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Legal deal over harsh CIA interrogations marks a milestone
SPOKANE, Wash. – A settlement in a landmark lawsuit against two psychologists who helped design…
Correction: Police Misconduct-Dallas story
DALLAS – In a story Aug. 15 about Dallas spending millions of dollars to settle…
Agreement protects elk route, trout streams near Yellowstone
BILLINGS, Mont. – A mining company finalized agreements with conservation groups to transform an abandoned…
Wisconsin Assembly passes $3 billion for Foxconn
MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Assembly approved a $3 billion tax break Thursday with bipartisan…
3rd Australian minister could be fired over dual citizenship
CANBERRA, Australia – A third Australian government minister revealed Thursday she might have been unlawfully…
Michigan State University rejects white nationalist event
DETROIT – Michigan State University on Thursday denied a request by a group headed by…
Missouri lawmaker posts, deletes Trump assassination comment
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A Missouri lawmaker acknowledged Thursday that she posted and later deleted…
Venezuela Supreme Court orders dissident lawmaker’s arrest
CARACAS, Venezuela – Venezuela’s high court issued an arrest order for the ousted chief prosecutor’s…
Liberal hero Noam Chomsky joins University of Arizona staff
TUCSON, Ariz. – The University of Arizona has hired noted academic and social critic hero…
Under fire – from GOP – Trump digs in on Confederate icons
BRIDGEWATER, N.J. – With prominent Republicans openly questioning his competence and moral leadership, President Donald…
Illinois conservative group’s cartoon sparks racial clash
CHICAGO – A political cartoon circulated by a conservative Illinois think-tank with ties to Republican…
Boat overturns off Haiti; 6 dead and at least 10 missing
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Authorities in Haiti say at least six people drowned and about 10…
Chasing eclipses across the globe is a way of life for some
WASHINGTON – While Monday’s total solar eclipse in the U.S. will be a once-in-a-lifetime sky…
Navy awards contract for future Marine base on Guam
HAGATNA, Guam – The U.S. Navy awarded a contract Friday for utility construction and site…
AP News in Brief at 11:04 p.m. EDT
Barcelona van attack kills 13 in agonizing repeat for Europe BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — A…
State fair to feature 40 food trucks in competition
SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Falafel tots, salt potato pizza and apple cheesecake eggrolls are among the…
Police: Woman hospitalized after dropping from speeding car
DEPTFORD TOWNSHIP, N.J. – Police in New Jersey have opened an investigation after a woman…
10 Things to Know for Today
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked…
Zimbabwe’s first lady remains quiet amid assault claims
JOHANNESBURG – Zimbabwe’s first lady remained out of sight Friday, several days after a young…
Austrians first in Europe to make bacon on industrial scale?
VIENNA – Austrians were making bacon thousands of years ago. And a researcher says they…
Clearing Iraqi cities of explosives may take decades
BAGHDAD – The wires protruding from the small, misshapen stuffed animal revealed the deadly booby-trap…
Why hate came to the progressive island of Charlottesville
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The white nationalists behind last weekend’s violent rally found an appealing target…
Skeptics dismiss Bannon’s call for economic war with China
WASHINGTON – White House adviser Steve Bannon isn’t alone in pondering America’s possibly generation-defining question…
Philippines: 5 Muslim rebels killed in clash with extremists
COTABATO, Philippines – Five Muslim rebels from a large group that is helping the Philippine…