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By MARK SHERMAN and ERICA WERNER

WASHINGTON — Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch declared Tuesday he’s made no promises to Donald Trump or anyone else about how he’ll vote on abortion or other issues and testified he’ll have no trouble as a justice holding anyone accountable,...

By ALICIA A. CALDWELL

WASHINGTON — U.S. and British officials said Tuesday the decision to bar laptops and tablets from the cabins of some international flights wasn’t based on any specific threat but on longstanding concerns about terrorists targeting...

By SHAWN POGATCHNIK

DUBLIN — Martin McGuinness took up arms to fight British soldiers in the streets but ended up shaking hands with Queen Elizabeth II. A militant who long sought to unify Ireland through violence, he became a peacemaking politician who earned the...

By RALPH D. RUSSO

TAMPA, Fla. — College football’s first national championship rematch was fitting sequel to the original, with an unusual twist at the end.Deshaun Watson and Clemson dethroned the champs and became the first team to beat Nick Saban’s Alabama dynasty...

By SAM HANANEL

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court said Monday it won’t hear an appeal from three sex trafficking victims who accuse advertising website Backpage.com of helping to promote the exploitation of children.The justices left in place a lower court ruling that...

By DENISE LAVOIE

BOSTON — A drifter convicted of killing two Massachusetts men in 2001 carjackings was sentenced Monday to death for the second time.Gary Lee Sampson was first condemned to die in 2003, but a judge later granted him a new sentencing trial after finding...

By SETH BORENSTEIN

WASHINGTON — With steamy nights, sticky days and torrential downpours, last year went down as one of the warmest and wildest weather years on record in the United States.The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced Monday that 2016...

By CURT ANDERSON

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The Iraq war veteran held in the fatal shooting of five people inside Fort Lauderdale’s airport was appointed a federal public defender on Monday after telling a judge that he has no job and only $5 or $10 in the bank.Esteban...

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER and JOCELYN GECKER

FORESTVILLE, Calif. — Emergency crews in rescue boats and helicopters rushed to take advantage of a one-day break between storms Monday to rescue stranded people and assess damage after the heaviest rain in a decade overwhelmed parts of California and...

By MARLEY JAY

NEW YORK — So close! The Dow Jones industrial average missed the 20,000 mark by a fraction of a point Friday as U.S. stock indexes rose after the government said wages jumped in December. Two other major indexes set records.Stocks wavered between...

By DON BABWIN

CHICAGO — A judge rebuked four black people accused of beating a mentally disabled white man and broadcasting the attack on Facebook, sternly asking, “Where was your sense of decency?” before denying their attorneys’ pleas to set bail so they might be...

By PETER PRENGAMAN and MAURICIO SAVARESE

RIO DE JANEIRO — Thirty-one inmates were slain Friday in northern Brazil, some with their hearts and intestines ripped out, during a prison killing spree led by the country’s largest gang, authorities said.The bloodshed comes just days after 60...

By EILEEN SULLIVAN and DEB RIECHMANN

WASHINGTON — Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a hidden campaign to influence America’s presidential election in favor of Donald Trump over Hillary Clinton, U.S. intelligence agencies declared Friday in the government’s first formal allegation...

By ERICA WERNER and JILL COLVIN

WASHINGTON — It was the signature promise of his campaign: Donald Trump vowed to build an impenetrable, concrete wall along the southern border. And Mexico was going to pay for it.Now as he nears inauguration, that wall is sounding increasingly like...

By LINDSEY BAHR

Friends and family members gathered at the next-door homes of Debbie Reynolds and daughter Carrie Fisher on a gloomy Thursday in the Hollywood Hills for an intimate memorial to mourn the late actresses.The service was held at Fisher’s home and the...

By JIMMY GOLEN

BOSTON — Milt Schmidt, the hockey hall of famer who led Boston to two Stanley Cup championships as the center of the “Kraut Line,” served Canada in World War II and returned to the NHL to win its MVP award and two more titles as the Bruins general...

By SARAH SKIDMORE SELL

Macy’s says it is eliminating more than 10,000 jobs and plans to move forward with 68 store closures after a disappointing holiday shopping season. The department store chain also lowered its full-year earnings forecast.The retailer said Wednesday...

By GEIR MOULSON

BERLIN — An annotated edition of “Mein Kampf,” Adolf Hitler’s notorious manifesto, has become a non-fiction best-seller in Germany. The publisher said Tuesday that a sixth print run will go on sale later this month.Some 85,000 copies of the book have...

By CAROLYN THOMPSON

Hundreds of thousands of New York students would be able to attend college for free under a proposal announced by Gov. Andrew Cuomo to make state universities tuition-free for residents earning $125,000 or less.The Democrat unveiled his plan Tuesday...

By STEVE LeBLANC

BOSTON — Former Democratic Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick is urging U.S. senators to reject President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general, Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions.In 1985, Patrick was part of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund team...