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Owner of shuttered dairy pleads guilty in $60M fraud

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The owner of an award-winning organic dairy in Pennsylvania that abruptly closed its doors last fall pleaded guilty Thursday to running a Ponzi scheme that bilked investors of nearly $60 million.

Judge resigns amid use of racial slur in text messages

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A Louisiana judge resigned Thursday after several people, including Gov. John Bel Edwards, called for her to

Arrest made in 1991 killing of central Missouri teenager

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A central Missouri man was charged Thursday with fatally shooting his 14-year-old classmate in 1991.

New virus prompts Mormons to cancel key leadership event

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced Thursday that it has postponed a key April meeting of its top global leaders because of the spread of the coronavirus, and said it is …

Milwaukee police ID brewery shooter as 15-year electrician

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Authorities on Thursday identified the man who gunned down five co-workers at one of the nation’s largest breweries before taking his own life a 51-year-old electrician who had worked at the Milwau…

Police identify victims of Milwaukee brewery shooting as employees ranging in age from 33 to 61

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Police identify victims of Milwaukee brewery shooting as employees ranging in age from 33 to 61.

Man wanted in California cemetery killings held in Wyoming

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A man wanted for killing three people in a Southern California cemetery was arrested Thursday during a traffic stop in Wyoming, authorities said.

Police identify shooter in Milwaukee brewery shooting as electrician whose home was searched Thursday

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Police identify shooter in Milwaukee brewery shooting as electrician whose home was searched Thursday.

Air Force service song changed to use gender-neutral lyrics

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — The U.S. Air Force changed lyrics in its service anthem by dropping gender references that exclude women.

Bloomberg might not spend to help Sanders if he's nominee

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Billionaire Mike Bloomberg said Thursday that he might not spend money to assist Bernie Sanders if Sanders is the Democratic presidential nominee, days after a Sanders adviser said they wouldn'…

Feds cite new evidence against former Mexico security chief

NEW YORK (AP) — New evidence against Mexico's former top security official has been uncovered since he was charged with taking tens of millions of dollars in bribes to protect Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman’s notorious …

US finds failures in USC's treatment of gynecologist claims

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The U.S. Department of Education said Thursday it found systemic failures in the University of Southern California’s treatment of allegations of sexual abuse by a longtime campus gynecologist and…

9 Turkish soldiers killed in northeast Syria air strike

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Nine Turkish soldiers were killed in an air strike in northeast Syria late Thursday, a Turkish official said.

Turkish official says 22 Turkish soldiers killed in Syria, in biggest single day losses for country's forces

ANKARA (AP) — Turkish official says 22 Turkish soldiers killed in Syria, in biggest single day losses for country's forces.