CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The director of a West Virginia development group and a mayor are under scrutiny after a racist post about first lady Michelle Obama caused a backlas...
Trump fan of fast food
WASHINGTON — Will President-elect Donald Trump remake school lunches into his fast-food favorites of burgers and fried chicken?
Children grumbling ...
Ex-N.Y. mayor is front-runner
NEW YORK — Sequestered in his Manhattan high-rise, President-elect Donald Trump is preparing to fill key foreign policy posts. Former New Yo...
Priebus, Bannon listed
WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump made his first two key personnel appointments on Sunday, one an overture to Republican circles by naming ...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Leon Russell, who performed, sang and produced some of rock ’n’ roll’s top records, has died. He was 74.
Russell’s wife, Jan Bridges, said in a statem...
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson says he has no regrets about running for president for the second time and finishing a distant runner-up as a Lib...
VP-elect heads transition staff
WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump shook up his transition team Friday as he plunged into the work of setting up his administration...
U.S. sees 3rd night of turmoil
PORTLAND, Ore. — Another night of nationwide protests against Donald Trump’s election came to a head in Portland, where thousands marched a...
ATLANTA — Many of the nation’s largest active wildfires have been burning in the southern Appalachian Mountains, where a relentless drought has turned pine trees into to...
John Kerry lands in Antarctica
MCMURDO STATION, Antarctica — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry became the highest-ranking American official to visit Antarctica toda...
