Fed-up Puerto Ricans march demanding governor resign

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Accompanied by some of Puerto Rico's most famous performers, thousands of people marched to the governor's residence in San Juan on Wednesday chanting demands for Gov. Ricardo Rosselló to resign after the leak of online chats that show him making misogynistic slurs and...

House blocks maverick Democrat's Trump impeachment effort

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House easily killed a maverick Democrat's effort Wednesday to impeach President Donald Trump for his recent racial insults against lawmakers of color , a vote that provided an early snapshot of just how divided Democrats are over ousting him as the 2020 presidential and congressional...

Lawsuit faults Boys Club in 1970s sexual abuse

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Attorneys have announced a second lawsuit against a local affiliate of the Boys and Girls Club of America that alleges it overlooked sexual abuse of a minor in the 1970s and 80s at the hands of a now-deceased local director. Attorneys Brad Hall and Levi Monagle on Wednesday announced...

The Latest: Trump calls effort to impeach him 'ridiculous'

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on a House Democrat's effort to impeachment President Donald Trump (all times local): 6:42 p.m. President Donald Trump is calling a derailed effort to impeach him the "most ridiculous project I've ever been involved in." Trump is responding to Wednesday's vote after landing in...

Judge: Michael Cohen campaign finance probe over

NEW YORK (AP) — Federal prosecutors have told a judge in New York they have concluded their investigation into campaign finance crimes committed by President Donald Trump's former lawyer, Michael Cohen. The closure of the case is the strongest suggestion yet that federal prosecutors have decided not to...

Democratic-run House blocks maverick Democrat's effort to impeach Trump, in show of party's rift on issue

Former Auburn assistant basketball coach avoids prison

NEW YORK (AP) — Former Auburn University assistant basketball coach and NBA star Chuck Person's lifelong generosity may have driven him to the poorhouse, but it saved him from the jailhouse Wednesday when a judge sentenced him in a bribery scandal that touched some of the biggest college basketball...

Kentucky governor says Trump is 'absolutely not' a racist

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — President Donald Trump is "absolutely not" a racist, Kentucky's strongly pro-Trump governor said Wednesday while sidestepping questions about the president's tweet declaring that four congresswomen of color should go back to the countries from which they came. Gov. Matt Bevin drew...

Federal prosecutors tell judge they have closed probe of campaign finance violations by President Trump's ex-lawyer

Man who rammed people by UK Parliament guilty of murder bid

LONDON (AP) — A driver whose car collided with several people before crashing outside Britain's Parliament has been convicted of attempted murder. Three people were injured when Salih Khater hit a pedestrian and cyclists before colliding with a security barrier guarded by police. The August 2018 incident...