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Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro begins 27-year prison sentence for coup attempt

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday started his 27-year prison sentence for leading a coup attempt, to the surprise of many in the South American nat...

Americans eye Thanksgiving travel weather after Texas tornadoes, snow and rain elsewhere

CYPRESS, Texas (AP) — Kenny Beck surveyed the damage Tuesday to his family's two-story home after at least two tornadoes tore through the Houston area, damaging over 100 homes at the start o...

Some families are 'adopting' turkeys for Thanksgiving instead of eating them

ERIE, Colo. (AP) — “Gus” the turkey has been spending Thanksgiving week much differently than millions of other unlucky gobblers across the U.S. As he trots in a sprawling animal sanctuary o...

Football coach who went missing before undefeated team's playoff game is wanted on criminal charges

BIG STONE GAP, Va. (AP) — A Virginia high school football coach who disappeared days before his undefeated team's playoff game is being sought on charges of possessing child sexual abuse mat...

New limits for a rent algorithm that prosecutors say let landlords drive up prices

Landlords could no longer rely on rent-pricing software to quietly track each other’s moves and push rents higher using confidential data, under a settlement between RealPage Inc. and federa...

DC Mayor Bowser announces she won't seek fourth term, as Trump's federal intervention continues

WASHINGTON (AP) — Muriel Bowser, the mayor of Washington, D.C., announced on Tuesday that she will not be seeking re-election next year, a decision that came as she has had to confront a fed...

Health care plan circulated by the White House runs into familiar GOP divisions

WASHINGTON (AP) — A health care proposal circulated by the White House in recent days is running into the reality of Republican divisions on the issue — a familiar struggle for a party that ...

FBI seeks interviews with Democrats who urged US troops to defy illegal orders

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic lawmakers who appeared in a social media video urging U.S. troops to defy “illegal orders” say the FBI has contacted them to begin scheduling interviews, signali...

Prosecutors will retry man in death of Etan Patz, whose 1979 disappearance spotlighted missing kids

NEW YORK (AP) — A notorious 1979 missing-child case is headed to trial a third time after New York prosecutors vowed Tuesday to retry the man whose murder conviction was recently overturned ...

Death of Florida teenager on Carnival cruise ship ruled a homicide

The death of a Florida teenager on a Carnival cruise ship earlier this month has been ruled a homicide, the latest development in a case that has drawn international attention and sparked in...

X's new feature raises questions about the foreign origins of some popular US political accounts

They go by names like @TRUMP_ARMY— or @MAGANationX, and their verified accounts proudly display portraits of President Donald Trump, voter rallies and American flags. And they’re constantly ...

Stocks climb on hopes for lower interest rates as Dow rallies 660 points

NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. stock market climbed again Tuesday on hopes for a coming cut to interest rates. The S&P 500 rose 0.9% after breaking out of a morning lull and is back within 1.8% o...
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