By CHRIS MEGERIAN, JOEY CAPPELLETTI and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — Kamala Harris insisted it was time to "end the suffering" in the Middle East while Donald Trump visited one of the nation's only Muslim-majority cities on Friday as the dueling ...

By AMY TAXIN Associated Press RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — A California man was sentenced Friday to seven years in prison for abusing foster children he had assigned to care for in his home, including some who had been previously tortured by their parents. Marcelino Olguin, 65, was ...

By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — More North Carolina residents turned out to cast ballots on the first day of early voting this year than in 2020, even as residents from the mountainous western portion of the state continued to recover from the devastating ...

By MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A federal judge had some pointed questions but did not immediately rule Friday on a request that Pennsylvania election officials take new steps to verify the identification and eligibility of soldiers and others living ...

By RICK CALLAHAN Associated Press DELPHI, Ind. (AP) — A man charged with killing two teenage girls in a small Indiana community forced them off a hiking trail before cutting their throats, a prosecutor said Friday, telling jurors that the evidence includes an unused bullet and video ...

By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart said Friday it has reached a proposed settlement pact related to three lawsuits filed by shareholders on behalf of the company over the handling of prescription opioids. According to the terms of the settlement that were ...

By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Boeing's biggest supplier of aircraft components said Friday that it will temporarily furlough 700 workers later this month, warning that it would have to resort to layoffs if a strike by Boeing machinists lasts beyond November. Spirit AeroSystems said ...

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. government's road safety agency is investigating Tesla's "Full Self-Driving" system after getting reports of crashes in low-visibility conditions, including one that killed a pedestrian. The National Highway Traffic Safety ...

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge on Friday delayed an order requiring Google to open up its Android app store to more competition until an appeals court decides whether to block the shake-up because of legal questions surrounding a jury's ...

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer Fox News anchor Bret Baier says he "made a mistake" during his interview with Kamala Harris in not airing video of a Donald Trump comment, something Harris pointed out to him in real time. Baier made that admission on Thursday roughly 24 hours after his ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A judge has blocked the head of Florida's state health department from taking any more action to threaten TV stations over an abortion-rights commercial they've been airing. U.S. District Judge Mark Walker's ruling Thursday sided with Floridians Protecting Freedom, ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, a longtime leader of Mexico's Sinaloa cartel who is facing drug trafficking charges in a U.S. court, appeared for the first time Friday before the judge who is presiding over his case. Zambada, 76, appeared at a status conference in Brooklyn federal ...

By ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Phoenix wrapped up its annual six-month warm season this week after the Southwest broiled through an unprecedented autumn heat wave that saw daily highs in the United States' hottest city topping 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43.3 Celsius) in ...

By STEVE PEOPLES, MICHELLE L. PRICE and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — Donald Trump's energy level emerged as a flashpoint on Friday as the Republican nominee and Democrat Kamala Harris scrambled across battleground Michigan with Election Day looming. Harris ...

By HANNAH FINGERHUT and MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The teenage shooter in a deadly attack at a small-town Iowa high school in January sought to gain fame with the shooting, tried to livestream his actions and had planned for weeks, according to ...

By JENNIFER McDERMOTT and MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is shelling out billions of dollars for clean energy and approving major offshore wind projects as officials race to secure major climate initiatives before President Joe Biden's term comes ...

By JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press One of the largest solar projects in the U.S. opened in Texas on Friday, backed by what Google said is the largest solar electricity purchase it has ever made. Google executive Ben Sloss said at the ribbon cutting, about two hours south of Dallas, ...

By KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A yearslong investigation of New York City's $4 billion homeless shelter system found widespread mismanagement, self-dealing and nepotism. The review of dozens of nonprofit organizations that contract with the city to provide shelter to ...

By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — An arraignment for a funeral home owner accused of keeping a woman's corpse in the back of a hearse for over a year and improperly stashing the cremated remains of at least 30 people was delayed again on Friday. Miles Harford had been ...

By JEFFREY S. COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A condemned South Carolina inmate chose Friday to be executed by lethal injection, instead of by firing squad or electrocution, for killing a store clerk in 1999. State prison officials had told Richard Moore this month he ...