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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has defended Saudi Arabia as accusations mount over its de facto ruler’s close links to the men who apparently killed a journalist in the kingdom’...

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump says he won’t accept the blame if Republicans lose the House in November. In an interview with The Associated Press on Tuesday, Trump said he thinks he ...

DES MOINES, Iowa - The Mega Millions prize was already giant, but now it's absolutely massive.Lottery officials have raised the estimated jackpot for Tuesday night's drawing to $667 million, making it...

BENTONVILLE, Ark. (AP) - Walmart trimmed its profit outlook citing this year's $16 billion acquisition of the Indian online retailer Flipkart, its biggest deal ever.The company said on Tuesday that U....

OISTANBUL (AP) - The Latest on the disappearance of a Saudi writer who Turkish officials fear was killed inside the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul (all times local):4:45 p.m.A high-level Turkish official...

CANBERRA, Australia - Australia has raised the prospect of following the United States by relocating its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem in a policy shift that critics described Tuesday a...

LAS VEGAS — Three African-American state pageant winners said they were expecting to have the time of their lives at the 2018 Mrs. America competition in Las Vegas in August. Instead, they say t...

BOSTON - Harvard University intentionally uses a vague "personal rating" to reject Asian-American applicants in favor of students from other racial backgrounds, according to a trial that started Monda...

PANAMA CITY, Fla. - Residents of hurricane-ravaged communities in Florida's Panhandle turned to volunteers and each other for help Monday, the fifth day without cell service, electricity or, in many c...

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court is leaving in place a decision that required paint companies to fund the removal of lead paint from California homes. The Supreme Court on Monday said it wouldn't take u...