WASHINGTON — For President Barack Obama, the decision to return early from an overseas trip after a series of shocking shootings will prove to be easy compared to his ne...
WASHINGTON — A federal official says a second safety agency will investigate the fatal crash of a Tesla sedan while the vehicle’s Autopilot self-driving mode was in use....
LINCOLN, Neb. — Ten states sued the federal government Friday over rules requiring public schools to allow transgender students to use restrooms conforming to their gend...
DES MOINES, Iowa — One jackpot-winning ticket was sold in Friday night’s Mega Millions drawing, a lottery official said.
Virginia Lottery spokesman John Hagerty told Th...
Doesn't want death to 'be a race thing'
BATON ROUGE, La. — A Louisiana woman says she doesn’t want the death of her son’s father, a black man killed by white police offic...
He was sent home by Army
MESQUITE, Texas — The Dallas sniper had been sent home from Afghanistan after being accused of sexually harassing a female, and was described as ...
Police kill man during stop
MINNEAPOLIS — When Philando Castile saw the flashing lights in his rearview mirror, it wasn’t unusual. He had been pulled over at least 52 tim...
Controversy in Minnesota
FALCON HEIGHTS, Minn. — A suburban police officer who killed a black motorist likely wouldn’t have fired if the driver had been white, Minnesota’...
WASHINGTON — Employers shook off two months of weak hiring by adding 287,000 jobs in June, a robust pace that suggests a resilient U.S. economy recovering from a slump e...
WASHINGTON — Frustrated by the FBI’s decision not to indict Hillary Clinton, congressional Republicans are pressing the agency to launch a new investigation into whether...
