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Figure known as ‘Crocodile’ could replace Zimbabwe president

JOHANNESBURG — Emmerson Mnangagwa, elected Sunday as the new leader of Zimbabwe’s ruling political party and positioned to take over as the country’s leader, has engineered a remarkable come...

Capitol Hill roiled by sexual harassment claims - old and new

WASHINGTON – The ongoing deluge of sexual harassment allegations on Capitol Hill has put old claims – including those against President Donald Trump and former president Bill Clinton – in th...

Trump says he should have left UCLA players in Chinese jail

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump says he should have left three UCLA basketball players accused of shoplifting in China in jail. Trump’s tweet Sunday comes after the father of ...

Winners and losers under the Senate tax proposal

WASHINGTON – The ultra-wealthy, especially those with dynastic businesses – like President Donald Trump and his family – do very well under a major Republican tax bill moving in the Senate, ...

Official says Trump doesn’t know who to believe about Moore

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump doesn’t know who to believe about sexual misconduct allegations involving Roy Moore, but isn’t campaigning for his party’s Senate candidate in Alabama bec...

Cross-border wedding held as California ‘Door of Hope’ opens

SAN DIEGO – A United States man and a Mexican woman have wed between the doors of a steel border gate that is opened for only an hour or so every year. Saturday’s wedding at Borde...

Roy Moore stands with homophobic supporters

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – A smiling Roy Moore stood shoulder to shoulder with his fiercest religious allies. Flanked by a huge sign for Moore’s Senate campaign, one supporter railed agai...

A look at what didn’t happen this week

A roundup of some of the most popular, but completely untrue, headlines of the week. None of these stories are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Pres...

FDA OKs new therapy for some hemophilia patients

TRENTON, N.J – U.S. regulators have approved the first new treatment in nearly two decades to prevent internal bleeding in certain patients with hemophilia. The Food and Drug Admi...

Neighbors help during massive senior living center fire

PHILADELPHIA – Dozens of neighbors rushed to the scene of a massive late-night fire that injured at least 20 people at a Pennsylvania senior living community, wrapping the elderly in blanket...

VA exploring idea of merging health system with Pentagon

WASHINGTON – As part of its effort to expand private health care, the Department of Veterans Affairs is exploring the possibility of merging its health system with the Pentagon’s, a cost-sav...

U.S. health agency to crack down on risky stem cell offerings

WASHINGTON – U.S. health authorities announced plans Thursday to crack down on doctors pushing stem cell procedures that pose the gravest risks to patients amid an effort to police a burgeon...