US team in NKorea raises expectations of a Trump-Kim summit

By CATHERINE LUCEY, MATTHEW LEE, HYUNG-JIN KIM and FOSTER KLUGAssociated PressA U.S. team was in North Korea to plan a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, according to President Donald Trump, raising expectations that the on-off-on meeting would indeed take...

Storm Alberto maintains strength as it approaches Gulf Coast

By JENNIFER KAYAssociated PressMIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) – Subtropical Storm Alberto's gusty rain and brisk winds roiled the seas off the U.S. Gulf Coast on Monday, keeping white sandy beaches emptied of their usual Memorial Day crowds. Forecasters warned of...

Giuliani advises no Mueller interview without informant info

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump's legal team would advise that he refuse to submit to an interview with special counsel Robert Mueller unless the team can review classified information shared with select lawmakers about the origins of the FBI...

Civil Rights Historians tell little known story of WWII vet

By CHRISTINA L. MYERSAssociated PressCOLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – Hours after leaving military service behind in 1946, a decorated African-American World War II veteran still wearing his uniform was removed from a Greyhound bus while heading home, beaten by a white...

Budget battle brews as Trump threatens another shutdown

By ANDREW TAYLORAssociated PressWASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump has warned Congress that he will never sign another foot-tall, $1 trillion-plus government-wide spending bill like the one he did in March. His message to lawmakers in both parties: Get...

Ebola vaccinations begin in rural Congo on Monday: Ministry

By SALEH MWANAMILONGOAssociated PressKINSHASA, Congo (AP) – Ebola vaccinations will begin Monday in the two rural areas of Congo where the latest deadly outbreak was declared this month, the health ministry said Saturday, as the number of confirmed Ebola cases...