Equifax CEO steps down in the wake of damaging data breach
NEW YORK — Equifax CEO Richard Smith stepped down Tuesday, less than three weeks after the credit reporting agency disclosed a damaging data breach...
Republican leaders: Senate won’t vote on Obamacare repeal
WASHINGTON — Facing assured defeat, Republican leaders decided Tuesday not to even hold a vote on the GOP's latest attempt to repeal the Obama...
Sniper in high-rise hotel kills at least 58 in Las Vegas
LAS VEGAS — A gunman perched on the 32nd floor of a Las Vegas hotel-casino unleashed a hail of bullets on an outdoor country...
Facebook to turn over to Congress Russia-linked ads
WASHINGTON — Facebook is planning more measures to increase transparency in advertising as the company provides Congress with more than 3,000 ads linked to...
Report finds GOP tax plan benefits top 1 percent
WASHINGTON — The new GOP tax plan delivers a big tax cut to the wealthiest Americans while some in lower tax brackets would end...
Nate marches across US East Coast, dumping heavy rains
BILOXI, Miss. — Nate slogged its way across the U.S. East Coast on Monday, dumping heavy rains and bringing gusty winds to inland states...
In Vegas, Pence praises US resolve to find hope after horror
LAS VEGAS — Vice President Mike Pence praised the heroic response by police and the resolve of the American people at a prayer service...
Wind-whipped wildfires sweep through California wine country
SONOMA, Calif. — More than a dozen wildfires whipped by powerful winds swept through California wine country Monday, destroying at least 1,500 homes and...
North Korea says ‘a nuclear war may break out any moment’
North Korea's deputy U.N. ambassador warned Monday that the situation on the Korean peninsula "has reached the touch-and-go point and a nuclear war may...
Scientists witness huge cosmic crash, find origins of gold
WASHINGTON (AP) — It was a faint signal, but it told of one of the most violent acts in the universe, and it would...
