9+ hour, 15+ min ago   (831+ words) DANVILLE, Ky. -- When a friend approached Brent Williams four years ago with a business proposition to start an ostrich farm, he was more than intrigued -- he had a personal motivation as someone who developed a life-threatening allergy to red meat,…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago   (517+ words) JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. -- President Donald Trump had been eagerly awaiting his trip to Texas for his Republican Party's midterm convention. But he was briefly delayed by the deployment of an inflatable emergency slide on the new Air Force One plane…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (882+ words) JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri is poised to hold its November election with congressional districts passed after the last census, after the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday again rejected a new map backed by President Donald Trump that Republicans hoped could help…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (942+ words) SEATTLE -- The number of ballots rejected for late postmarks has soared in the vote-by-mail states of Washington and Oregon, according to newly released data highlighting concerns about recent changes in U.S. Postal Service operations ahead of this fall's pivotal midterm election....

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (466+ words) NEW YORK -- Huawei Technologies, a leading Chinese tech company, faces a criminal racketeering trial in New York over charges that it stole technology, plotted to steal U.S. trade secrets and committed wire and bank fraud, among other crimes. Jury selection began…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (399+ words) A former top aide to Ken Paxton, the Republican attorney general of Texas, is appearing in a new online ad endorsing Paxton's Democratic rival, James Talarico, in one of the most hotly contested and costly U.S. Senate races in the country....

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (646+ words) WASHINGTON -- Nearly a quarter century after a day "etched forever into the memories of Americans," President Donald Trump honored the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on Tuesday by vowing to "never forget." The event at the Ellipse was spearheaded by…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (668+ words) HONOLULU -- Damaging winds and heavy rains from Hurricane Lowell pelted Hawaii's western islands Tuesday, knocking out power to thousands and ripping up stretches of beachside roads. Along the Southern California coast, dangerous surf conditions kicked up by the remnants of…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (289+ words) LAS VEGAS -- Airport security checkpoints have been the end of the line since soon after the 9/11 attacks for most friends and relatives who want to see off departing passengers. That is changing at some U.S. airports. The Transportation Security Administration is…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (721+ words) Leaders of the Southeastern Conference will meet Thursday to discuss whether to take the extraordinary step of kicking LSU out of the league in the wake of an ugly feud over first-year coach Lane Kiffin's effort to field several players…...