Bergdahl guilty pleas leave room for drama at sentencing

FORT BRAGG, N.C. – Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl’s guilty plea to charges of endangering comrades in Afghanistan has set up a dramatic sentencing hearing that could land him in prison for life. ...

Book’s challenge: Can you do squats like Justice Ginsburg?

WASHINGTON – Personal trainer Bryant Johnson hears it all the time: Four more years. That’s how long fans of his client, 84-year-old Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, tel...

Thousands more Rohingya Muslims cross border into Bangladesh

COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh – Thousands more Rohingya Muslims are fleeing large-scale violence and persecution in Myanmar and crossing into Bangladesh, where more than half a million others are ...

Californians head back home to altered lives, communities

PETALUMA, Calif. – Some have lost loved ones. Many have survived near-death experiences. Others have lost their homes and a lifetime of possessions. A week after fleeing raging wi...

A short-term health deal by senators _ with Trump’s blessing

WASHINGTON – Republican and Democratic senators joined in announcing a plan Tuesday aimed at stabilizing America’s health insurance markets in the wake of President Donald Trump’s order to t...

Taliban launch wave of attacks in Afghanistan, kill 74

KABUL, Afghanistan – The Taliban unleashed a wave of attacks across Afghanistan on Tuesday, targeting police compounds and government facilities with suicide bombers in the country’s south, ...

Deadly fires ease, anger grows over Iberia’s 45 fire deaths

LISBON, Portugal – Portugal began three days of national mourning Tuesday over its 41 wildfire deaths amid widespread public anger, with pressure growing on the government to explain why off...

Trump warns ‘I fight back’ after McCain hits foreign policy

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump on Tuesday warned Sen. John McCain that “I fight back” after McCain questioned “half-baked, spurious nationalism” in America’s foreign policy. ...

Self-driving cars could ease traffic, but increase sprawl

BOSTON – A new study inspired by Boston’s early experiments with self-driving cars finds that the technology could ease congestion, but might also lead to more cars on the road and further e...

Trump: Drug czar nominee pulls his name from consideration

WASHINGTON – Rep. Tom Marino, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be the nation’s drug czar, has withdrawn from consideration, following reports that he played a key role in weakening the fe...

Syrian commander says Raqqa has been liberated from Islamic State

BEIRUT – U.S.-backed Syrian forces liberated the city of Raqqa on Tuesday from Islamic State militants, a senior commander said, in a major defeat for the collapsing extremist group that had...

After Harvey Weinstein, women around the world are saying #MeToo

LONDON – The wave of revelations and revulsion over Harvey Weinstein has gone global. Even as A-list actresses level claims of sexual misconduct at the now-disgraced Hollywood mog...