By LISA MASCARO, FARNOUSH AMIRI and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Mike Johnson narrowly won reelection Friday to the House speakership on a first ballot, overcoming hard-right GOP holdouts after a tense standoff and buoyed by a nod of support from ...
By FATIMA HUSSEIN, JOSH BOAK and MARC LEVY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has blocked the nearly $15 billion proposed deal for Nippon Steel of Japan to purchase Pittsburgh-based U.S. Steel — affirming his earlier vow on the presidential campaign trail to prevent ...
By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Two more family members convicted in the killings of eight members of an Ohio family received lengthy prison terms on Friday for their roles in the 2016 shootings, as prosecutions near completion in what has been described as the ...
By ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — A California man apologized Friday for his connection to a 15-year-old girl who fatally shot a teacher and fellow student at a religious school in Wisconsin, telling a judge that he was prepared to accept the consequences of his actions ...
By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and a top oil and gas industry trade group are suing Vermont over its new law requiring that fossil fuel companies pay a share of the damage caused over several decades by climate change. The federal lawsuit filed Monday asks a ...
By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — New Senate Majority Leader John Thune is kicking off the new session with a promise to preserve the filibuster, saying in his first floor speech as leader that his priority will be to "ensure the Senate stays the Senate." Thune, ...
By AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Alcohol is a leading cause of cancer, a risk that should be clearly labeled on drinks Americans consume, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy proposed on Friday. Murthy's advisory comes as research and evidence mounts about the bad effects ...
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Lawyers for former New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez are urging a judge to be lenient at his sentencing later this month for his conviction on bribery charges, saying the ordeal has made him a "national punchline" despite a lifetime of good ...
GENEVA, N.Y. (AP) — Mary Ann Krupsak, who became the first woman elected to statewide office in New York when she was voted in as lieutenant governor in 1974, has died. She was 92. Krupsak died Saturday at her home on Seneca Lake, according to an online obituary published Thursday. The ...
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal courts will not refer allegations that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas may have violated ethics laws to the Justice Department, the judiciary's policymaking body said Thursday. Thomas has agreed to follow updated ...
BY SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer A strong snow and ice storm followed by brutally cold conditions will soon smack the eastern two-thirds of the United States as frigid air escapes the Arctic, plunging as far south as Florida, meteorologists forecast. Starting Saturday, millions of ...
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will visit New Orleans next week, with the city still reeling from the deadly New Year's rampage in which an Army veteran plowed a truck into revelers. The White House says the president and ...
By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — On Feb. 15, 1951, Army Pvt. Bruno R. Orig was returning from a mission when he found his fellow soldiers under attack in what's now known as the Battle of Chipyong-ni. The infantryman provided first aid to his comrades wounded in the ...
By JAIMIE DING and DAMIAN DOVARGANES Associated Press FULLERTON, Calif. (AP) — Two people died and 19 were injured Thursday when a small plane crashed through the roof of a sprawling furniture manufacturing building in Southern California where at least 200 people were working, police ...
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer Apple has agreed to pay $95 million to settle a lawsuit accusing the privacy-minded company of deploying its virtual assistant Siri to eavesdrop on people using its iPhone and other trendy devices. The proposed settlement filed Tuesday in an Oakland, ...
By MARTHA BELLISLE Associated Press An 18-year-old woman dreaming of becoming a nurse, a single mother, a father of two and a former Princeton football star were killed when the driver of a white pickup truck sped down Bourbon Street, packed with holiday revelers. Officials have not yet ...
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Federal agents found one of the largest stockpiles of homemade explosives they have ever seized when they arrested a Virginia man on a firearms charge last month, according to a court filing by federal prosecutors. Investigators seized more than 150 pipe bombs and other ...
By COLLEEN LONG Associated Press President Joe Biden is bestowing the second highest civilian medal on Liz Cheney and Bennie Thompson, leaders of the congressional investigation into the Capitol riot who Donald Trump has said should be jailed for their roles in the inquiry. Biden will ...
By MICHAEL R. SISAK and LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Ruth. Gehrig. DiMaggio. Mantle. Giuliani? As Rudy Giuliani's life gets stripped for parts to satisfy a $148 million defamation verdict, the former New York City mayor is fighting to keep one gleaming set of sports ...
By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Say hello to the latest dog in the American Kennel Club's lineup of recognized breeds. Or you might say "hej." The Danish-Swedish farmdog — yep, that's the official name — joined the pack Thursday. The designation makes the breed ...