Woman struck and killed by self-driving Uber vehicle

By FELICIA FONSECAAssociated PressFLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) – A self-driving Uber vehicle struck and killed a pedestrian in a Phoenix suburb in the first fatality involving a fully autonomous test vehicle, prompting the ride-hailing company Monday to suspend all...

Serial bomber uses a tripwire in fourth attack in Austin

By PAUL J. WEBER and WILL WEISSERTAssociated PressAUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Fear mounted across Texas’ capital on Monday after the fourth bombing this month – a blast triggered this time by a nearly invisible tripwire, demonstrating what police called a...

Facebook's recurring nightmare: Helping muddy up elections

By RYAN NAKASHIMA and ANICK JESDANUNAP Technology WritersMENLO PARK, Calif. (AP) – Facebook has a problem it just can’t kick: People keep exploiting it in ways that could sway elections, and in the worst cases even undermine democracy.News reports that...

Teen girl home, man in custody after both located in Mexico

ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) – A Pennsylvania teenager who was missing for almost two weeks along with the 45-year-old man who frequently signed her out of school without her parents’ permission was returned home and the man was in custody after the two were found...
Results: Putin far ahead in fraud-tainted Russian vote

Results: Putin far ahead in fraud-tainted Russian vote

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV and JIM HEINTZAssociated PressMOSCOW (AP) – Early results and an exit poll showed that Vladimir Putin handily won a fourth term as Russia’s president Sunday, adding six years in the Kremlin for the man who has led the world’s...

A frustrated Trump lashes out at special counsel Mueller

By DARLENE SUPERVILLEAssociated PressWASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump on Sunday took out his frustrations over the intensifying Russia investigation by lashing out at special counsel Robert Mueller, signaling a possible shift away from a strategy of...