‘Simple greed’: Ex-UAW leader Jones charged with corruption
DETROIT — Prosecutors on Thursday charged the former president of the United Auto Workers with corruption, alleging he conspired with others to embezz...
Taylor Swift donates $1 million to Tennessee tornado relief
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Taylor Swift is donating $1 million to tornado relief efforts in Middle Tennessee, where deadly storms ravaged counties this week, ...
Abuse allegations, calls for state inquiry build in Michigan
YPSILANTI, Mich. — More men came forward Thursday with allegations of sexual abuse by a late doctor at the University of Michigan in lawsuits and pers...
Stephen Curry set to return for Warriors against Raptors
SAN FRANCISCO — Stephen Curry is confident he has put his left hand through every possible test aside from actually getting into an NBA game.
Schumer: I ‘should not have used’ critical words on justices
WASHINGTON — Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said Thursday that he “should not have used the words I used” when he declared at a rally in front...
More states to use redistricting reforms after 2020 census
When U.S census results are tallied each decade, it traditionally has been the task of state lawmakers and governors to redraw voting districts for se...
Insurers will cover virus tests, but check if costs apply
WASHINGTON — A day after Vice President Mike Pence assured Americans that lab tests for coronavirus would be covered by private and government health ...
Winfrey reversed upcoming book selection after controversy
NEW YORK — Oprah Winfrey reversed her book club selection of Kate Elizabeth Russell’s upcoming “My Dark Vanessa” after the novel was briefly the subje...
Virus cancels exams and jeopardizes Chinese students’ plans
HARTFORD, Conn. — Universities that rely on international enrollment are expected to take a big hit in the next academic year as canceled entrance exa...
Lawmakers try to alter voter-approved redistricting reforms
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — With the census approaching, lawmakers in some states are attempting to alter recent voter-approved measures that were intended ...
Israel’s Netanyahu falls short of parliamentary majority
JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has again fallen short of a parliamentary majority with his hard-line allies, final election res...
Missouri man dressed as Joker charged in terrorist threats
UNIVERSITY CITY, Mo. — A suburban St. Louis man accused of livestreaming threats to bomb and kill people in a bustling entertainment district while dr...
Gas driller pulls out of talks in $5M suit against resident
One of Pennsylvania’s largest gas drillers pulled out of settlement talks aimed at resolving its $5 million lawsuit against a resident whose drinking ...
Worries over virus prompt changes in many worship services
NEW YORK — A rising number of churches across the United States are making changes in response to the coronavirus outbreak, including a decision by nu...
Critics of Oprah book club title put new novel on trial
TUCSON, Arizona — When Oprah Winfrey chose the novel “American Dirt” for her book club, she imagined engaging in an impassioned television dialog abou...
Cruise ship is held off California coast for virus testing
SAN FRANCISCO — Scrambling to keep the coronavirus at bay, officials ordered a cruise ship to hold off the California coast Thursday to await testing ...
Judge: Dubai ruler threatened wife, had daughters abducted
LONDON — A British court found that the ruler of Dubai conducted a campaign of fear and intimidation against his estranged wife and ordered the abduct...
Civil rights: The road to Bloody Sunday began 30 miles away
MARION, Ala. — Della Simpson Maynor remembers the mounted police officer cracking her elbow with a baton. She recalls the panicked marchers unable to ...
Chief: Brewery attacker friendly with some victims
MILWAUKEE — Milwaukee's police chief said a man who killed five co-workers at a Wisconsin brewery was friends or at least friendly with some of the vi...
Rendon, Betts, Cole among baseball’s big offseason movers
Anthony Rendon won a World Series in Washington and then left the Nationals to join Mike Trout and Albert Pujols with the Los Angeles Angels. Gerrit C...
A record low on average 30-year fixed mortgage: 3.29%
WASHINGTON — The average rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage has hit a record low of 3.29%, driven down by investors shifting money into the safety of U....
Survival stories: Amid tornado devastation, beacons of hope
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. — Moments after a tornado tore through his quiet Tennessee neighborhood, Darrell Jennings walked out his front door and heard scream...
OPEC calls for big production cut, but will Russia agree?
VIENNA — The oil-producing countries of the OPEC cartel are calling for a deep production cut of 1.5 million barrels per day to support prices that ar...
Is Idaho turning a little blue? Primary might provide clues
BOISE, Idaho — Idaho last year was the fastest-growing state in the nation, with close to 37,000 new residents boosting its population to nearly 1.8 m...
Biden: Maybe it’s time to consider Secret Service protection
WASHINGTON — Former Vice President Joe Biden says that he's worried that protesters have stormed the stage when he's been speaking at campaign events ...
Michigan Gov. Whitmer endorses Biden days before primary
LANSING, Mich. — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is backing Joe Biden for president days before the state's Democratic primary, giving the former vice ...
Spreading virus could deal big blow to malls
NEW YORK — The growing fear over a new virus has transformed busy streets and shopping centers into ghost towns in parts of China, Japan and Italy.
Trump cheers Bloomberg implosion, but Biden worries linger
WASHINGTON — While Super Tuesday left the Democrats with a pair of front-runners President Donald Trump believes he can define and defeat, there are s...
Spanish fans disapprove of stadium closures to stem virus
BARCELONA, Spain — Measures to stem the spread of the virus in Spain have some of the country's soccer fans complaining that they will not be able to ...
Five years on, ill-prepared EU sees migrants on its borders
Brussels — Thousands of migrants massed on Greece’s borders with Turkey, and security forces struggling to keep them at bay. Five years on it feels li...