Texas Democrats are joining a colleague who can't leave the state Capitol because she won't agree to having law enforcement officers shadow her. Republicans imposed that requirement to prevent Democra ...

A Colombian appeals court has ruled that former president Alvaro Uribe must be released from house arrest. Uribe is challenging his conviction for bribery and witness tampering. On Aug. 1, ...

Nebraska Republican Gov. Jim Pillen has announced plans for an immigration detention center in the state’s rural southwest corner, to be known as the “Cornhusker Clink.” President Donald Trump’s admin ...

President Donald Trump has made clear in recent weeks that he’s willing to use the vast powers of his office to prevent his party from losing control of Congress in ...

Miguel Cairo of the Washington Nationals and Carlos Mendoza of the New York Mets are the first Venezuelans to manage against each other in the major leagues. The countrymen were ...

Khalen Saunders is welcoming a change of scenery. A two-time Super Bowl champion nose tackle with Kansas City, Saunders was traded from New Orleans to Jacksonville on Sunday and made ...

The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said her country will never see South Korea as a partner for diplomacy, according to state media Wednesday, in her ...

The Indiana Pacers rewarded coach Rick Carlisle with a multiyear contract extension Tuesday following the team’s surprising run to the NBA Finals. Team officials made the announcement about one month ...

A dozen newspapers in Wyoming and South Dakota are set to publish again after buyers stepped in to keep the communities from becoming news deserts where little or no local ...

Authorities in Oregon are trying to extinguish a fire burning in one of the world's tallest trees near the state's southern coast. The coastal Douglas Fir tree is over 325 ...

President Donald Trump has been projecting himself as a global peacemaker since returning to the White house in January, claiming to have ended seven wars during the first months of ...

Aaron Rodgers' first official snaps with the Pittsburgh Steelers will have to wait until Week 1. Coach Mike Tomlin said Tuesday that Rodgers, along with several other key players, won't ...