SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — Evacuations were ordered Saturday as a wildfire scorched the foothills of a national forest east of Los Angeles, amid a days-long heat wave that pushed temperatures into the triple digits across the region. The so-called Line Fire was burning uncontrolled along ...
By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Casino company Wynn Resorts Ltd. has agreed to pay $130 million to federal authorities and admit that it let unlicensed money transfer businesses around the world funnel funds to gamblers at its flagship Las Vegas Strip property. The ...
By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats have denounced it in hundreds of ads and billboards, printed it in oversize book form as a convention prop, and mentioned it in seemingly every speech and press statement. On Saturday, they took their campaign against the ...
By JOCELYN GECKER, MARYCLAIRE DALE and MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press University of Southern California law student Elizabeth Howell-Egan isn't allowed on campus because of her role in last spring's anti-war protests, but she is keeping up her activism. She and like-minded students are ...
By ISABELLA O'MALLEY Associated Press In a step forward for efforts to acquire the metals crucial to addressing climate change, on Monday a new plant that can extract nickel and cobalt from scrap material opens in Fairfield, Ohio. The resulting metals will be used in new batteries and ...
By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — The race for control of Congress is as close as ever, with barely two dozen House seats and a handful in the Senate likely to determine the majority this November and whether a single party sweeps to power with the White ...
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Samuel Alito reported Friday that he accepted $900 worth of concert tickets from a German princess, but disclosed no trips paid for by other people, according to a new financial disclosure form. The required annual filing, ...
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Department officials are turning to the 3D-printing industry to help stop the proliferation of tiny pieces of plastic transforming weapons into illegal homemade machine guns on streets across America. The rising threat ...
By LISA RATHKE Associated Press Vermont has failed to complete many actions in its five-year hazard mitigation plan aimed at reducing the risk from natural disasters such as flooding, according to a new report from the state auditor's office. The plan is developed by Vermont Emergency ...
By SAFIYAH RIDDLE Associated Press/Report For America MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The mayor of Alabama's state capital signed a local ordinance into law on Friday requiring anyone carrying a concealed firearm to also carry a photo ID, saying Republican lawmakers' decision to toss permit ...
By JILL COLVIN, MICHELLE L. PRICE and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Shortly after appearing in court for an appeal of a decision that found him liable for sexual abuse, Donald Trump stepped in front of television cameras Friday and brought up a string of past ...
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon authorities on Friday identified the three victims of a small plane crash near Portland, releasing the names of the two people on board and the resident on the ground who were killed. The victims were pilot Michael Busher, 73; flight instructor Jacqueline ...
By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A condemned inmate forced to choose how he'll be put to death ended weeks of suspense by leaving the decision to his lawyer, who reluctantly told South Carolina prison officials on Friday to prepare for a lethal injection, rather ...
By JEFF AMY and JEFF MARTIN Associated Press WINDER, Ga. (AP) — The 14-year-old suspect in a shooting that killed four people at a Georgia high school and his father, who was arrested for allowing his son to have a weapon, will stay in custody after their lawyers decided not to seek bail ...
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Memphis police have arrested a woman after her 6-year-old son brought a gun to his school. According to local news outlets, the 22-year-old woman faces several charges including carrying a weapon on school property and child neglect or endangerment. An affidavit says ...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Louisville Police arrested a man for allegedly sexually assaulting women and making "homicidal and suicidal threats" in the downtown area Friday. Police sent out a "Duty to Warn" notice on social media around 1 p.m. EST, telling people if they see him to call police. ...
By JOHN RABY Associated Press CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (AP) — A former Mafia hitman already serving life in prison was sentenced to 25 years Friday in the 2018 fatal prison bludgeoning of notorious Boston gangster James "Whitey" Bulger. Prosecutors said Fotios "Freddy" Geas used a lock ...
MARENGO, Ill. (AP) — A bull that escaped from an Illinois farm spent hours on the run before men on horseback finally lassoed the animal in a scene straight out of the Old West. The bull was captured Thursday evening after the McHenry County Sheriff's Office warned in a Facebook post around ...
BY FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The IRS has collected $1.3 billion from high-wealth tax dodgers since last fall, the agency announced Friday, crediting spending that has ramped up collection enforcement through President Joe Biden's signature climate, health care and ...
By DARREN SANDS Associated Press A Connecticut pastor will be the new president of the largest Black Protestant denomination in the U.S., bringing to an end a leadership election that stirred division among members. The Rev. Boise Kimber, senior pastor of First Calvary Baptist Church in ...