LISA MASCARO
AP Congressional Correspondent
Nancy Pelosi was nominated by fellow Democrats to be House speaker on Wednesday, but she still faces a showdown vote when the full House convenes
JOHN ROGERS
Associated Press
It was his 63rd birthday but instead of staying home to celebrate Wednesday, Andres Garcia got in his truck and drove 25 miles to Los Angeles
MARCIA DUNN
AP Aerospace Writer
A NASA spacecraft designed to burrow beneath the surface of Mars landed on the red planet Monday after a six-month, 300 million-mile (482 million-kilometer) journey
CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN
Associated Press
Mexico looked set to shore up security near its border with the United States on Monday, as police lined up outside a shelter in the city
MICHAEL BALSAMO
Associated Press
Former Trump campaign foreign policy adviser George Papadopoulos began serving his two-week prison sentence on Monday after a judge rejected his last-minute bid to remain free.
By TOM KRISHER
AP Auto Writer
General Motors will cut up to 14,000 workers in North America and put five plants up for possible closure as it abandons many
MARILYNN MARCHIONE
AP Chief Medical Writer
Scientists and bioethics experts reacted with shock, anger and alarm Monday to a Chinese researcher's claim that he helped make the world&
By SUDHIN THANAWALA and JANIE HAR
Desperate families posted photos and messages on social media and at shelters in hopes of finding missing loved ones, many of them elderly, nearly
LINDSEY TANNER
AP Medical Writer
Smoke masks. Eye drops. No outdoor exercise. This is how Californians are trying to cope with wildfires choking the state, but experts say an increase
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association is giving $300,000 to help the victims of California's deadly wildfires.
The organization best known for creating and organizing the Golden Globe
CHRISTOPHER WEBER
Associated Press
Southern California residents faced with the loss of lives and homes in a huge wildfire also are grappling with the destruction of a vast swath of
Michael Avenatti, the lawyer for Stormy Daniels, has denied allegations of domestic violence after his arrest near his ritzy Los Angeles skyscraper apartment.
"I have never struck a woman,