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House Republicans are ready to finish Trump's bill. Not so fast, Democratic leader Jeffries says

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans, up all night, are ready to vote on President Donald Trump’s $4.5 trillion tax breaks and spending cuts bill after GOP leaders and the president worked to...

NASA identifies newly discovered object as an interstellar comet that will keep a safe distance

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA has discovered an interstellar comet that’s wandered into our backyard. The space agency spotted the quick-moving object with the sky-surveying Atlas telesco...

Putin and Trump to speak by phone in their 6th conversation this year

MOSCOW (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin said they will speak by phone Thursday, their sixth publicly disclosed chat since Trump returned to the White H...

Finnish media says several people have been stabbed in the southern city of Tempere

HELSINKI, Finland (AP) — An assailant in Finland stabbed several people near a shopping center in the southern city of Tempere on Thursday afternoon, and one person was arrested, Finnish pub...

The US labor market continues to surprise and the unemployment rate, against the odds, is falling

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers added 147,000 jobs in June as the American labor market continues to show surprising resilience despite uncertainty over President Donald Trump’s economic po...

Nissan recalls over 480,000 vehicles in the US and Canada due to engine failure risk

NEW YORK (AP) — Nissan is recalling more than 480,000 of its vehicles across the U.S. and Canada due to potential manufacturing defects that could cause engine failure. The recall covers cer...

Kurdish fighters in northern Iraq to hand over weapons in first step toward disarmament

IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — A Kurdish militant group that has waged a long-running insurgency in Turkey announced Thursday its fighters in northern Iraq will begin handing over their weapons, marking...

The Latest: House leaders rush toward a final vote as Democrats hold the floor

House Republicans are ready to vote on President Donald Trump’s $4.5 trillion tax breaks and spending cuts bill early Thursday after staying up all night with GOP leaders and the preside...

8 remain hospitalized from skydiving plane's crash shortly after takeoff from New Jersey airport

CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — Three men remained hospitalized in critical condition and five others were listed as serious Thursday, the morning after a skydiving plane with 15 people aboard crashed i...

Liverpool player Diogo Jota and his brother were killed in a car accident in Spain, police say

MADRID (AP) — Liverpool player Diogo Jota and his brother were killed in a car accident in Spain when the Lamborghini they were in veered off a road and burst into flames, police said Thursd...

A volunteer finds the Holy Grail of abolitionist-era Baptist documents in Massachusetts

GROTON, Mass. (AP) — Jennifer Cromack was combing through the American Baptist archive when she uncovered a slim box among some 18th and 19th century journals. Opening it, she found a scroll...

Drive-by shooting in Chicago leaves 4 dead and 14 others wounded, police say

CHICAGO (AP) — Four people have died from gunshot wounds and 14 others have been hospitalized following a drive-by shooting in Chicago, police said Thursday. At least three were in critical ...