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...
Trump confronts the limits of impeachment defense strategy
ZEKE MILLER, JILL COLVIN and JONATHAN LEMIRE
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is confronting the limits of his main impeachment defense.
As the...
Congress bids farewell to Cummings, a ‘master of the House’
MATTHEW DALY and LAURIE KELLMAN
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Members of Congress bid a tearful farewell Thursday to Rep. Elijah Cummings, hailing the son...
10 Things to Know for Today, Oct. 24
The Associated Press
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:
1. REPUBLICANS DISRUPT IMPEACHMENT DEPOSITION
Democrats say...
In Mexico, ‘green gold’ brings both riches and violence
MARK STEVENSON
Associated Press
SAN JUAN PARANGARICUTIRO, Mexico (AP) — Small-scale avocado growers armed with AR-15 rifles take turns manning a vigilante checkpoint to guard...