Palau to ban sunscreen as it tries to save its coral reefs

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — In an attempt to protect the coral reefs that divers so admire they have dubbed them the underwater Serengeti, the Pacific nation...

AP FACT CHECK: Claim that voters lose hunting licenses false

The North Dakota Democratic Party posted a misleading ad on its website and on Facebook that suggests state residents should reconsider voting in this year’s election...

A look at the troops being sent to US Mexico border

New Orleans archdiocese releases list of 57 alleged abusers

NEW ORLEANS — The Archdiocese of New Orleans released a list Friday of 57 priests and other clergy it says faced credible child sex abuse allegations,...

Washington lawmaker faces blowback over biblical document

SPOKANE, Wash. — A Republican lawmaker in Washington state denied Friday that he is racist or a white nationalist for distributing a document describing how a...

Diversity among Asians divides them on affirmative action

A federal judge in Boston is scheduled to hear closing arguments Friday in a highly publicized lawsuit alleging that elite Harvard discriminates against Asian-Americans. Much of...

Maryland’s GOP governor finding support from Democrats

FORT WASHINGTON, Md. — Maryland’s popular Republican governor is earning enough support from Democrats and black voters in the state’s largest jurisdictions to narrow the pathway...

Video of cop killer featured in new Trump campaign push

WASHINGTON — The president’s re-election campaign released a new ad Friday that borrows liberally from an expletive-filled, anti-immigration video that was denounced as racist. The new...

US judge strikes down California land law in suit by Trump

SAN FRANCISCO — A U.S. judge struck down a California law challenged by the Trump administration that aimed to give the state power to override the...

High court declines to extend halt to climate change lawsuit

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday declined for now to stop a lawsuit filed by young activists who say the government isn’t doing enough to...