EL PASO, Texas — Sen. Ted Cruz fended off a spirited underdog challenge from Democrat Beto O’Rourke to win re-election on Tuesday in a Texas race that […]
Author: The Associated Press
Time on retreat this weekend in U.S. with standard time return
WASHINGTON (AP) — Time marches ahead, usually. It’s in retreat this weekend in the United States. At 2 a.m. local time Sunday, daylight saving time is ending, […]
Pence stumps in Bridgeport; makes case for Morrisey for Senate
CHARLESTON — Vice President Mike Pence made his second stop in West Virginia in the past three months to rally for Republican U.S. Senate nominee Patrick Morrisey […]
GOP advances Kavanaugh after Flake calls for FBI probe
WASHINGTON — After a flurry of last-minute negotiations, the Senate Judiciary Committee advanced Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination for the Supreme Court after agreeing to a late call from […]
Bill Cosby sentenced to 3-10 years in state prison for drugging, sexually assaulting woman
NORRISTOWN, Pa. — His Hollywood career and good-guy image in ruins, an 81-year-old Bill Cosby was sentenced Tuesday to three to 10 years behind bars for drugging […]
Reports: One dead, 4 hurt in shooting at Masontown, Pa., judge’s office
MASONTOWN, Pa. — Emergency officials are reporting that one person is dead and four others injured — including a police officer — in a Wednesday afternoon shooting […]
Memorable moments and big winners from the Emmy Awards
“The Proposal.” It was a 2009 movie starring Sandra Bullock, but now will forever be the informal title of the 2018 Emmys telecast, thanks to a memorable […]
TV: CBS’ Les Moonves quits after new sex misconduct charges
NEW YORK (AP) — CBS Chief Les Moonves resigned Sunday, just hours after six more women accused the veteran television executive of sexual misconduct. The resignation is […]
Family: Rapper Mac Miller has died at age 26
LOS ANGELES — Mac Miller, the platinum hip-hop star whose rhymes vacillated from party raps to lyrics about depression and drug use, and earned kudos from the […]
Burt Reynolds, star of film, TV and tabloids, dead at 82
NEW YORK — Burt Reynolds, whose credits included acclaimed films such as “Deliverance” and commercial hits like “Smokey and the Bandit,” has died. The handsome film and […]
