HOUSTON — Tommy Allsup, a guitarist best known for losing a coin toss that kept him off a plane that later crashed and killed rock ’n’ roll stars Buddy Holly, Ritchie Va...
WASHINGTON — Pointing toward possible confrontation, Donald Trump’s selection for secretary of state likened Beijing’s island-building in the South China Sea to a takeov...
He concedes Russia's hacking
NEW YORK — President-elect Donald Trump’s first news conference since winning the election was a combative and freewheeling affair, and the f...
WASHINGTON — In November 2012, shortly before the White House ended his tenure commanding U.S. forces in the Middle East, Marine Gen. James Mattis delivered an urgent me...
Still no GOP plans to replace ObamaCare
WASHINGTON — The Senate has passed a measure to take the first step forward on dismantling President Barack Obama’s health care la...
NEW YORK — Donald Trump can keep his Twitter insults flying.
In a decision made public Tuesday, a New York judge dismissed a lawsuit filed last year against the Republic...
LOS ANGELES — Debbie Reynolds died of a stroke and her daughter Carrie Fisher died of cardiac arrest, according to their death certificates.
The Los Angeles County Depa...
Threat of flooding forces evacuations
SAN FRANCISCO — Authorities urged thousands of people in Northern California to evacuate homes as rivers swollen by four days o...
WASHINGTON — Friend of Russia and foe of sanctions in his corporate life, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of state, Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson, is a...
He tries to calm anxiety
CHICAGO — President Barack Obama bid farewell to the nation Tuesday in an emotional speech that sought to comfort a country on edge over rapid e...
