The Philippine navy inherited the former U.S. tank-landing ship USS Harnett County in 1976, and ran it deliberately aground at Second Thomas Shoal in 1999. A Chinese frigate and maritime surveillance ...

Richer covers the Justice Department and federal courts. She joined The AP in 2013 and is based in Washington.

3 of 6 | Actor Robert De Niro arrives to court in New York, Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023. De Niro continues his testimony in a $12 million lawsuit accusing him of being a bad boss. The 80-year-old actor is ...

CHICAGO (AP) — Freshman U.S. Rep. Mary Miller of Illinois drew swift criticism from fellow Republicans Wednesday for quoting Adolf Hitler in a speech a day earlier outside the U.S. Capitol. Miller, ...

2 of 4 | FILE - Shells that appears to be white phosphorus from Israeli artillery explode over Dahaira, a Lebanese border village with Israel, south Lebanon, on Oct. 16, 2023. The human rights group ...

NEW YORK (AP) — A Los Angeles man once dubbed "Porn's New King" was sentenced Friday to over 14 years in prison after cheating a Native American tribal entity and pension fund investors of tens of ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Doug Skaff Jr., a West Virginia newspaper executive and former Democratic legislative leader, died Tuesday following an accident on Interstate 79. He was 48. Skaff was ...

NEW MOVIES TO STREAM OCT. 14-20 — In 1978, a serial killer made his way onto the television show “The Dating Game.” Rodney Alcala was already a murderer by the time he appeared on the show as one of ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Criticism mounted Monday over how Baton Rouge police dealt with throngs of protesters during the weekend, including nearly 200 demonstrators who were arrested and may yet face ...

DULUIYAH, Iraq (AP) — The consequences of the al-Jabouri tribe's decision to ally with Iraq's Shiite-led government against their fellow Sunnis in the Islamic State group are etched on row after row ...

After U.S. Rep John Lewis died in July 2020, the party’s executive committee selected her to replace Lewis as the nominee, meaning Williams was elected in the strongly Democratic 5th Congressional ...

But the route remains a big question. The current pipeline crosses two American Indian reservations whose tribes strongly oppose the project. Enbridge has proposed a route that bypasses those ...