Trash cans searched, cars towed in SC missing girl search

CAYCE, S.C. (AP) — Police say they are doing everything they can — searching trash cans and landfills, towing cars and even closing off a neighborhood to everyone except residents — as they search for a 6-year-old …

Attorney general says Oklahoma to resume executions

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma plans to resume executing death-row inmates, five years after lethal injections were put on hold following a series of death-chamber mishaps, state officials announced Thursday.

Cuomo to meet with Trump to offer deal on travelers program

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says he hopes he can persuade President Donald Trump to reverse a decision to boot New Yorkers from programs that allow travelers to avoid long lines at U.S. at the bo…

Puerto Rico online scam targeted more than $4M amid crisis

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — An online scam that targeted Puerto Rican agencies attempted to steal more than $4 million, police said Thursday, deepening concerns about the management of local government finances du…

Takes a village: Bear 'foster mom' raises cub saved by dog

BRISTOL, Va. (AP) — An orphaned black bear cub has been placed with a substitute mother this week after being saved by a dog and brought to safety.

US military acknowledges it killed Syrian in convoy attack

BEIRUT (AP) — The U.S. military acknowledged Thursday its troops fired on and killed a Syrian combatant when government supporters attacked an American convoy in northeastern Syria a day earlier.

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With government paralyzed, rising crime terrifies Haitians

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Thousands of young Haitians spent 2019 on the streets, demanding President Jovenel Moise resign over his government’s failure to prosecute years of unbridled corruption that siphoned bi…

Venezuela slams Trump for sanctions set on regime change

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The government of President Nicolás Maduro demanded that Washington stop piling on punishing financial sanctions aimed at forcing a regime change in Venezuela as it took its case to the In…

Pompeo 'outraged' by UN list of firms with settlement ties

JERUSALEM (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday said he is “outraged” by the U.N.'s publication of a list of companies accused of violating Palestinian human rights by operating in Israel's West Ba…

Torrential rains leave swollen rivers, downed trees in South

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — Days of torrential rain across the Southeast left residents to deal with rising rivers, falling trees, weakened dams and mudslides Thursday as storms finally subsided.

North Dakota, tribes reach settlement over voter ID lawsuit

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota reached a proposed settlement agreement Thursday with American Indians who sued over the state’s voter ID laws requiring residents to provide a street address, arguing they are a …

European court backs Spain on express migrant deportations

MADRID (AP) — The European Court of Human Rights on Thursday backed Spain’s express deportation of two African migrants back to Morocco from a Spanish enclave in northwest Africa as part of a mass expulsion.

Students: Teacher told classmate to leave US for anthem

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Public Schools says it has launched an investigation after four students complained that a teacher told a Hispanic student she should go back to her own country because she didn't stand durin…

Wisconsin man sentenced for trying to buy nuclear material

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin political activist who admitted to trying to buy a lethal dose of a radioactive substance online was sentenced to two years of supervised release.