Juries find 2 men guilty of killing a 7-year-old boy in 2015 street shooting

CHICAGO (AP) — A pair of juries has found two men guilty of killing a Chicago boy in what prosecutors allege was a gang-related shooting almost nine years ago. Jurors on Thursday found 29-year-old Jamal Joiner and

Former Georgia insurance commissioner John Oxendine pleads guilty to health care fraud

ATLANTA (AP) — A former Georgia insurance commissioner who made a failed Republican run for governor has pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit health care fraud. John W. Oxendine of Johns Creek entered the guilty plea Friday

Heavy-smoking West Virginia becomes the 12th state to ban lighting up in cars with kids present

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia, which has the highest rate of adult cigarette use in the nation, became the 12th state to ban smoking in vehicles with children present under a bill signed by Republican Gov.

Rep. Mike Gallagher says he’s resigning early, leaving House Republicans with thinnest of majorities

WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Mike Gallagher, a Wisconsin Republican who has spearheaded House pushback against the Chinese government, said Friday he would resign from the House, leaving House Republicans with the thinnest of majorities. Gallagher, age 40,

Mexico’s president says he won’t fight drug cartels on US orders, calls it a ‘Mexico First’ policy

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president said Friday he won’t fight Mexican drug cartels on U.S. orders, in the clearest explanation yet of his refusal to confront the gangs. Over the years, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador

Polling places inside synagogues are being moved for Pennsylvania’s April primary during Passover

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Some of Pennsylvania’s most populous counties are relocating polling places out of synagogues and other Jewish buildings because the Legislature deadlocked last year over proposals to move next month’s primary election so it

Republican lawmaker says Kentucky’s newly passed shield bill protects IVF services

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky legislation shielding doctors and other health providers from criminal liability was written broadly enough to apply to in vitro fertilization services, a Republican lawmaker said Friday as the bill won final passage.

Compass agrees to pay $57.5 million, make policy changes to settle real estate commission lawsuits

Real estate brokerage company Compass Inc. will pay $57.5 million as part of a proposed settlement to resolve lawsuits over real estate commissions, the company said in a regulatory filing Friday. The New York-based company also agreed

Maryland US Rep. David Trone apologizes for using racial slur at hearing. He says it was inadvertent

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A Maryland congressman who is running for Senate has apologized for what he said was the inadvertent use of a racial slur during a budget hearing. Rep. David Trone, a Democrat, said he

Federal judge temporarily blocks plans for a power line in Mississippi River wildlife refuge

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A federal judge has temporarily blocked plans to build a high-voltage power line across a Mississippi River wildlife refuge, saying he wants to see documents detailing the lead-up to the project’s approval. U.S.