Los Angeles police arrest suspect in apparent random shootings at 3 locations with 1 person wounded

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Police in Los Angeles arrested a suspect following what appeared to be…

From poverty to power, new California Speaker seeks Democratic caucus unity but offers few details

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — When California Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas was a child growing up in…

Takeaways from AP’s investigation of a Texas sheriff’s history of alleged corruption and dysfunction

COLDSPRING, Texas (AP) — Sheriff Greg Capers was the classic picture of a Texas lawman as…

As whiskey and bourbon business booms, beloved distillers face pushback over taxes and emissions

MULBERRY, Tenn. (AP) — For decades, the whiskey and bourbon makers of Tennessee and Kentucky have…

Sailors rejoice after snowy winter raises Great Salt Lake — for now

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5 including baby die in fiery vehicle wreck in eastern Oregon

VALE, Ore. (AP) — Five people including an infant died when two vehicles collided and burst…

Nebraska mom pleads guilty to giving daughter pills for an abortion and helping bury the fetus

MADISON, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska mother pleaded guilty Friday to giving her 17-year-old daughter pills…

A company targeted in a former Delaware trooper’s theft scheme is suing him and the police agency.

DOVER, Del. (AP) — A package reshipping company targeted in a theft scheme by a former…

New minimum pay rates for NYC app-based food delivery workers are delayed

NEW YORK (AP) — A judge Friday ordered New York City to temporarily delay new minimum…

Federal prosecutors accuse Michigan man of strangling missing 2-year-old

A Michigan man apparently strangled his ex-girlfriend’s 2-year-old daughter with a cellphone cord and left her…