 2019
New York would become the 11th state to legalize recreational marijuana for adults under a proposal unveiled Tuesday by Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo.The measure would permit personal use as well as retail sales of the ...
11:51, 15 Jan 2019
A big chunk of the Tappan Zee Bridge went down in history — and the Hudson — on Thursday after a detonation that thrilled onlookers who played hooky from work and school to watch the ...
09:02, 15 Jan 2019
Wells Fargo, the consumer banking giant, said its fourth-quarter profits fell slightly on Tuesday as the bank remains restrained by federal regulators, who put a tight leash on it after years of scandals and missteps.The ...
06:22, 14 Jan 2019
It's been 10 years, but there isn't anything Tripp Harris doesn't remember about the cold January day he cheated death on US Airways flight 1549. The jolt when the plane collided with a flock of geese ...
17:51, 12 Jan 2019
In New York government news, an increasingly diverse state Legislature is back in Albany for its 2019 session, the first in the state's history with African-Americans holding the top leadership posts in both the Senate ...
13:34, 12 Jan 2019
The key accuser in the sex abuse case against ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick has met with New York City prosecutors, evidence that the scandal that has convulsed the papacy is now part of the broader U.S. ...
13:23, 12 Jan 2019
An elderly Manhattan couple died in a blaze that engulfed their luxury high-rise apartment before dawn Saturday and sent flames roaring out the windows.Fire officials say the 85-year-old woman was pronounced dead at the famed ...
11:58, 12 Jan 2019
The Democratic presidential sweepstakes might seem like a tale of Joe Biden and the Seven Senators, but there are plenty of governors and mayors looking for a chance to steal the spotlight from the former ...
17:06, 11 Jan 2019
A research lab has revoked its honorary titles for James Watson, the Nobel Prize-winning DNA scientist who lost his job there in 2007 for expressing racist views.Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in New York said Friday ...
15:33, 11 Jan 2019
A New York City firefighter killed in the line of duty had bravery "in his blood," Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro said at his funeral Friday.Thousands of firefighters in dress uniforms stood silently at attention along ...
13:22, 11 Jan 2019
Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg says that, if he runs for president in 2020, he'll pay for it himself.He's also offering a broader defense of candidates who use personal riches to bankroll campaigns. Another ...
12:03, 11 Jan 2019
The campaign of U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has been fined $1,500 for not having the required workers' compensation for a month last year.A spokeswoman for the New York state Workers' Compensation Board, Melissa Stewart, said ...
19:10, 10 Jan 2019
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio promised to make life better for workers, tenants, retirees, and even near-sighted first-graders in a wide-ranging State of the City speech Thursday."Imagine a city where New Yorkers can ...
17:18, 10 Jan 2019
Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is looking at basing a potential 2020 presidential campaign in Troy, New York, a small upstate city on the banks of the Hudson River, according to multiple people familiar with the ...
16:03, 19 Jan 2019
A powerful Delta 4 Heavy rocket carrying a U.S. spy satellite lifted off Saturday from California.The rocket propelled the National Reconnaissance Office satellite from Vandenberg Air Force Base at 11:10 a.m. Pacific time, arcing over ...
23:19, 18 Jan 2019
A California utility facing a slew of lawsuits over a deadly Southern California wildfire sued Santa Barbara County and the state's transportation department on Friday, saying they neglected to prepare for deadly mudslides that followed ...
19:00, 18 Jan 2019
A Northern California judge on Friday barred lawyers from publicly discussing the case of two men charged for their roles in the deaths of three dozen people at a warehouse illegally converted into an entertainment ...
19:00, 18 Jan 2019
A Southern California man has been charged with murder in the death of his girlfriend's 17-month-old daughter.The Orange County District Attorney's office said Friday that 28-year-old Christopher David Recio of San Clemente was charged with ...
16:26, 18 Jan 2019
A 22-year-old California officer killed weeks into the job was a dedicated daughter and sister who represented the best of the police community, family and fellow officers said Friday at a packed memorial service.Loved ones ...
16:18, 18 Jan 2019
The Latest on a memorial service for a rookie police officer in California (all times local): 12:45 p.m. Thousands of uniformed officers are leaving the memorial of a young California police officer who was killed on duty. Natalie ...
14:19, 18 Jan 2019
California's new governor won't be living in the historic governor's mansion after all.Gov. Gavin Newsom and his family moved into the remodeled 142-year-old Victorian mansion around the time he was sworn into office earlier this ...
01:17, 18 Jan 2019
Californians were cleaning up and drying off Friday after a series of storms dumped heavy rain and snow throughout the state, caused at least six deaths and forced the rescue of more than a dozen ...
01:11, 18 Jan 2019
Los Angeles teachers will walk picket lines for a fifth day after the union and school district officials returned to the bargaining table with hopes of ending the massive strike in the nation's second-largest school ...
20:28, 17 Jan 2019
Gov. Jay Inslee met Thursday with former California Gov. Jerry Brown to discuss climate issues, including a proposal for utilities to provide carbon-free electricity by 2045 that is working its way through the Washington Legislature.Last ...
19:07, 17 Jan 2019
Northern California investigators have identified the gunman who killed a 93-year-old woman during a shooting rampage as a Montana resident with no known ties to the region or victims.The Placer County Sheriff's Office on Thursday ...
18:30, 17 Jan 2019
Officials are looking for more stable housing for roughly 600 people still sleeping at a Northern California fairground following a deadly wildfire last year.The Chico Enterprise-Record reports Thursday that a lease to operate an emergency ...
17:58, 17 Jan 2019
California has finalized hundreds of pages of rules governing the nation's largest legal pot market, but the dense regulations are unlikely to settle long-running disputes over testing and home deliveries.Even if imperfect, the rules were ...
10:34, 17 Jan 2019
The latest in a series of Pacific Ocean storms pounded California with rain and snow Thursday, prompting officials to put communities on alert for mudslides and flooding and making travel treacherous. Runoff flowed from the San ...
01:02, 17 Jan 2019
Teachers and officials in the nation's second-largest school district return to the bargaining table on Thursday, hoping to end a strike that has been costly and divisive.The office of Mayor Eric Garcetti announced that talks ...
22:34, 16 Jan 2019
California endorsed a rule Wednesday that will allow home marijuana deliveries statewide, even into communities that have banned commercial pot sales.The regulation by the state Bureau of Cannabis Control was opposed by police chiefs and ...
22:22, 16 Jan 2019
The nation's first law eliminating bail for suspects awaiting trial is on hold until California voters decide whether to overturn it, officials said Wednesday.A referendum that qualified for the 2020 state ballot would overturn the ...
21:10, 16 Jan 2019
Rain and snow falling across California have forced the closure of a major freeway, snarled commutes and triggered deadly wrecks on slick roads Wednesday as wildfire-ravished communities braced for dangerous mudslides and mountain residents faced ...
20:49, 16 Jan 2019
A former California state lawmaker likely kissed a legislative employee against her will, according to a state Assembly investigation made public Wednesday.An outside investigator substantiated complaints that Sebastian Ridley-Thomas kissed the employee, held her hand, ...
20:02, 16 Jan 2019
SpaceX says it will build its Mars spaceship in south Texas instead of the Port of Los Angeles, dealing another blow to the local economy only days after the company announced massive layoffs.The Southern California-based ...
17:48, 18 Jan 2019
Havar, the white Bengal tiger that has been one of the Abilene Zoo's star attractions for 9½ years, has died at an age estimated between 18 and 20 years.An Abilene Zoo statement says the big ...
07:51, 17 Jan 2019
From Houston, Texas, to Nairobi, Kenya, American entrepreneur Jason Spindler helped others reach their potential
17:30, 16 Jan 2019
A public transit agency in Central Texas is letting federal workers ride for free during the partial government shutdown.Capital Metro in Austin on Wednesday began allowing all federal government employees to ride free for the ...
15:01, 16 Jan 2019
Harmony Korine's "The Beach Bum," Olivia Wilde's directorial debut and a documentary on the breakout campaign of Texas politician Beto O'Rourke will premiere at the annual South by Southwest Film Festival.The Austin, Texas-based festival announced ...
12:41, 16 Jan 2019
Two rare endangered tropical birds named Petey and Millie have a new home at a South Texas zoo.Officials with the Gladys Porter Zoo in Brownsville have announced the rhinoceros hornbills are now on display. Officials ...
17:37, 15 Jan 2019
A Houston hospital has removed its president and several other leaders following an unusually high number of patient deaths, a loss of some federal funding and a recent case in which a patient died after ...
07:10, 15 Jan 2019
Police in Texas say three deputies were shot and wounded while serving a search warrant at a home in Odessa on Monday night.Ector County Sheriff Mike Griffis says the officers returned fire and one person, ...
00:47, 14 Jan 2019
After months of speculation and secrecy, the 2020 presidential primary season is about to explode into public view.Several Democrats are already in the race, but a half dozen more are locking down final travel, staffing ...
19:42, 13 Jan 2019
A lawmaker says a Confederate plaque in the Texas Capitol that rejects slavery as the underlying cause of the Civil War has been removed.State Rep. Eric Johnson on Sunday tweeted a photo of the blank ...
11:26, 13 Jan 2019
Researchers say a pack of wild canines found frolicking near the beaches of the Texas Gulf Coast carry a substantial amount of red wolf genes.The finding has led to a new understanding that the red ...
18:18, 12 Jan 2019
Richard Overton, the nation's oldest World War II veteran who at 112 was believed to be the oldest living man in the U.S., has been remembered for his love of country and joy for life. Gov. ...
12:53, 12 Jan 2019
Former Obama housing chief Julian Castro is now in the 2020 Democratic race for president, and he could end up being the only Latino in what's expected to be a crowded field of White House ...
16:09, 11 Jan 2019
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott agreed Friday to remove a plaque in the state Capitol that rejects slavery as the underlying cause of the Civil War, bending after years of resistance by state Republican leaders in ...
15:54, 11 Jan 2019
The nonprofit running what once was the largest U.S. detention camp housing migrant teenagers said the last children left the facility Friday. The tent city in Tornillo, Texas, is shutting down, and all tents and equipment ...
11:59, 11 Jan 2019
Texas officials have voted to remove a 60-year-old Confederate plaque in the state Capitol that rejects slavery as an underlying cause of the Civil War. The decision Friday by the State Preservation Board follows years of ...
11:30, 11 Jan 2019
The operators of a Kansas water park where a 10-year-old boy was decapitated aren't saying whether the attraction will open for the upcoming season.Schlitterbahn spokeswoman Winter Prosapio said Friday in an email that the Texas-based ...
15:52, 10 Jan 2019
Republicans in one of Texas' most populous counties are scheduled to decide Thursday whether to remove a Muslim doctor as a party vice chairman amid infighting over some members' claims about his beliefs.The executive committee ...
11:51, 10 Jan 2019
Airline stocks are falling as American Airlines says fourth-quarter revenue and full-year profit will be lighter than expected.American's stock fell 10.9 percent before partially recovering.American said Thursday that revenue for each seat flown one mile, ...
19:21, 09 Jan 2019
A freight train derailment in the center of a small North Texas town sent freight cars smashing into a resident's back yard.The 9:30 a.m. Wednesday smashup in downtown Aubrey, Texas, involved a Union Pacific train ...
16:28, 09 Jan 2019
New Mexico Land Commissioner Stephanie Garcia Richard is working on a bill with state lawmakers to allow higher royalty rates for oil and natural gas production on state trust landGarcia Richard said Tuesday that she ...
10:15, 19 Jan 2019
The Latest on a winter storm in the Midwest and New England (all times local):9:15 a.m.People throughout parts of the Midwest have awakened to a heavy and steady fall of snow that's forced the cancellation ...
00:06, 19 Jan 2019
After leaving slick roads and runways in the Midwest, a winter storm inched its way toward New England, where it was forecast to dump up to 2 feet (0.61 meters) of snow.The National Weather Service ...
18:36, 18 Jan 2019
The white Chicago police officer who gunned down a black teenager in 2014 was sentenced Friday to nearly seven years in prison, bringing an end to a historic case that centered on a shocking dashcam ...
01:04, 17 Jan 2019
A judge is set to announce a verdict for three Chicago police officers accused of lying in their reports to protect the officer who fatally shot black teenager Laquan McDonald.Cook County Judge Domenica Stephenson has ...
19:08, 16 Jan 2019
Three Chicago police officers will learn this week whether a judge thinks they lied about the 2014 killing of Laquan McDonald to protect another white officer who shot the black teenager 16 times. That officer, ...
15:10, 16 Jan 2019
An Illinois judge acquitted a man of murder Wednesday, more than two decades after jurors convicted him by relying on ballistics that proved to be wrong.Supporters of 53-year-old Patrick Pursley clapped in a Winnebago County ...
12:40, 16 Jan 2019
An Illinois father and stepmother will spend decades in prison in the starvation death of their 6-year-old son, who authorities say weighed just 17 pounds (8 kilograms) when he died. ...
18:30, 15 Jan 2019
One of two brothers charged in the Chicago fatal shooting of Miami Heat star Dwayne Wade's cousin has pleaded guilty to murder.The Chicago Sun-Times reports Derren Sorrells entered the plea Tuesday to a first-degree murder ...
15:33, 20 Dec 2018
The Latest on a man facing charges in connection with the deaths of two Chicago police officers struck by a train (all times local): 2:20 p.m. The man police were searching for when two Chicago officers were ...
01:12, 20 Dec 2018
The man accused of killing four people in a Nashville Waffle House used to send his father text messages in which he punctuated everyday chitchat with delusional rants. Police say the 29-year-old Reinking was nearly naked, ...
00:21, 20 Dec 2018
Report says church did not carry out thorough investigations and tried to discredit victims
19:22, 19 Dec 2018
A man is facing two felony weapons charges in connection with the deaths of two Chicago police officers who were struck and killed by a commuter train while they were chasing him. Chicago police said Wednesday, ...
18:53, 19 Dec 2018
Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan on Wednesday issued a blistering report about clergy sexual abuse, saying that Catholic dioceses in Illinois received allegations of child sexual abuse by 500 more clergy than previously publicly identified.The ...
15:30, 19 Dec 2018
Northwestern students see visitor as racist, sexist and offensive
23:16, 17 Dec 2018
Chicago police say two officers investigating a shots-fired call on the city's far South Side have died after being struck by a train. Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson said the officers who were fatally hit Monday evening ...
14:30, 17 Dec 2018
Attorneys for the man charged with kidnapping and killing a Chinese scholar at the University of Illinois-Champaign say the FBI searched his jail cell when he was in court.Brendt Christensen's attorneys now want a judge ...
18:42, 14 Dec 2018
A 120-year-old Chicago church was saved from auction after a midnight call from a group of donors, which one church official said was "a Christmas miracle." Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church held what parishioners believed would ...
10:11, 10 Dec 2018
In just one Chicago community, police have recovered more than 1,000 guns this year. The seizures are seen as a success, but few in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood think they will stop the flow of ...
05:02, 06 Dec 2018
Authorities say a semitrailer in Illinois has collided with a school bus carrying members of a high school basketball team. The (Bloomington) Pantagraph reports that several people were taken to hospitals after the crash Wednesday night ...
12:21, 04 Dec 2018
A series of tornadoes stirred up damage from the Plains to southeast Georgia over the weekend. A swarm of tornadoes rocked central Illinois on Saturday, making it one of the most violent December days in the ...
10:45, 18 Jan 2019
Most of Pennsylvania is under a winter storm watch ahead of a weekend storm that could pack a wallop of snow, followed by bitter cold and high winds, making travel hazardous.From Pittsburgh to the Poconos, ...
10:41, 15 Jan 2019
The Latest on Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf's second inauguration (all times local):10:40 a.m.The former mayor of an economically distressed steel town is the new lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania.Democrat John Fetterman took the oath of office ...
05:54, 15 Jan 2019
A second term kicks off Tuesday for Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf, a battle-tested and perhaps more pragmatic politician who overcame tough first-term budget fights to regain voters' confidence and sweep to an easy re-election win. The ...
14:46, 11 Jan 2019
A Pennsylvania woman who's dying of cancer is trying to find a home for her beloved 15-foot-long plant.LNP reports Gabrellen Pfarr has a few months to live after deciding not to pursue further treatment for ...
12:50, 11 Jan 2019
A Roman Catholic priest who pleaded guilty to sexually abusing two boys and making one of them say confession after the assaults is set to be sentenced in Pennsylvania court.David Lee Poulson is one of ...
20:30, 09 Jan 2019
Students at Cumberland County High School are fighting against what they say is the local Pennsylvania school district’s unconstitutional ban on distributing Bibles on campus. The students allege that David Harris, the high school’s principal, told ...
14:14, 09 Jan 2019
Actor and Pennsylvania native Joe Manganiello stopped by a Pittsburgh children's hospital to lead patients in a game of Dungeons and Dragons.Manganiello stopped by UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh with his brother Nick Manganiello to ...
10:10, 09 Jan 2019
A swath of wild weather brought high winds, thunderstorms, hail and a rare winter tornado warning to western Pennsylvania, causing downed trees and damage to buildings but no injuries.Lee Hendrickson, a meteorologist with the National ...
17:59, 07 Jan 2019
Hundreds of protesters — many openly carrying guns — are gathered in downtown Pittsburgh to rally against the city council's proposed restrictions on some firearms and ammunition.The protest is underway Monday outside the City-County Building.The ...
13:59, 07 Jan 2019
Police say a western Pennsylvania high school student accused of posting a Snapchat video of himself shooting a gun with a caption reading "Training for Prom Walk" has been arrested.According to WPXI-TV, a criminal complaint ...
05:41, 03 Jan 2019
A review by The Associated Press has found an unprecedented public reckoning is underway in the nation's Roman Catholic Church since the release of a shocking grand jury report in Pennsylvania four months ago.Nearly 50 ...
14:35, 01 Jan 2019
Pennsylvania lawmakers took the oath of office Tuesday, convening in the state Capitol on New Year's Day under a state constitutional mandate they meet on the first Tuesday of the year.Forty-two House members and seven ...
15:01, 25 Dec 2018
High water levels have forced cancellation of the river crossing for the annual reenactment of George Washington's daring 1776 crossing of the Delaware River on Christmas Day, but organizers said events were still going on ...
16:26, 21 Dec 2018
Philadelphia's two top prosecutors are locked in a war of words that echo their polarized view on criminal justice issues. The dispute has become public this week as U.S. Attorney William McSwain accused city District Attorney ...
15:17, 21 Dec 2018
A Roman Catholic priest on Friday became the first person sentenced to prison as a result of a Pennsylvania grand jury investigation that found hundreds of clergy had abused children over seven decades. The Rev. John ...
08:03, 20 Dec 2018
Uber is resuming autonomous vehicle tests in an area near downtown Pittsburgh.The restart Thursday comes just over nine months after one of its autonomous cars struck and killed a pedestrian in Arizona. Testing has been ...
19:10, 18 Dec 2018
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation has approved Uber's request to resume testing of autonomous vehicles on public roads in the Pittsburgh area.The approval, effective Monday and lasting for one year, comes about nine months after ...
16:10, 18 Dec 2018
Family and loved ones said goodbye to a Pennsylvania solider killed in Afghanistan, remembering him as a good and caring man who loved his country. The funeral for Staff Sgt. Jason McClary was held on a ...
15:26, 12 Dec 2018
Is good moral character required to wax eyebrows and give facials?In the state of Pennsylvania it is, and two women denied licenses to work as cosmetologists because they ran afoul of that regulation are challenging ...
15:52, 11 Dec 2018
Bill Cosby's lawyers detailed nearly a dozen alleged legal errors Tuesday, including the judge's decision to send the case to trial, as they appeal his sexual assault conviction and three- to 10-year prison term.They've also ...
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