WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is leaving in place a decision that vacated a murder conviction against Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel (SKAY’-kul). The high court on Monday declined a request from the state of Connecticut to hear the case. Skakel was convicted in 2002 after decades of investigations into the 1975 bludgeoning death of…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez is at the center of the biggest test his party has faced in recent history. The party has rebounded from its disastrous 2016 performance with key midterm victories , but now stares at a long and potentially divisive presidential primary fight that could include dozens of…
BC-CB–Cuba-Obit-Jose Ramon Fernandez HAVANA (AP) — Jose Ramon Fernandez, a retired brigadier general who was key in forming the communist country’s new army and commanded Cuban defenses at the Bay of Pigs, has died, state media reported. He was 95. Tall and spindly with the rigid posture of a military man, Fernandez in his final…
By CATHERINE LUCEY and LISA MASCARO , Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A first round of talks between White House officials and congressional aides has made little progress toward ending the government shutdown, with each side accusing the other of giving no ground. More discussions were planned for Sunday, while President Donald Trump, who did…
By DAISY NGUYEN , Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A California police officer who was killed in the line of duty was hailed Saturday as a “Fiji-born American hero” who made the ultimate sacrifice for his adopted country. At a funeral held for Cpl. Ronil (row-neel) Singh, mourners remembered the 33-year-old officer as a…
By SOPHIA ROSENBAUM A late-night fight at a suburban Los Angeles bowling alley turned deadly late Friday night, killing three men and injuring four. Police in the coastal city of Torrance responded to calls of “shots fired” at the Gable House Bowl shortly before midnight. Multiple victims were found with gunshot wounds inside Gable House…
By CATHERINE LUCEY, LISA MASCARO and JILL COLVIN , Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump declared Friday he could keep parts of the government shut down for “months or even years” as he and Democratic leaders failed in a second closed-door meeting to resolve his demand for billions of dollars for a border…
By JUAN A. LOZANO , Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — It was still dark outside when LaPorsha Washington drove her four daughters, including 7-year-old Jazmine Barnes, in the family’s silver car at 6:30 a.m. Sunday to a grocery store on the eastern outskirts of Houston. Each daughter was in her assigned seat in the family…
By JOSH BOAK , AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers dramatically stepped up their hiring in December, adding 312,000 jobs in an encouraging display of strength for an economy in the midst of a trade war, slowing global growth and a partial shutdown of the federal government. The Labor Department said Friday that…
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Two big rigs and two passenger vehicles collided and spilled diesel fuel across a Florida highway Thursday, sparking a massive fire that killed six people, authorities said. The wreck happened on Interstate 75 about a mile (1.6 kilometers) south of Alachua, near Gainesville. The flames were fed by about 50 gallons…