YEMASSEE, S.C. (AP) — Two more monkeys have been returned to the South Carolina compound that breeds the primates for medical research, authorities said Tuesday. Only 11 of the 43 Rhesus macaques that escaped last week now remain outside the Alpha Genesis facility in Yemassee, police said in ...

By JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — The Denver district attorney's office has opened an investigation into the leak of voting system passwords that were posted on a state website for months leading up to the election and only taken down last month. Colorado ...

HOUSTON (AP) — A judge on Tuesday sentenced a woman to 50 years in prison for forcing three of her children to live with the decomposing body of their dead 8-year-old brother for more than a year in a soiled, roach-infested Houston-area apartment. Gloria Williams, 38, expressed deep regret ...

By KATE PAYNE Associated Press/Report for America TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison. "Forever" by Judi Blume. "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut. All have been pulled from the shelves of some Florida schools, according to the latest list compiled by the ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Republicans in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives chose a member from rural Bedford County on Tuesday to be their floor leader for the coming two-year session. The House Republican caucus voted behind closed doors for five-term Rep. Jesse Topper to head their ...

By MICHAEL HILL Associated Press Peanut, the social media star squirrel at the center of a national furor after it was seized from its owner in upstate New York and euthanized, has tested negative for rabies, a county official said Tuesday. The state Department of Environmental ...

By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — As money continues to pour into crypto following Donald Trump's reelection last week, bitcoin has climbed to yet another record high. The world's largest cryptocurrency topped $89,000 for the first time, briefly peaking at ...

By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A Canadian teen is hospitalized in critical condition with what is believed to be bird flu, a British Columbia health official said Tuesday. It's not clear how the teenager picked up the virus, which has been detected recently in wild ...

By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Justice Department is suing to block UnitedHealth Group's $3.3 billion purchase of Amedisys, citing concerns the combination would hinder access to home health and hospice services in the U.S. The antitrust complaint, ...

By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin man apparently faked his own drowning this summer so he could abandon his family and flee to eastern Europe, investigators say. Green Lake County Sheriff Mark Podoll said in a news release Friday that the Dodge County ...

A costly campaign by abortion-rights advocates for state Supreme Court seats yielded mixed results in Tuesday's election, with Republicans expanding their majority on Ohio's court while candidates backed by progressive groups won in Montana and Michigan. One of the most expensive and closely ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Racist text messages invoking slavery raised alarm across the country this week after they were sent to Black men, women and students, including middle schoolers, prompting inquiries by the FBI and other agencies. The messages, sent anonymously, were reported in several ...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Jake Retzlaff engineered two fourth quarter scoring drives and Will Ferrin kicked a 44-yard field with four seconds remaining to keep No. 9 BYU's unbeaten season alive with a 22-21 win over Utah on Saturday night. The Cougars' final drive was extended on a defensive ...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah athletic director Mark Harlan was publicly reprimanded and fined $40,000 by the Big 12 on Sunday after blasting a conference officiating crew following BYU's 22-21 win over the Utes for controversial calls on the Cougars' winning drive. Harlan took the podium ...

DUNCANNON, Pa. (AP) — Three people were killed and two others wounded on Friday when a suspect opened fire in an apartment in central Pennsylvania, then led police on a 40-mile high-speed chase through two counties that ended with an exchange of gunfire with state troopers, police ...

POMPTON LAKES, N.J. (AP) — A New York parks employee died battling one of a number of wildfires in New Jersey and New York amid dry conditions that have prompted air quality warnings in both states, authorities said Sunday. The worker died when a tree fell on him Saturday afternoon as he ...

TUSKEGEE, Ala. (AP) — An early Sunday shooting at Tuskegee University in Alabama left one person dead and injured 16 others, 12 of them wounded by gunfire, authorities said. The victim of the shooting, an 18-year-old man, was not a university student, but some of those who were injured were. ...

By MATT BROWN, FERNANDA FIGUEROA, HANNAH FINGERHUT and LINLEY SANDERS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Brian Leija, a 31-year-old small-business owner from Belton, Texas, was not surprised that a growing number of Latino men of his generation voted for Donald Trump for president this ...

By MAE ANDERSON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Many veterans who've started small businesses tell a similar story: Their military service prepared them mentally for the task, but they were at a disadvantage when it came to the financial part. "Vetrepreneurs" – veterans that start ...

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Opponents of offshore wind energy projects expect President-elect Donald Trump to kill an industry he has vowed to end on the first day he returns to the White House. But it might not be that easy. Many of the largest offshore ...