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U.S. to take tougher tone on Israeli settlements

By MATTHEW LEE and BRADLEY KLAPPER Associated Press WASHINGTON – The United States will endorse a tougher tone with Israel in an upcoming international report that take...

AP source: Clinton aide interviewed in email investigation

WASHINGTON – The FBI has interviewed Huma Abedin, a close aide to Hillary Clinton, as part of a federal investigation into Clinton’s use of a private email server as secretary of state, a pe...

U.S. employers added 160K jobs in April; jobless rate 5 percent

WASHINGTON – U.S. employers pulled back slightly on hiring in April after a streak of robust monthly gains, adding 160,000 jobs, the fewest in seven months. The unemployment rate...

Mayors from big cities around globe push climate initiatives

WASHINGTON – The mayors of major cities from around the world are banding together to fight global warming by investing in public transportation and electric cars, planting trees and switchi...

FDA brings e-cigarettes under federal authority

WASHINGTON – New federal rules announced Thursday have the potential to upend the multibillion-dollar electronic cigarette industry just as it is attempting to position itself as an alternat...

L.A. man guilty in ‘Grim Sleeper’ serial killings

Penalty phase for Lonnie Franklin Jr. begins next week

Survivors found 6 days after Kenyan building collapse

Pregnant woman loses baby; man dies on way to hospital

Nation Briefs

NYC imposes 5-cent charge on plastic bags NEW YORK – Every minute of every day, usually without thinking, thousands of New Yorkers reach across the counter at shops and supermarkets and acce...

Egyptian blames ‘Tom and Jerry’ for Mideast violence

CAIRO – Add this to the list of reasons for violence and extremism in the Middle East. “Tom and Jerry” cartoons. That’s what the head of Egypt’s State Information Servi...

Nation & World Briefs

Face transplant patient in hospital HARTFORD, Conn. – The Connecticut woman who underwent a face transplant five years ago after being attacked by a chimpanzee is back in a Boston hospital...

Iranian commander threatens to close Strait of Hormuz to U.S.

TEHRAN, Iran – The deputy commander of Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guard said Iranian forces will close the strategic Strait of Hormuz to the United States and its allies if they “threaten...

Kasich dropping out, AP sources say; Trump on clear GOP path

INDIANAPOLIS – Ohio Gov. John Kasich is leaving the Republican presidential contest, giving Donald Trump a clear path to his party’s nomination. Kasich will announce the end of hi...
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