News organizations including the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, CNN and Politico were blocked from joining a White House media gaggle, according to news reports.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — No public proceedings will be held in singer Robin Thicke's trial focusing on a restraining order his ex-wife wants amid allegations he abused her and their son, a judge ruled on Friday.
MOSCOW (AP) — A Ukrainian lawmaker has visited the rebel east to meet with Ukrainian prisoners held by the rebels.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Executives at The Washington Post say they began considering the newspaper's eye-grabbing new motto long before President Donald Trump was elected.
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — US to seek extradition of Guatemalan ex-Vice-President Roxana Baldetti, ex-interior minister on drug trafficking charges.
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A New York man who served time in prison for threatening then-President Barack Obama is heading back to prison for a threat against President Donald Trump.
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are losing ground Friday as banks fall and energy companies continue to slide. The Dow Jones industrial average is on track to break a 10-day winning streak. The losses are modest, but there's far…
GOODYEAR, Ariz. (AP) — Dilson Herrera has inflammation in his right shoulder and will not throw for a couple days, taking the Colombian infielder out of the World Baseball Classic and hurting his chances for making the Cincinnati Reds.
MESA, Ariz. (AP) — The Chicago Cubs and reliever Pedro Strop have agreed to an $11.85 million, two-year contract that includes a club option for 2019.
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — Police say a 6-year-old Connecticut girl has been found in Pennsylvania after a high-speed chase and crash involving a car driven by her father, who is suspected in her mother's killing.
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City's mayor is meeting with federal authorities looking into allegations that donors to his mayoral campaign were promised favors.
MILAN (AP) — Gigi Hadid drew a crowd to Milan's Rinascente Department store where she was showing off Tommy Hilfiger's latest fall-winter collection.
NEW YORK (AP) — Lionel Richie says he won't recover from a knee procedure in time to launch his tour with Mariah Carey next month.
In a story Feb. 23 about Octavia Spencer, The Associated Press misspelled a name. It is Vaughan not Vaughn.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A federal judge says the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers should be brought back as a defendant in a lawsuit to explain its actions on a Red River diversion project around the Fargo and Moorhead, Minnesota…
BERLIN (AP) — Volkswagen says it bounced back into the black in 2016 after suffering a loss the previous year due to the diesel emissions scandal.
ATLANTA (AP) — Rock guitarist Rick Derringer has pleaded guilty and agreed to pay a $1,000 fine after stepping off a Delta Air Lines flight from Mexico with a loaded handgun in Atlanta's airport.
SEATTLE (AP) — The Justice Department wants a federal appeals court to put President Trump's travel ban case on hold until he issues a new order.
HOUSTON (AP) — The number of rigs exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. increased by three this week to 754.
PARIS (AP) — French financial prosecutor opens full judicial inquiry into conservative presidential candidate Francois Fillon.
CANNON BALL, N.D. (AP) — Authorities this week cleared the last holdouts from a large Dakota Access pipeline protest camp on federal land in North Dakota, but it will be a while before the region returns to normal.
AMES, Iowa (AP) — Students, parents and legislators are all unhappy about the University of Iowa's move to eliminate 2,500 scholarships in response to funding cuts, but there is disagreement about who is to blame.
iTunes' Official Music Charts for the week ending February 23, 2017:
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