Puerto Rico to approve cockfighting, defy federal ban
DANICA COTO
Associated Press
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico will defy the U.S. government and approve a law to keep cockfighting alive...
Emails: NAACP leader chided women who made harassment claim
MARTHA WAGGONER
Associated Press
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The NAACP's national president chastised women who recently went public with a sexual harassment claim and he was...
Scientists seeking cause of huge freshwater mussel die-off
TRAVIS LOLLER
Associated Press
KYLES FORD, Tenn. (AP) — On a recent late fall afternoon at Kyles Ford, the white branches of sycamore trees overhung...
Supreme Court won’t revive homeless camping ban in Idaho
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court will not review an appellate decision that makes it harder for cities to keep homeless people from sleeping...
Report: 5th straight year with under 30 executions in US
By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Fewer than 30 people were executed in the United States and under 50 new death sentences were...
Interior Department, states appeal sage grouse ruling
KEITH RIDLER
Associated Press
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The Interior Department, Idaho and Wyoming are appealing a court ruling that halted a Trump administration plan...
US senator proposes money, oversight to boost dam safety
DAVID A. LIEB
Associated Press
U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand on Tuesday called for more federal money and oversight to shore up the nation's aging dams...
AP count: Majority of House supports Trump’s impeachment
LISA MASCARO and MARY CLARE JALONICK
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is on track to be impeached by the House with the...
Trump conservative critics launch PAC to fight reelection
STEVE PEOPLES
AP National Politics Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — A small group of President Donald Trump's fiercest conservative critics, including the husband of the...
4 dead as suspected twisters, other storms batter the South
STACEY PLAISANCE and JAY REEVES
Associated Press
ALEXANDRIA, La. (AP) — A swarm of tornadoes and storms that left a trail of destruction across the...