House OKs compromise $1.3 trillion budget bill, Senate next

By ANDREW TAYLOR and LISA MASCAROAssociated PressWASHINGTON (AP) – The House easily approved a bipartisan $1.3 trillion spending bill Thursday that pours huge sums into Pentagon programs and domestic initiatives ranging from building roads to combatting the...

Academic says he's being scapegoated in Facebook data case

By DANICA KIRKA and GREGORY KATZAssociated PressLONDON (AP) – An academic who developed the app used by Cambridge Analytica to harvest data from millions of Facebook users said Wednesday he had no idea his work would be used in Donald Trump’s 2016...

Authorities evacuate area near Austin bombing suspect's home

ROUND ROCK, TX (RNN) – Law enforcement officials continue to make sure Austin is safe in the wake of serial bombing suspect Mark Anthony Conditt.Two people lost their lives from a series of bombings in and near Austin, TX, that took place from March 2...

Mor'easter? Northeast hit with its fourth storm in 3 weeks

By TED SHAFFREY and MICHAEL HILLAssociated PressNEW YORK (AP) – Spring kicked off with a wallop of wintry weather along the East Coast as the fourth nor’easter in three weeks rolled in with the potential for a foot or more of snow Wednesday.The first full...

New blast sends bombing investigators to Texas FedEx center

By PAUL J. WEBER and WILL WEISSERTAssociated PressAUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Investigators pursuing a suspected serial bomber in the Texas capital shifted their attention Tuesday to a FedEx shipping center near San Antonio where a package exploded on a conveyor belt...

Senators push for better security for 2018 election season

By MARY CLARE JALONICK, CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY and CHAD DAYAssociated PressWASHINGTON (AP) – Government efforts to protect state and local elections from Russian cyberattacks in 2016 didn’t go far enough, leaders of the Senate intelligence committee said...