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...

Trump says time, place set for planned US-North Korea summit

By MATTHEW PENNINGTON and ZEKE MILLERAssociated PressWASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump is offering his latest teaser for a historic U.S. summit with North Korea: The time and place have been set, but he’s not saying when and where.The White House on...

No Nobel literature prize this year but 2 prizes in 2019

By JAN M. OLSENAssociated PressCOPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) – Following weeks of internal bickering, sex-abuse allegations and a financial investigation by police, the body that hands out the prestigious Nobel Prize in Literature announced Friday that no prize will...

Trump says Giuliani needs to 'get facts straight' on Stormy

By CATHERINE LUCEY and JONATHAN LEMIREAssociated PressWASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump insisted Friday that “we’re not changing any stories” about the 2016 hush payment to porn actress Stormy Daniels, even as he further muddied the...