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SAN FRANCISCO - In a story June 21 about a doctor charged with child sex abuse, The Associated Press reported erroneously the name of a nurse charged in the case. She is Emily Stephens, not Emily John...

MEXICO CITY - May was Mexico’s bloodiest month in at least 20 years and homicides are up sharply in 2017 compared with last year, new government crime statistics show. Statistics published Tuesd...

BAGHDAD - Fighters for the Islamic State group are targeting children in Mosul to prevent civilians from fleeing the city as Iraqi forces push into the last stronghold held in Iraq by the militants th...

Las Vegas property owners interested in renting out their properties for brief periods will have to comply with new rules passed Wednesday meant to crack down on a booming short-term rental industry t...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Alaska wildlife officials say a black bear believed to have mauled a 16-year-old to death during a weekend mountain race has been shot and killed along with three other black bears...

San Francisco city supervisors unanimously approved a measure that bans the sale of flavoured nicotine-laced liquid used in electronic cigarettes and flavoured tobacco products, saying nicotine masked...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - Struggling to advance his agenda in Washington, President Donald Trump travelled to the Midwest on Wednesday for a raucous rally with his loyal supporters - the kind of event he r...

MINNEAPOLIS - In the moments after a Minnesota police officer fatally shot Philando Castile, his handcuffed girlfriend began screaming in the back of a patrol car as her 4-year-old daughter begged her...

LAS VEGAS - Nevada parole officials have set a July 20 date to decide whether O.J. Simpson should be paroled after serving the mandatory minimum of a nine-to-33 year sentence for an armed robbery invo...

MONTREAL - It was a 1-1 draw, but Toronto FC emerged with the advantage after an intense, if somewhat sloppy, encounter with the Montreal Impact. Matteo Mancosu and Jozy Altidore traded goals in the f...