Spokesman: Former first lady Barbara Bush in failing health

By MICHAEL GRACZYKAssociated PressHOUSTON (AP) – Former first lady Barbara Bush is in “failing health” and won’t seek additional medical treatment, a Bush family spokesman said Sunday.”Following a recent series of hospitalizations, and...

Man's suicide unearths decades-old sex abuse revelations

By BECKY BOHRERAssociated PressJUNEAU, Alaska (AP) – Karl Ward is long dead, but some say the once-revered school superintendent in a small Alaska fishing town was not the benevolent educator worthy of having the high school gym named in his honor.A cellphone...

The Latest: Syrian leader: West just using pretext to attack

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Latest on U.S.-led missile strikes on Syria (all times local):3:40 p.m.Syria’s deputy parliament speaker says he believes Western countries could again use the pretext of chemical weapons to launch airstrikes on his country.Najdat...

FBI probing Cohen's "personal business dealings"

By LARRY NEUMEISTER and TOM HAYSAssociated PressNEW YORK (AP) – Federal prosecutors said in a court filing Friday that the criminal probe that led them to raid the offices of President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer this week is focused on his...