He also makes Cabinet picks
WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump said today that he’s leaving his business empire to focus on being the nation’s 45th president, bowi...
NEW YORK — Police in New York City are looking for a quick-thinking thief who stole an 86-pound bucket of gold flakes worth nearly $1.6 million off an armored truck in M...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee Lottery officials say 20 co-workers at a metal manufacturing plant will split a Powerball jackpot of nearly $421 million.
Lottery officials ...
Thousands flee deadly wildfires
GATLINBURG, Tenn. — Thousands of people raced through a hellish landscape as they fled wildfires that killed three people and destroy...
Park dedicated to fallen firefighters
YARNELL, Ariz. — A rugged section of brush-covered hills where 19 Arizona firefighters were killed in a 2013 wildfire will be d...
Police seek information
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Investigators are looking into whether a car-and-knife attack at Ohio State University that injured 11 people was an act of terro...
Muslim woman gets attention in pageant
BURNSVILLE, Minn. — A Muslim woman has become the first to compete in the Miss Minnesota USA pageant while fully clothed.
Hali...
WASHINGTON — Two years after being brought to the U.S. to face charges in an attempted attack on American forces in Afghanistan, Irek Hamidullin is arguing he should nev...
WASHINGTON — The Cuban government must move toward enacting greater freedoms for its people and giving Americans something in return if it wants to keep warmer U.S. rela...
Dec. 5 set as 'safety' deadline
BISMARCK, N.D. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has set an early December deadline for American Indians and others to leave an encampmen...