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September 22, 2017

Trump piles on new economic sanctions against North Korea

President Donald Trump has added economic action to his fiery military threats against North Korea, authorizing stiffer new ...

September 22, 2017

The Latest: Kim says Trump will 'pay dearly' for threat

The Latest on President Donald Trump and North Korea (all times local): 7:30 p.m. President Donald Trump has added economic ...

September 22, 2017

Solar boom or bust? Companies seek tariffs on solar imports

Cheap solar panels imported from China and other countries have led to a boom in the U.S. solar industry, where rooftop and ...

September 22, 2017

Off to Mexico? Prepare to wait at busiest US border crossing

The busiest border crossing in the United States will close this weekend to the more than 40,000 cars that pass through it ...

September 22, 2017

North Korean leader Kim called Trump a what? A 'dotard'

Famous for using bombastic, derogatory and often-awkward English slams against enemies, North Korean state media sent people ...

September 22, 2017

5 things to know about N. Korean leader's rebuke of Trump

On the surface it seems like more of the same: North Korea responds to another threat by U.S. President Donald Trump by ...

September 22, 2017

US beefs up NKorea sanctions, Kim Jong Un insults Trump

President Donald Trump added economic action to his fiery military threats against North Korea on Thursday, authorizing ...

September 22, 2017

Kin of fallen Japan soldiers pay respects at Pearl Harbor

Dozens of descendants of Japanese soldiers killed in World War II visited Pearl Harbor in Hawaii on Thursday to pay respects ...

September 22, 2017

Powerless: Puerto Rico faces weeks without electricity

The sky was darkening Thursday afternoon as 10-year-old Sarah Jimenez laid out three plastic buckets on her grandmother's ...

September 22, 2017

A test for Trump's political muscle in Alabama Senate runoff

It's Trump versus Trumpland. President Donald Trump's political muscles are getting a workout in a Republican runoff election ...

September 22, 2017

Text of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's response to Trump

In a rare if not unprecedented move, North Korea released a statement directly from its leader in response to President ...

September 22, 2017

10 Things to Know for Friday

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Friday: 1. KIM'S RESPONSE ...

September 22, 2017

GOP health bill offers provisions aimed at helping 2 states

Provisions shoehorned into the Republican health care bill dangle extra money for Alaska and Wisconsin, home states of one ...

September 22, 2017

Despair rises for relatives of the missing in Mexico quake

As painstaking attempts to reach survivors in quake-ravaged buildings across Mexico City stretched into a third day Thursday, ...

September 22, 2017

AP Explains: Why Japan doesn't sign nuclear arms ban treaty

Japan, the only country to have suffered atomic bomb attacks, has repeatedly called for a global ban on nuclear weapons.

September 22, 2017

Civil rights commission: Discrimination risk in city fines

The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights on Thursday said the Justice Department should continue an Obama administration effort ...

September 22, 2017

The Latest: Analysts say Alaska gets help in health bill

The Latest on the Republican effort to craft a health care law (all times local): 6:20 p.m. Analysts say that the health care ...

September 22, 2017

Iowa Sen. Ernst hopes, but isn't sure, health bill has vote

Republican Sen. Joni Ernst said Thursday she isn't sure her party's last-ditch effort to repeal Barack Obama's health care ...

September 21, 2017

World powers rally to defend value of Iran nuke accord

Top diplomats from Germany, Russia, China and Italy insisted Thursday there can be no turning back on the Iran nuclear deal ...