Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman sentenced to life in prison
Jul 18, 2019
By TOM HAYS and CLAUDIA TORRENS NEW YORK (AP) — Mexican drug kingpin and escape artist Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was sentenced Wednesday to life behind bars in a U.S. prison, expressing no remorse over…
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Eric Garner’s mother speaks out on anniversary of his death
Jul 17, 2019
By KAREN MATTHEWS NEW YORK (AP) — Eric Garner’s mother, speaking Wednesday on the five-year anniversary of his chokehold death, urged the New York City police commissioner to fire the officer involved. “We’ve been failed…
4 Democratic women of color slam Trump for ‘bigoted remarks’
Jul 16, 2019
By ZEKE MILLER, JILL COLVIN, and JONATHAN LEMIRE WASHINGTON (AP) — Defiant in the face of widespread censure, President Donald Trump escalated his demand for four Democratic congresswomen of color to leave the U.S. “right now,” stoking…
Jeffrey Epstein will remain jailed as judge mulls bail
Jul 15, 2019
NEW YORK (AP) — Financier Jeffrey Epstein will remain behind bars for now as a federal judge mulls whether to grant bail on charges he sexually abused underage girls. The judge said he needed more…
Tropical Storm Barry threatens a long, slow drenching
Jul 12, 2019
By KEVIN McGILL and JANET McCONNAUGHEY NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Building toward hurricane strength, Tropical Storm Barry began hitting Louisiana with wind and rain Friday as it closed in for what could be a long,…
Louisiana braces for slow-moving possible weekend hurricane
Jul 11, 2019
By KEVIN McGILL and REBECCA SANTANA NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans and a surrounding stretch of the Louisiana-Mississippi-Texas coastline braced for a possible hurricane this weekend that could swamp the streets of the dangerously…
Fans cheer World Cup champs as leaders on and off the field
Jul 10, 2019
By ALI SWENSON NEW YORK (AP) — Adoring fans lined New York City’s Canyon of Heroes on Wednesday to praise the World Cup-winning U.S. women’s national soccer team as athletic leaders on the field —…
Texas billionaire H. Ross Perot dies at 89
Jul 09, 2019
By DAVID KOENIG DALLAS (AP) — H. Ross Perot, the colorful, self-made Texas billionaire who rose from a childhood of Depression-era poverty and twice ran for president as a third-party candidate, has died. He was…
Rattled resident clean up, officials eye damage after quakes
Jul 08, 2019
By JOHN ANTCZAK and CHRISTOPHER WEBER LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rattled residents cleaned up and officials assessed damage Monday from two of the biggest earthquakes to shake California in decades as scientists warned that both…
Aftershocks following Southern California earthquake
Jul 05, 2019
By JOHN ANTCZAK and OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ LOS ANGELES (AP) — The strongest earthquake in 20 years shook a large swath of Southern California and parts of Nevada on the July 4th holiday, rattling nerves…