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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A campaign-finance investigation is moving forward against an Alaska television reporter who quit her job on-air and vowed to work toward legalizing marijuana. The Alaska Public Offices Commission wants to know whether Charlo Greene used crowdsourcing funds to advocate for a ballot initiative to legalize recreational pot use. Greene challenged the […]

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Authorities shot and killed a man who they say opened fire on Austin police headquarters early Friday morning, and a bomb squad was called in to search his vehicle. The man also targeted a U.S. courthouse and the Mexican Consulate, Assistant Poice Chief Raul Munguia said at a news conference. Officers […]

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — An assistant manager at a Northern California Burger King found a backpack loaded with about $100,000 in a booth, but so far no one has come forward to claim it. Assistant manager Sahista Bakawla told KGO he spotted the blue backpack left in his San Jose eatery early Wednesday. He […]

The parents of Michael Brown Jr. hit the morning shows on Wednesday to talk about the grand jury’s decision this week to not indict officer Darren Wilson, and the subsequent unrest in Ferguson. “Our son is gone and we’re dealing with it, but there are other families that went through the same situation, and we […]

CLEVELAND (AP) — The family of a 12-year-old Cleveland boy fatally shot by a police officer responding to a call about someone with a gun says police acted too quickly and his death could’ve been avoided. A statement released Wednesday evening by attorneys for Tamir Rice’s family says the family has viewed a surveillance video […]

CHICAGO (AP) — The Obama administration will promote health insurance coverage at shopping malls starting on Black Friday and continuing through the busiest shopping days of the holiday season, officials announced Wednesday. They said more than 462,000 people selected a private insurance plan in the first week of 2015 enrollment through the online marketplace HealthCare.gov. […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — An experimental Ebola vaccine appears safe and triggered signs of immune protection in the first 20 volunteers to test it, U.S. researchers reported Wednesday. The vaccine is designed to spur the immune system’s production of anti-Ebola antibodies, and people developed them within four weeks of getting the shots at the National Institutes […]

Not too long ago, the town of Sanford, Florida was a hotbed of riotous activity. It became known the world over as the place where unarmed…

As protesters vented their rage and frustration over Darren Wilson not being indicted, DeAndre Joshua, 20, was found dead inside of a parked car early Tuesday morning,…

CLEVELAND (AP) — City police plan to release the names of the two officers involved in the shooting death of a 12-year-old boy, along with dispatch calls and a surveillance video that authorities say clearly shows what happened. The evidence and names will be made public at a briefing early Wednesday afternoon. Tamir Rice died […]

CHICAGO (AP) — Taking on the hecklers who’ve been interrupting his speeches lately, President Barack Obama argued back Tuesday with a point-by-point rebuttal of their arguments and suggested they “get the facts.” Obama had traveled home to Chicago for an appearance aimed at broadening the appeal of his recent executive actions on immigration beyond the […]

MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — Some Thanksgiving travelers along the East Coast headed out early because of a forecast calling for a nor’easter that will bring rain and snow. “I was really getting nervous about getting stuck and not making it home for the holidays,” said Jenna Bouffard, a Manhattan public relations executive who said she […]