Fatal attack on interracial couple in Arizona heads to trial

By JACQUES BILLEAUDAssociated PressPHOENIX (AP) – An interracial couple was walking near a Phoenix park when authorities say a shirtless neo-Nazi began angrily yelling a racial slur and harassing the black man in the couple over dating a white woman.Authorities...

Families hoping for justice in suit over 1968 mine disaster

By DENISE LAVOIEAP Legal Affairs WriterRICHMOND, Va. (AP) – Nearly half a century after an explosion tore through the Farmington No. 9 mine in West Virginia, the families of the 78 men who died there are still looking for justice.Many of the children of the lost...

Giuliani confounds, contradicts as he defends Trump in media

By ZEKE MILLERAssociated PressWASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump’s new attorney, Rudy Giuliani, is delivering confounding and at times contradictory statements as he tries to lessen the legal burdens on his client from an investigation into Russian...

Nearly 1600 reported arrested in Russian anti-Putin protests

By JIM HEINTZAssociated PressMOSCOW (AP) – Russians angered by the impending inauguration of Vladimir Putin to a new term as president protested Saturday in scores of cities across the country – and police responded by reportedly arresting nearly 1,600 of...

NASA launches InSight spacecraft to Mars to dig down deep

By MARCIA DUNNAP Aerospace WriterCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) – A robotic geologist armed with a hammer and quake monitor rocketed toward Mars on Saturday, aiming to land on the red planet and explore its mysterious insides.In a twist, NASA launched the Mars...