Mexico graft case: Ferrari for the president, bags of cash

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The alleged examples of kickbacks, bribes and graft contained in leaked accusations by a former Mexican official contain some of the oddest, most banal and most colorful instances of corruption s…

Man sentenced to life for 1993 death of Missouri girl

ST. CHARLES, Mo. (AP) — A man accused of leaving a 9-year-old Missouri girl to die in a wildlife area after snatching her from her bus stop and sexually abusing her was sentenced Thursday to life in prison without …

Ex-CIA officer in spy case called 'extreme flight risk'

HONOLULU (AP) — A former CIA officer and contract linguist for the FBI accused of giving China classified information must remain detained because the trained spy is an “extreme flight risk,” U.S. prosecutors said.

Bidding for Pennsylvania, Trump trolls Biden in old backyard

OLD FORGE, Pa. (AP) — Determined to keep Pennsylvania in his column, President Donald Trump took the fight to Joe Biden's old backyard Thursday and insisted his Democratic rival would be the state's “worst nightmar…

Firefighters extinguish large blaze at Dallas-area factory

GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas (AP) — Firefighters doused the last hot spot Thursday after a massive fire a day earlier at a Dallas-area plastics factory sent a dense column of toxic black smoke over North Texas, officials s…

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George Floyd mural in Minneapolis defaced with black paint

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Someone has defaced a giant mural of George Floyd at the Minneapolis intersection where he died in May.

Officials: Some who went to huge Sturgis rally have COVID-19

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota health officials warned Thursday that a number of people who attended the 10-day Sturgis Motorcycle Rally this month, including some who came from out of state, have come down …

Israel launches airstrikes after 2 rockets fired from Gaza

JERUSALEM (AP) — Two rockets fired from the Gaza Strip landed near the Israeli security fence late Thursday, and Israel carried out airstrikes on targets linked to the territory's Hamas rulers, the Israeli military…

Family members of murder victims assail Golden State Killer

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Tearful family members of people killed by Joseph DeAngelo assailed him Thursday for stealing away their loved ones as he escalated his attacks from burglaries and rapes to a series of hor…

California firefighters `taxed to the limit' seeking help

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) — More than two dozen major fires were scorching California on Thursday and taxing the state's firefighting capacity, sparked by an unprecedented lightning siege that dropped nearly 11,000 s…

The Latest: Trump says, 'Biden is no friend of Pennsylvania'

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Trial set in civil suit over 2017 Park Police shooting

FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — A judge on Thursday set a November trial date for a civil lawsuit in the 2017 fatal shooting by U.S. Park Police of a northern Virginia motorist, but government lawyers say the trial should…

Israel says 2 rockets fired from Gaza Strip; no casualties

JERUSALEM (AP) — Two rockets fired from the Gaza Strip landed near the Israeli security fence late on Thursday, the Israeli military said.

Crews "taxed to the limit" California firefighters seek help

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) — More than two dozen major fires were scorching California on Thursday and taxing the state's firefighting capacity, sparked by an unprecedented lightning siege that dropped nearly 11,000 s…