By MICHAEL R. SISAK and MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press ALTOONA, Pa. (AP) — Prosecutors were beginning to take steps Tuesday to bring the suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare's CEO back to New York to face a murder charge while new details emerged about his life and how he was ...

By THOMAS BEAUMONT, JULIET LINDERMAN and MARTHA MENDOZA Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A week after President-elect Donald Trump's victory, Elon Musk said his political action committee would "play a significant role in primaries." The following week, the billionaire responded ...

By MICHAEL R. SISAK, MARK SCOLFORO and CEDAR ATTANASIO Associated Press ALTOONA, Pa. (AP) — A man suspected in the brazen Manhattan killing of UnitedHealthcare's CEO was arrested and charged with murder Monday after a quick-thinking McDonald's customer in Pennsylvania recognized him from ...

By SEAN MURPHY and MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated Press Police arrested a 26-year-old man on Monday in the Manhattan killing of UnitedHealthcare's CEO after they say a Pennsylvania McDonald's worker alerted authorities to a customer who resembled the suspected gunman. The suspect, identified ...

By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Efforts by New Mexico to save and invest portions of a financial windfall from local oil production are paying off as state government income on investments surpasses personal income tax collections for the first time, according to a new ...

By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press The police department in Worcester, Massachusetts, allowed officers to engage in sexual contact with women suspected of being involved in the commercial sex trade, according to a report the U.S. Justice Department released Monday following a two year ...

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Republicans have filed a lawsuit seeking a court order to resolve a discrepancy between state and federal law about what date the state's presidential electors must meet to cast Wisconsin's 10 Electoral College votes for ...

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Clarke Reed, a Mississippi businessman who developed the Republican Party in his home state and across the South starting in the 1960s, died Sunday at his home in Greenville, Mississippi. He was 96. Reed was chairman of the ...

PRINCETON, N.J. (AP) — Dozens of drones have been spotted across New Jersey in recent weeks, including near sensitive sites such as a military research facility, which can be frustrating but don't appear to pose a public safety concern, Gov. Phil Murphy stressed Monday. The FBI has been ...

By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New Yorkers could get "Inflation Refund" checks of up to $500 from the state government next year under a proposal Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Monday. The plan, which must first be approved by state lawmakers, would send out ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California, home to some of the largest technology companies in the world, would be the first U.S. state to require mental health warning labels on social media sites if lawmakers pass a bill introduced Monday. The legislation sponsored by state Attorney General Rob ...

DENVER (AP) — A "series of inadvertent and unforeseen events" resulted in Colorado voting system passwords being posted on the Secretary of State's website, an outside investigator said. A Denver attorney did not find any intentional wrongdoing by Secretary of State Jena Griswold or staff in ...

By CHARLES KRUPA and PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Wildlife rescuers were rushing Monday to tend to dozens of geese and ducks that were soaked in oil after a spill in a Boston river. Police and fire departments were dispatched to the Muddy River on the border of Boston ...

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The brazen killing of UnitedHealthcare's CEO was likely carried out with a ghost gun, one of the nearly untraceable weapons that can be made a home, police said Monday. A ghost gun is a firearm without a serial number, and police ...

By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A federal judge is considering whether to overturn a Minnesota law that bans religious tests for colleges that participate in a state program that allows high school students to take college courses for credit. The state argued at a ...

By ANNA FURMAN Associated Press The results of the 2024 U.S. presidential election rattled the country and sent shockwaves across the world — or were cause for celebration, depending on who you ask. Is it any surprise then that the Merriam-Webster word of the year is ...

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court rejected a challenge to Hawaii's gun-licensing law on Monday, though three justices expressed a willingness to hear arguments over the issue later. The majority did not explain their reasoning in a brief order ...

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Looking to strengthen his foothold in national politics, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear is taking on a lead role for Democratic efforts to win governorships in the 2026 midterm election — when a majority of states will be electing ...

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and CEDAR ATTANASIO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — After days of searching through security footage, following up on a deluge of tips and even sending scuba divers to the bottom of a lake, police on Monday announced the arrest of a suspect in the killing of ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal Bureau of Prisons is permanently closing its "rape club" women's prison in California and will idle six facilities in a sweeping realignment after years of abuse, decay and mismanagement, The Associated Press has learned. The agency informed employees and ...