PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A New Hampshire husband and wife used a messaging system popular in China to entice women to come to the U.S. on tourist visas...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — When it comes to a 2020 presidential run, Beto O’Rourke is still playing hard to get — even as the buzz around him intensifies...

MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — A middle-aged man charged with raping a child almost 30 years ago has asked a judge to treat him as a youthful offender because...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Father Jim Sichko has a 50-state congregation and a simple mandate from the pope: Go forth and do good deeds. That’s why the...

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A judge has spared comedian Artie Lange jail time even though he tested positive for cocaine and amphetamine. Despite the...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democratic Leader Charles Schumer leaned back in his seat and propped up his feet on a leather chair as he listened to a...

MONMOUTH BEACH, N.J. (AP) — Paige Woodie was 12 years old when she and a friend found $3 and turned it into a Monmouth Beach Police officer in 2004...

WASHINGTON — A hundred years ago, a mysterious explosion hit the only major U.S. warship to sink during World War I. Now the Navy believes it has the...

WASHINGTON (AP) —Scientists are seeing surprising melting in Earth’s polar regions at times they don’t expect, like winter, and in places they don’t...

NEW YORK (AP) — Female-led films have consistently outperformed male-led movies at the box office, according to a study initiated by Time’s Up, the...

SEVIERVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Floyd Estel Parton, the brother of country singer Dolly Parton, has died. An obituary posted by Atchley Funeral Home in...

NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. school lunch program is making room on menus again for noodles, biscuits, tortillas and other foods made mostly of refined...

ELKO, Nev. (AP) — Legal brothel owners in northeastern Nevada are trying to beat back the city of Elko’s proposal to double their license application...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) —A divided Kansas Supreme Court has ruled that police can rely exclusively on their sense of smell to provide probable cause for a...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah state lawmaker is leading an effort to redesign a clunky Utah state flag that critics have called an “S.O.B.” — seal on...

BALTIMORE (AP) —There’s a potentially powerful new tool to help reunite pet owners with their lost cats and dogs — facial recognition technology....

WASHINGTON (AP) — General Motors is fighting to retain a valuable tax credit for electric vehicles as the nation’s largest automaker tries to deal...

WASHINGTON — For the first time, prosecutors have tied President Donald Trump to a federal crime, accusing him of directing illegal hush-money...

DALLAS (AP) — Police say a 31-year-old protester who told children Santa Claus is not real has been arrested for trespassing at a North Texas church...

LOS ANGELES — There’s no such thing as a sure thing when it comes to the mercurial Hollywood Foreign Press Association and its Golden Globe...

DUI suspect sues police over crash FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Attorneys for a wrong-way driver say an Arizona Department of Public Safety sergeant is...

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Even after landing a gig on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show,” after more than 430 million views of his videos, after lighting the...

VISALIA, Calif. (AP) — A California high school teacher pleaded not guilty to several charges of child cruelty and battery after she allegedly forced...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s new Mars lander has captured the first sounds of the Martian wind. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory released audio...