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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 ...

10:16, 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 ...

17:17, 11 Jan 2019

New Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis suspended Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel on Friday over his handling of February's massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. The Republican governor flew to Fort Lauderdale three days after taking ...

14:03, 11 Jan 2019

After a dramatic, hour-long meeting that recalled events from nearly seven decades ago, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and the state's three-member Cabinet granted posthumous pardons Friday to four African-American men accused of raping a white ...

20:14, 10 Jan 2019

Florida's new governor has scheduled a news conference in the county where the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High massacre occurred and where some victims' parents are pushing for the removal of the local sheriff.Gov. Ron DeSantis ...

20:53, 09 Jan 2019

Former Gov. and current U.S. Sen. Rick Scott violated a former state election official's constitutional rights when he suspended and "vilified" her without first allowing her to make her own case, a Florida federal judge ...

18:43, 08 Jan 2019

The parents of a Florida teenager killed when a Telsa sedan crashed and caught fire last year are suing the electric car company alleging that the battery pack on its electric Model S is defective ...

16:29, 08 Jan 2019

The right to vote was restored for most Florida felons as of Tuesday, increasing the pool of eligible voters by as many as 1.4 million people in a battleground state infamous for its narrow margins ...

14:53, 08 Jan 2019

An asteroid-circling spacecraft has captured a cool snapshot of home.NASA's Osiris-Rex spacecraft took the picture days before going into orbit around asteroid Bennu on New Year's Eve.The tiny asteroid — barely one-third of a mile ...

14:12, 08 Jan 2019

The normally humdrum bureaucracy of registering to vote brought tears to the eyes of some Floridians on Tuesday when most felons regained their right to vote under a state constitutional amendment. "I'll be a human being ...