Trump lashes out at 'Wacky Omarosa' over book, recordings

By JILL COLVIN and CATHERINE LUCEYAssociated PressWASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump lashed out at Omarosa Manigault Newman on Monday, saying his former White House adviser – who is promoting a tell-all book and airing secret audio recordings...

Omarosa says she secretly taped her firing, plays audio

By JILL COLVINAssociated PressBRIDGEWATER, N.J. (AP) – Former presidential adviser Omarosa Manigault Newman said Sunday she secretly recorded conversations she had in the White House, including her firing by chief of staff John Kelly in the high-security...

'Touch the sun': NASA spacecraft hurtles toward our star

By MARCIA DUNNAP Aerospace WriterCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) – Embarking on a mission that scientists have been dreaming of since the Sputnik era, a NASA spacecraft hurtled Sunday toward the sun on a quest to unlock some of its mysteries by getting closer than any...

A Sputnik-era dream: NASA spacecraft hurtles toward the sun

By MARCIA DUNNAP Aerospace WriterCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) – Embarking on a mission that scientists have been dreaming of since the Sputnik era, a NASA spacecraft hurtled Sunday toward the sun on a quest to unlock some of its mysteries by getting closer than any...

Vigil, marches mark anniversary of deadly far-right protest

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and SARAH RANKINAssociated PressCHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) – A year after a deadly gathering of far-right extremists in Charlottesville, less than two dozen white nationalists marched Sunday across from the White House, their numbers dwarfed...

Charlottesville victim's mother: 'So much healing to do'

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and SARAH RANKINAssociated PressCHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) – The mother of a woman killed when a car plowed into a crowd of counterprotesters at a white nationalist rally last summer said Sunday there's much healing to do a year after...

US students turn grief into tech startup after France attack

By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZAssociated PressBERKELEY, Calif. (AP) – California college student Anjali Banerjee was watching fireworks during a 2016 celebration on a seafront promenade in the French city of Nice when a man plowed a huge truck through the crowd, killing...

Facing indictment, Rep. Chris Collins ends re-election bid

By KAREN MATTHEWSAssociated PressNEW YORK (AP) – In an about-face, U.S. Rep. Chris Collins is ending his re-election bid days after the Republican was charged with insider trading. Collins released a statement Saturday morning saying his will suspend his...

Jury awards $289M to man who blames Roundup for cancer

By PAUL ELIASAssociated PressSAN FRANCISCO (AP) – A jury's $289 million award to a former school groundskeeper who said Monsanto's Roundup left him dying of cancer will bolster thousands of pending cases and open the door for countless people who blame...

Heavy security as Charlottesville anniversary weekend opens

By MICHAEL KUNZELMANThe Associated PressCHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) – Police blocked off streets and mobilized hundreds of officers for the anniversary of white supremacist violence in Charlottesville, Virginia. The security measures alarmed activists but...