Officials: 7 dead after tornadoes tore through central Iowa
By Scott McFetridge and Josh Funk
The Associated Press
WINTERSET, Iowa Seven people were killed, including two children, when several tornadoes swept through central Iowa, destroying...
Whitmer plot underlines growing abuse of women officials
By Sara Burnett
The Associated Press
Angry over COVID-19 restrictions such as the closing of gyms, people from several states met in Ohio in June 2020...
Ukrainian woman weds Chicago fiancé ahead of return home
By Kathleen Foody and Teresa Crawford
The Associated Press
CHICAGO When Russia invaded her home country of Ukraine, Maria decided she had to get there...
Zelenskyy ‘desperate’ plea to US Congress: Send more planes
By Lisa Mascaro, Mary Clare Jalonick and Matthew Lee
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON Fighting for his country's survival, Ukraine's leader made a “desperate” plea Saturday to...
Afghans resettling in US struggle to find affordable housing
By Matthew Barakat, Amy Taxin, Philip Marcelo and Julie Watson
The Associated Press
IRVINE, Calif. After fleeing her home in now-Taliban controlled Afghanistan, Mozhgan Entazari did...
Witness: Jan. 6 rioter wanted to remove ‘corrupt’ lawmakers
By Michael Kunzelman
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON The first person to be tried in the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol was a Texas militia...
Pence hits Trump: No room in GOP ‘for apologists for Putin’
By Jill Colvin
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON Former Vice President Mike Pence will urge Republicans to move on from the 2020 election and will declare that...
As vaccine demand falls, states are left with huge stockpile
As demand for COVID-19 vaccines collapses in many areas of the U.S., states are scrambling to use stockpiles of doses before they expire and...
Purdue Pharma, US states agree to new opioid settlement
OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma reached a settlement Thursday over its role in the nation’s deadly opioid crisis that includes U.S. states and thousands of...
MLB cancels opening day, sides fail to reach lockout deal
JUPITER, FLA. Major League Baseball has canceled opening day, with Commissioner Rob Manfred announcing Tuesday the sport will lose regular-season games over a labor...