GM workers ratify contract, 40-day strike to end
TOM KRISHER
AP Auto Writer
ROMULUS, Mich. (AP) — General Motors workers voted 57.2% in favor of a new contract with the company, bringing an...
Trump: Probe of Russia probe will reveal ‘really bad things’
MICHAEL BALSAMO
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Investigating the investigators, the Justice Department is now scrutinizing the government's Russia probe as a criminal matter, raising...
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
ARIJETA LAJKA and AMANDA SEITZ
Associated Press
A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None...
US budget deficit hits $984 billion, highest in 7 years
MARTIN CRUTSINGER
AP Economics Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal deficit for the 2019 budget year surged to $984.4 billion, its highest point in seven...
Facebook launches a news section — and will pay publishers
BARBARA ORTUTAY and TALI ARBEL
AP Technology Writers
Over the course of its 15 year history, Facebook has variously ignored news organizations while eating their...
Astros fire exec Taubman after rant at female reporters
RONALD BLUM
AP Baseball Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Houston Astros fired assistant general manager Brandon Taubman on Thursday for directing inappropriate comments at female...
AP source: DOJ review of Russia probe now a criminal inquiry
MICHAEL BALSAMO
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has shifted its review of the Russia probe to a criminal investigation, a person familiar...
Tally of children split at border tops 5,400 in new count
ELLIOT SPAGAT
Associated Press
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union says U.S. immigration authorities separated more than 1,500 children from their parents...
Pence takes swipe at NBA, Nike in critical speech on China
DEB RIECHMANN
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence took a swipe at Nike and the NBA on Thursday in a speech criticizing...
Fossil trove shows life’s fast recovery after big extinction
MALCOLM RITTER
AP Science Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — A remarkable trove of fossils from Colorado has revealed details of how mammals grew larger and...