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TORONTO - After sitting out eight games for clocking a teammate in practice, Bobby Portis couldn’t wait to return to action with the Chicago Bulls. “I was ready. I didn’t even sleep ...

PHILADELPHIA - A longtime civil rights attorney who has sued the police department scores of times, opposes the death penalty and promised to help hold bad officers accountable was elected Tuesday as ...

Democrats swept Virginia and New Jersey’s governor’s races, incumbents came out on top in several big-city mayoral races and voters in Maine said they wanted to join 31 other states in exp...

WASHINGTON - The White House says President Donald Trump cast an absentee ballot in Tuesday’s municipal elections in his hometown of New York City. Principal deputy press secretary Raj Shah conf...

NEW YORK - Mayor Bill de Blasio cruised to re-election on Tuesday, fending off token opposition to win a second term as the leader of the nation’s largest city. De Blasio, a Democrat, easily def...

BOSTON - Voters in Boston have re-elected Marty Walsh to a second term as mayor. Walsh defeated City Councilor Tito Jackson on Tuesday after a low-key campaign. Election officials reported relatively ...

NEW YORK - In a story Nov. 7 about the death of Alberto Nisman, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Argentine President Mauricio Macri said the prosecutor had been murdered. The president&#...

SAN DIEGO - California regulators on Tuesday approved a plan to spend nearly $400 million over 10 years to slow the shrinking of the state’s largest lake, a vital migratory stop for birds and a ...

SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas - In a story Nov. 7 about the victims of an attack at a Texas church, The Associated Press misspelled a victim’s first name. She was Therese Rodriguez, not Theresa Rodr...

DENVER - Racial slurs posted outside the dorm rooms of five black students at the Air Force Academy were written by one of those students, the school said Tuesday. The announcement was a jarring turn ...