By CHARLOTTE KRAMON and RUSS BYNUM GAINESVILLE, Ga. (AP) — It was a prank that turned deadly, authorities said: A group of teenagers unspooled rolls of toilet paper outside the home of a beloved high school teacher who tripped in the street and…
By DOUGLASS K. DANIEL and MICHAEL TACKETT WASHINGTON (AP) — Alexander Butterfield, the White House aide who inadvertently hastened Richard Nixon’s resignation over the Watergate scandal when he revealed that the president had bugged the Oval Office and Cabinet Room and routinely recorded his conversations, has died.…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles police took a woman into custody after she fired gunshots near the home of Grammy-Award winning performer Rihanna, according to police and news reports. No one was injured, police said. It’s not immediately clear whether…
By ALLEN G. BREED and DYLAN LOVAN ELIZABETHTOWN, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky man who joined the Army straight out of high school is the seventh U.S. service member to die in combat during the Iran war, the Pentagon announced Monday. Army Sgt. Benjamin…
NEW YORK (AP) — Ford has issued two recalls affecting nearly 1.74 million of its cars in the U.S., due to software issues that impact the vehicles’ rearview camera displays. According to notices published by the National Highway Traffic Safety…
By BECKY BOHRER Travelers complained of long waits Sunday — lasting hours in some cases — at security checkpoints at airports in Houston and New Orleans, which officials blamed on a government shutdown of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The estimated wait…
By JAKE OFFENHARTZ NEW YORK (AP) — New York City’s police commissioner said Monday that authorities are investigating whether men who brought improvised explosive devices to a protest outside New York City’s mayoral residence were inspired by ISIS. The devices, which did not explode, were…
By ALEX VEIGA and ELAINE KURTENBACH Oil prices spiked near $120 per barrel Monday as the Iran war intensified, threatening production and shipping in the Middle East and pummeling financial markets. Prices eased only after French President Emmanuel Macron said the Group of Seven nations…
By JON GAMBRELL, DAVID RISING and SAMY MAGDY DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran named the hard-line Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei to succeed his late father as supreme leader on Monday, signaling no letup in the war launched by the United States and Israel. Oil prices surged as…
By DAN EGITTO/ARLnow Even if self-driving vehicles become legally possible in Virginia, they’d have to get through several more rounds of discussion and possible regulation before they could hit the road. Sen. Saddam Salim (D-37), the chief patron of legislation in Richmond supporting autonomous trucking…
By THOMAS ADAMSON PARIS (AP) — Ten horses — five black, five white — entered the sand ring first. The models came second. That told you everything you needed to know about designer Stella McCartney ’s priorities at Paris Fashion Week. Animals First The…
By LAURA HERBERG/Bridge Michigan The clock is ticking to preserve a portion of rare land in Brownstown Township near Detroit. A large chunk of the area known as Sibley Prairie, equal to about half the size of Detroit’s Belle Isle, was…
By MICHAEL R. SISAK RIVERHEAD, N.Y. (AP) — A Long Island architect who led a secret life as a serial killer pleaded guilty on Wednesday to murdering seven women and admitted he killed an eighth in a string of long-unsolved crimes known as…
DURHAM, N.Y. (AP) — Shoppers in upstate New York earlier this month turned up a rare find while perusing a local antique store this month: tucked next to a cookie jar made in the shape of a chicken was a…
By SHAWN CHEN NEW YORK (AP) — Apple CEO Tim Cook promised a “big week” of product announcements has seen the introduction of a new budget-friendly iPhone trim, an entry-level MacBook tier, updated iPad Air models, refreshed monitors and higher-end chipsets.…
The Cannes Film Festival will honor filmmaker Peter Jackson with an honorary Palme d’Or at the upcoming French festival. Festival organizers announced Jackson as a recipient Thursday for what they hailed as “a body of work that blends Hollywood blockbusters and films d’auteur with…
By LINDSEY BAHR and JAKE COYLE The Oscars just got more interesting. With a few late-game curveballs, courtesy of the Actor Awards, the broadcast of the 98th Academy Awards on Sunday, March 15, may have more drama and heartbreak than expected even just last week. As members…
By ROD MCGUIRK MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Stephanie Kirsop didn’t believe her son when he phoned to say a crocodile was lurking in a creek near their home. The family live in the temperate coastal city of Newcastle, which is 2,000 kilometers (1,200…
By NICOLE WINFIELD ROME (AP) — An independent researcher claimed on Wednesday that a marble bust of Christ in a Roman church is by Michelangelo, the latest purported attribution to the Renaissance genius who is one of the most imitated artists in the…
By MARI YAMAGUCHI ICHIKAWA, Japan (AP) — Punch the baby orphan macaque is outgrowing the orangutan plushie that comforted him through early rejection from his mother and other monkeys. Images of Punch dragging around the toy bigger than him drew attention…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Here’s the story … of how a modest mid-century home became a Los Angeles landmark. The LA city council voted unanimously on Wednesday to designate the the so-called “ Brady Bunch ” house in the San Fernando Valley…
By MIKE CORDER THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A painting that was once rejected as a work by Rembrandt van Rijn has now been acknowledged as a work by the Dutch master, thanks to two years of scrutiny in the city…
By SEAN MURPHY Some of the United States’ most important historical documents are beginning a first-of-its kind journey Monday as part of the country’s 250th anniversary commemoration. Typically housed in highly controlled vaults under the watch of preservation experts at the National Archives, documents…
By JACK DURA MOORHEAD, Minn. (AP) — It’s still winter in Minnesota, but for the people lined up Sunday in single-digit cold at the Moorhead Dairy Queen, spring is in the air. The annual March 1 opening of the 77-year-old walk-up…