PARIS (AP) — Paris police say areas near Notre Dame Cathedral with elevated lead levels after the fire that ravaged the famous monument will remain closed to the public until they are deemed safe. The fire sent large amounts of…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Since George Washington’s time, presidents have used executive privilege to resist congressional inquiries in the name of protecting the confidentiality of their decision-making. President Donald Trump threatened this past week to broadly assert executive privilege to block…
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Retired Lt. Col. Oliver North said Saturday that he will not serve a second term as the president of the National Rifle Association amid inner turmoil in the gun-rights group. In a statement read to members of…
For ceramicist Simone Leigh, attention has been a long time coming. At 51 years old, the Chicago-born artist is having her moment. New York's Guggenheim just opened an exhibit of her work – the reward for her winning the museum's…
Hennessey Performance Engineering is known for turning hot cars into super cars. One of its most popular cars, a modified Camaro called the Exorcist, goes from zero to sixty in less than three seconds and can reach a top speed…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a food safety alert linking an increasing number of E. Coli infections to ground beef. So far, 177 people reported across 10 states have been infected since the beginning of March, the…
The University of Virginia men's basketball team will not celebrate its historic NCAA championship with President Trump at the White House, the Cavaliers' head coach announced Friday on Twitter. "We have received inquiries about a visit to the White House," coach…
The coast of southwest England shines pristine from above. But buried in its rocky crevices are scraps of trash. Emily Stevenson, who is 21, has spent nearly half her life cleaning up those shores. She said she's finding more plastic…
United Airlines decided it was time for a change after nearly a decade. This week, it updated what's known as its "livery" – the paint job on the outside of a plane. Their new look comes as a growing number…
The National Rifle Association was plunged into deeper internal turmoil Friday amid an effort by opponents of top executive Wayne LaPierre to drive out the man who has long been the public face of the gun-rights group. LaPierre sent a…
NEW YORK (AP) — At least 120 priests accused of sexually abusing a child or having child pornography have worked in the Archdiocese of New York, the archdiocese said Friday in releasing a list of names that includes bishops, high…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Avengers: Endgame” has gotten off to a mighty start at the box office, earning a record $60 million from Thursday night preview showings in North America, according to the Walt Disney Co. The previous record holder…
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A half-dozen Democratic presidential candidates will descend on Las Vegas on Saturday to pitch themselves to one of America’s largest unions as champions of workers and kitchen-table issues. The daylong forum is organized by the liberal…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump expressed confidence Friday that a bilateral trade deal between the U.S. and Japan can be reached quickly despite ongoing differences over tariffs as he opened talks with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the White…
Man charged with throwing kid off mall balcony The family of a 5-year-old boy who was thrown by a stranger off a third-floor balcony at the Mall of America in Minnesota this month says he's alert and conscious and no…
Maine on Friday became the latest state to rename Columbus Day as Indigenous Peoples' Day when Gov. Janet Mills signed a bill making the change official. Other states that have made the change include neighboring Vermont, Alaska and South Dakota "Our history…
Four months before he was found dead in a shallow grave, an Illinois boy described possible parental abuse to a doctor, according to state child welfare records released on Friday. The records say Andrew "AJ" Freund told a child welfare…
Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Tyreek Hill has been banned from team activities after CBS Kansas City affiliate KCTV aired troubling audio of him and his fiancee, Crystal Espinal, discussing the circumstances that led to their 3-year-old son's broken arm.…
More than 900 students and staff members at two Los Angeles universities were quarantined on campus or sent home this week in one of the most sweeping efforts yet by public health authorities to contain the spread of measles in…
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Last Updated Apr 26, 2019 7:17 PM EDT Lawrence, Kansas -- University of Kansas student Victoria Snitsar keeps her Smith & Wesson .40-caliber gun in her bedroom. She said it's not loaded but she will have it on her while…
For barbecue lovers, Brad's Bar-B-Que in Oxford, Alabama, is heaven on Earth. But 80-year-old Eleanor Baker said her visit here earlier this month was especially divine. "I think it was a God thing. I think God sent me there," she…
Amazon uses an automated system that tracks warehouse workers' productivity and can issue termination notices if they miss targets. Amazon said it is "absolutely not true" that the software alone is responsible for firing workers, noting that managers may intervene…
Caracas, Venezuela — An American man detained during a wave of unrest in Venezuela has been freed after being held for five years. Todd Leininger, 37, was arrested in April 2014 on what his family describes as trumped-up charges. Leininger…