National News

Dem presidential candidates introducing themselves to voters Five Democratic senators vying for their party's nomination to challenge President Donald Trump in 2020 fanned out across the country Saturday to campaign and m... by ELANA SCHOR The Associated Press - February 17, 2019

Police say Aurora attacker used gun he should not have owned AURORA, Ill. -- The man who opened fire and killed five co-workers including the plant manager, human resources manager and an intern working his first day at a... by DON BABWIN CARYN ROUSSEAU The Associated Press - February 17, 2019

Potential privacy lapse found in 2010 census data WASHINGTON -- An internal team at the Census Bureau found that basic personal information collected from more than 100 million Americans during the 2010 head co... by SETH BORENSTEIN The Associated Press - February 17, 2019

Storm-lashed South Carolina reassesses global warming's role COLUMBIA, S.C. -- When he took the job 15 years ago, Horry County Emergency Manager Randy Webster figured his biggest disasters would be wind and surge rolling ... by JEFFREY COLLINS The Associated Press - February 17, 2019

Reform, once avoided, now embraced in Chicago mayor's race CHICAGO -- Reform is not a concept usually embraced by Chicago politicians known for their patronage, but after corruption charges were filed against a powerful... by HERBERT G. McCANN The Associated Press - February 17, 2019

Amazon dumped New York, but cities still wooing the company Amazon's breakup with New York was still fresh when other cities started sending their own valentines to the online giant. by MIKE CATALINI The Associated Press - February 16, 2019

Trump emergency declaration faces uncertain fate in coming court fight WASHINGTON -- Let the lawsuits begin. by MARK SHERMAN The Associated Press - February 16, 2019

Federal judge limits public comments in Roger Stone case WASHINGTON -- A federal judge on Friday placed some limits on what President Donald Trump's longtime confidant Roger Stone and his lawyers can say publicly abou... by Chad Day - February 16, 2019

Gunman kills five people, wounds five police at Illinois business AURORA, Ill. -- An employee of a manufacturing company opened fire in its suburban Chicago plant Friday, killing five people and wounding five police officers b... by CARRIE ANTLFINGER AMANDA SEITZ The Associated Press - February 16, 2019

9/11 compensation fund running out of money for those with illnesses NEW YORK -- The compensation fund for victims of 9/11 is running out of money and will cut future payments by 50 to 70 percent, officials announced Friday. by KAREN MATTHEWS The Associated Press - February 16, 2019

Parkland victims remembered in silence PARKLAND, Fla. -- Students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High and other schools across the U.S. bowed their heads in a moment of silence and took part in voluntee... by KELLI KENNEDY, ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON TERRY SPENCER The Associated Press - February 15, 2019

Critics: Environmental Protection Agency too slow on limiting toxic chemicals Under pressure from Congress, the Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday it would move toward setting safety limits for a class of highly toxic chemicals... by JOHN FLESHER ELLEN KNICKMEYER The Associated Press - February 15, 2019

Mars rover finally bites the dust CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA's Opportunity, the Mars rover that was built to operate for just three months but kept going and going, rolling across the rocky re... by MARCIA DUNN The Associated Press - February 14, 2019

Virginia sex allegations are latest against state officials Virginia's lieutenant governor has denied newly publicized allegations that he sexually assaulted two women years ago and has vowed to continue serving in offic... by DAVID A. LIEB THE Associated Press - February 13, 2019

Notorious drug lord Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman convicted NEW YORK -- Mexico's most notorious drug lord, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, was convicted Tuesday of running an industrial-scale smuggling operation after a three... by TOM HAYS The Associated Press - February 13, 2019