By KONSTANTIN TOROPIN and BEN FINLEY WASHINGTON (AP) — Navy Secretary John Phelan is leaving his job, the Pentagon abruptly announced Wednesday, the first head of a military service to depart during President Donald Trump’s second term but just the latest top defense leader…
DESTIN, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say a man suspected of planning a mass shooting at a large New Orleans festival was arrested at a Florida hotel with a handgun and hundreds of rounds of ammunition. The event was not named,…
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and GENE JOHNSON WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s acting attorney general on Thursday signed an order reclassifying state-licensed medical marijuana as a less-dangerous drug, a major policy shift long sought by advocates who said cannabis should never have been treated…
By STAN CHOE NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. stock market rallied to more records Wednesday after GE Vernova, Boston Scientific and other big companies joined the parade reporting fatter profits for the start of the year than analysts expected. But caution still…
By JOSH FUNK CSX railroad’s profit jumped 25% in the first quarter as the railroad hauled 3% more shipments and cut its expenses. The Jacksonville, Florida-based railroad said Thursday that it earned $807 million, or $0.43 per share, as it continued…
By RIO YAMAT, AP Airlines and Travel Writer President Donald Trump on Tuesday suggested that the federal government could help keep a struggling Spirit Airlines afloat, while also encouraging a buyer to step in and rescue the budget carrier. “Spirit’s in trouble and I’d love somebody…
By ANDREW DALTON LOS ANGELES (AP) — Celeste Rivas Hernandez, the 14-year-old girl singer D4vd is charged with killing, died from penetrating wounds to her upper body, according to an autopsy report released Wednesday. Her death was ruled a homicide in the report from…
By JOHN RABY INSTITUTE, W.Va. (AP) — A chemical leak at a West Virginia silver recovery business killed two people and sent 19 others to the hospital, authorities said. The leak occurred at the Catalyst Refiners plant in Institute as workers…
By ROBERT STEWART/Verite News Calvin Duncan, who beat incumbent Darren Lombard in the Orleans Parish Criminal Court clerk race in November, was sworn into office on Tuesday (April 21) on the steps of the Orleans Parish Criminal District Court. Duncan is…
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday cleared the way for a veteran wounded by a suicide bomb in Afghanistan to sue the government contractor for whom the attacker was working when he built the explosive. The court ruled…
By RUSS BYNUM and JEFF MARTIN NAHUNTA, Ga. (AP) — Wildfires burning across the southeastern U.S. were intensifying Wednesday after destroying nearly 50 homes in southeastern Georgia and forcing evacuations and school closures in some communities. Some of the biggest blazes were along Georgia’s coast…
ATLANTA (AP) — U.S. Rep. David Scott, a Georgia Democrat who was seeking his 13th term in Congress despite challenges from within his party, has died. He was 80. Scott was Democrats’ ranking member on the House Agriculture Committee after…
By DAVID A. LIEB Virginia voters approved a mid-decade redistricting plan Tuesday that could boost Democrats’ chances of winning four additional U.S. House seats in November’s midterm elections that will decide control of the closely divided Congress. The constitutional amendment narrowly backed by…
SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands (AP) — Authorities found the body of one of the six missing crew members from a cargo ship that overturned near the Northern Mariana Islands during a typhoon and were searching for the rest, hoping they might have…
By JON GAMBRELL and DAVID RISING DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran fired on three ships in the Strait of Hormuz and seized two of them on Wednesday, intensifying its assault on shipping in the key waterway. The attacks came a day…
By SARA CLINE and JACK BROOK A man who previously had the assault-style gun used to kill eight children in Louisiana told investigators he believes Shamar Elkins stole it from his truck in the weeks before the rampage in a Shreveport neighborhood, according to court…
By KEVIN FREKING and STEPHEN GROVES WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick of Florida resigned from office on Tuesday moments before the start of a hearing that could have led to a recommendation that she be expelled from Congress. Cherfilus-McCormick was the…
By KELVIN CHAN LONDON (AP) — Apple’s next CEO John Ternus is a company veteran who rose through the iPhone maker’s hardware engineering ranks but until now has maintained a low profile. Ternus will take over as chief executive in September for Tim…
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Millions of people around the world will pause Wednesday, at least for a moment, to mark Earth Day. It’s an annual event founded by people who hoped to stir activism to clean up and preserve a planet that…
MIAMI (AP) — A teenager charged with killing his stepsister on a Carnival Cruise ship filed a not-guilty plea Tuesday and waived his appearance at a hearing in Miami federal court. Timothy Hudson has received the indictment and is waiving his appearance…
By JOSH BOAK WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday nominated University of Minnesota economist Christopher Phelan to be the next chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, a key position for conducting analyses of the economy and…
By MARIA SHERMAN NEW YORK (AP) — Alan Osmond, the eldest member of the chart-topping family act The Osmonds, died Monday after decades with multiple sclerosis. He was 76. According to a family spokesperson, Alan’s wife, Suzanne Osmond, and their eight…
ISLAMABAD (AP) — President Donald Trump says the United States is extending its ceasefire with Iran at Pakistan’s request as he waits for a unified proposal from the Islamic Republic. The president said Tuesday he’s making the move at Pakistan’s…
By MARY CLARE JALONICK WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans are moving this week to try and reopen the Department of Homeland Security and end the longest partial government shutdown in history. The first votes could come as soon as Tuesday as…