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Virginia woman makes history as openly transgender delegate

RICHMOND, Va. – A Virginia woman who is set to become the first openly transgender person to get elected and serve in a state legislature in the U.S. brushed off her historic win over one of...

Police: Pennsylvania trooper saves own life with tourniquet

A Pennsylvania State Police trooper who was shot several times during a traffic stop likely saved his own life by applying a tourniquet to his leg before help arrived, authorities said Wedne...

Barack Obama shows up in Chicago for jury duty; not chosen

CHICAGO – Former President Barack Obama, free of a job that forced him to move to Washington for eight years, showed up to a downtown Chicago courthouse for jury duty on Wednesday morning. T...

Authorities review video of small-town Texas church attack

SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas – Authorities have reviewed video from inside the small-town Texas church where a gunman killed more than two dozen people, including footage that shows the assaila...

Top GOP senator says election losses could complicate tax reform

Republicans seeking to overhaul the federal tax code faced new head winds Wednesday, including a new $74 billion hole in their plan and political fallout from GOP losses in Tuesday’s state a...

Andrea Jenkins is the first openly transgender black woman elected to public office in U.S.

The nation’s transgender community, after a year of tremendous opposition from state legislatures and the president, is rejoicing Tuesday over the election of Andrea Jenkins, who gender advo...

Ten Commandments monument to be moved to church property

FARMINGTON – A New Mexico group that erected a monument on city-owned property honoring the Ten Commandments will move it to church property. The city of Bloomfield and the organi...

New looks come to Snapchat and Twitter in bid for more users

SAN FRANCISCO – Struggling social-media darlings Twitter and Snapchat are taking on new looks as the services seek wider audiences in the shadow of Facebook. Twitter is rolling ou...

AP Explains: Why smartphones are giving the police fits

BOSTON – The phone used by the gunman who fatally shot 26 people inside a small Texas church has become the latest flashpoint in the privacy wars. Federal investigators complain t...

FEMA rethinking ban on disaster aid to church buildings

When disaster strikes, houses of worship are often on the front lines, feeding and sheltering victims. Yet churches, synagogues and mosques are routinely denied aid by the Federal Emergency ...

Saudis blame missile on Iran, tighten blockade on Yemen

CAIRO – Saudi Arabia’s crown prince said Tuesday the ballistic missile launched at the kingdom by Yemeni rebels was a “direct military aggression by the Iranian regime,” as the Saudi-led coa...

New York Times fires lawyer who worked with Weinstein

NEW YORK – The New York Times on Tuesday fired lawyer David Boies’ firm after learning it tried to halt the newspaper’s investigation into sexual harassment charges against Hollywood mogul H...
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