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Margo Lion, Broadway producer of Hairspray, dead at 75
The producer of such Broadway favorites as “Hairspray” and “Jelly's Last Jam” has died
Pompeo accuses radio reporter of shameful lying after testy interview
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Saturday accused a National Public Radio reporter of lying to him and violating he basic rules of journalism and decency after she
Reunion site named after hero of Virginia Beach shooting
The post office where survivors reunited after a mass shooting in a Virginia Beach government office building has been named after the man who gave his own life for his c
U.S. veteran group 'expects' Trump apology for brain injury comment
A U.S. war veteran group is expecting an apology from U.S. President Donald Trump for his comments that downplayed traumatic brain injuries, an official said on Friday.
Man points gun in French Quarter, wounded in police shootout
A man who had been pointing a gun at people in New Orleans' historic French Quarter was critically wounded Saturday in a shootout with police
Flights of historic planes grounded pending investigation
A nonprofit foundation that operates short flights on World War II era aircraft has agreed to offer only ground tours while the Federal Aviation Administration continues
Covington Catholic bus involved in fatal crash in Kentucky
Police in Kentucky say a charter bus carrying students from a Catholic high school collided with a car, killing the car's driver
2 killed, toddler injured in shooting at Little Rock home
Police in Arkansas say two women have been killed and a 2-year-old boy injured in a shooting at their Little Rock home
Markets around the world are feeling the coronavirus chill
Fear about the effects of a new virus found in China is spreading faster through financial markets around the world than the sickness itself
Kansas land up for auction was site of 1870s serial slayings
A piece of land where a Kansas family of four killed at least 11 people in the 1870s is up for auction
Racist threats rattle students, faculty at university
Three months after he and other faculty members received threatening emails, the chairman of Wake Forest University's sociology department is awaiting word from the schoo
Substitute teaching a challenge in Jimmy Carter's class
Substitute teaching can be a challenge when you're replacing a former U.S. president
China deal might not bail out lobster industry this New Year
American seafood exporters are optimistic that a new trade deal with China will allow them to claw back into one of the world's biggest markets for lobster, but help migh
More Ukraine bombshells explode under Teflon Trump
Delta fined $50,000 for discriminating against Muslim passengers
Delta Air Lines was Friday fined $50,000 by the US Department of Transportation to settle allegations it discriminated against three Muslim
US Space Force logo draws comparisons to 'Star Trek'
US President Donald Trump unveiled the logo of Space Force on Friday, attracting critics who said America's newest military branch had bold
Woman fatally shoots man, self at cigar bar near Chicago
Police say a 51-year-old woman shot three men, killing one before turning the gun on herself at a cigar bar in the Chicago suburbs
Parts of Phoenix airport briefly evacuated; flights delayed
Hundreds of travelers were temporarily evacuated from parts of Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport on Friday after American Airlines called police to deal with a disruptive female
Woman charged with killing kids faced child-welfare scrutiny
Police say a woman charged with murder in the deaths of her three young kids in Phoenix was the subject of home visits by officers and child-welfare authorities when she
Man cited for using fake skeleton to drive in HOV lane
A 62-year-old man tried to disguise a fake skeleton as a passenger just to use the HOV lane before an Arizona state trooper pulled him over this week
85,000 museum artifacts feared lost in NYC Chinatown fire
A museum official says some 85,000 artifacts that tell the story of the Chinese migration to the United States may have been lost in a fire in Manhattan's Chinatown
Authorities ID woman killed in downtown Seattle shooting
Authorities identified Friday the woman who was killed in a downtown Seattle shooting that also wounded seven people and raised questions about safety in the city's cente
'Pillowcase Rapist' who terrorised Florida in 1980s is arrested
US bank calls cops on a black man trying to deposit his own money
Last week, Sauntore Thomas, a black man from Detroit, had a victory over profiling when he settled a race discrimination case against his former employer.But as he learne
PIO gets 5 years' jail for role in US opioid crisis
John Kapoor, the founder of Insys Therapeutics Inc, on Thursday was sentenced to 66 months in prison for his role in a bribery and fraud sc
Officials identify remains found in burnt-out Hawaii home
The Honolulu Medical Examiner’s Office has identified the remains of two people found in a burnt-out home where a man allegedly shot and killed two Honolulu police
UN alarm at education crisis: 258 million kids not in school
The U.N. deputy chief says there is an “alarming” crisis in education
New Orleans: Protesters demand action on damaged hotel
People in New Orleans are demanding something be done about the partially collapsed Hard Rock Hotel and that the two bodies still inside be recovered
Parents held in death of baby that was found in trash bin
Police say the parents of a 3-month-old baby who was found dead in a North Las Vegas trash bin have been arrested on felony child abuse and destroying evidence charges
Ex-Mexican police official faces drug-trafficking charges
A former Mexican intelligence unit commander who was a main point of contact for intelligence sharing between U.S. agencies and Mexican federal police has pleaded not gui
Ex-police officer pleads guilty to aiding in drug robberies
A former police officer in Tennessee has pleaded guilty to giving police information and equipment to civilians who stalked and robbed drug dealers
AP Exclusive: Feds plan to move Epstein warden to prison job
The federal Bureau of Prisons plans to transfer the warden in charge of the jail where Jeffrey Epstein took his own life to another correctional facility, despite an ongo
US scientist pleads guilty to lying about China contact
A scientist who once worked at a U.S. laboratory in New Mexico has pleaded guilty to lying about his involvement with a Chinese government technology program
Student: Response to professor who called police not enough
A black college student in Indiana is disappointed that his university is not acknowledging that a professor discriminated against him when he called the police on the st
'Shut it down,' protesters chant about Mississippi prison
Protesters are condemning conditions in Mississippi prisons
Store owner says she'll stop selling Nazi, racist items
A store owner in New Orleans' French Quarter has told a newspaper she will stop selling items such as a Nazi flag and Jim Crow-era caricatures of African Americans
No charges filed in fatal stabbing on Minnesota light rail
Minnesota prosecutors say they will file no charges in a fatal stabbing that occurred on a light rail in the Minneapolis suburb of Bloomington
Two US firms in race to develop vaccine
In the first step taken by a global entity to tackle the coronavirus outbreak that has raised fears of a pandemic, three programmes involvi
US fines Delta $50,000 for booting off 3 Muslim passengers
Delta Air Lines is being fined $50,000 for ordering three Muslim passengers off planes after the airline's own security officials cleared them to fly
No contest plea in crash that killed workers after hurricane
A man prosecutors say was high on drugs when his pickup truck fatally struck three utility workers fixing power lines in the Florida Panhandle after Hurricane Michael fac
NYPD officer charged in the death of his 8-year-old son
A New York Police Department officer and his fiancee have been charged with murder in the death of the officer's 8-year-old son, who authorities say was left in a garage
Indiana boy dies after being shot wrestling with dad
A 4-year-old Indiana boy who was mistakenly shot when his father's gun fell and discharged while the two were play-wrestling has died, authorities said
Veterans group: Lawsuit prompts Pentagon to reopen database
A veterans group says the Pentagon will reopen a records database that helps service members to appeal a less-than-honorable discharge
California couple pleads guilty to plotting $1B Ponzi scheme
The owners of a San Francisco Bay Area solar energy company have pleaded guilty to charges that they plotted a massive Ponzi scheme that defrauded investors of $1 billion
Florida death penalty experts concerned about court ruling
Florida inmate advocates say a state Supreme Court decision involving the death penalty has thrown between 100 to 150 cases into legal limbo
Tennessee governor signs anti-LGBT adoption bill
Tennessee has become the latest to assure continued taxpayer funding of faith-based foster care and adoption agencies even if they exclude LGBT families and others based
Michigan court reverses murder conviction, cites rap videos
The Michigan Supreme Court has thrown out a murder conviction, saying YouTube rap videos spoiled the verdict by portraying the defendant as a “ruthless and menacing
Video shows suffering at lawmaker's pig farm
An animal welfare group that gained access to an Iowa lawmaker’s hog farm has posted a video and photos online that show pigs suffering and even dying in what appea
Airbnb guest threw party that trashed island home, owner says
The owner of an island home off South Carolina's coast is suing Airbnb
Michigan couple dies in burning house trying to save dogs
Authorities say a couple died as they tried to rescue their two dogs from their burning home in northern Michigan
