FILE - In this April 24, 1984, file photo, Steve Jobs, left, chairman of Apple Computers, John Sculley, center, president and CEO, and Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple, unveil the new Apple IIc computer in San Francisco. Apple has turned 40, and it's a very different company from the audacious startup that Jobs and Wozniak launched in a Silicon Valley garage in 1976. (AP Photo/Sal Veder, File)

Apple strong at 40, but are best years behind it?

CUPERTINO, Calif. — Apple turned 40 on Friday, and it’s a very different company from the audacious startup that Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak launched… Continue reading

FILE - In this April 24, 1984, file photo, Steve Jobs, left, chairman of Apple Computers, John Sculley, center, president and CEO, and Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple, unveil the new Apple IIc computer in San Francisco. Apple has turned 40, and it's a very different company from the audacious startup that Jobs and Wozniak launched in a Silicon Valley garage in 1976. (AP Photo/Sal Veder, File)

Anti-abortion movement unified in rebuke of Trump

NEW YORK — Donald Trump’s remark that women getting abortions were they to be banned should be punished drew swift, unified condemnation from the anti-abortion… Continue reading

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a campaign stop, Wednesday, March 30, 2016, in Appleton, Wis. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Trump stumbling in Wisconsin as forces coalesce against him

MADISON, Wis. — Next Tuesday’s Wisconsin presidential primary is emerging as a crucial lifeline for Republicans desperate to stop Donald Trump’s march to their party’s… Continue reading

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a campaign stop, Wednesday, March 30, 2016, in Appleton, Wis. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Violent times encourage step to right in some nations

BRUSSELS — The Brussels attacks have given a boost to the far right in Belgium and beyond, and their anti-Islam language is finding a special… Continue reading

Indian rescue workers search for bodies inside a mangled car recovered from a partially collapsed overpass in Kolkata, India, Thursday, March 31, 2016. A long section of a road overpass under construction collapsed Wednesday in a crowded Kolkata neighborhood, with tons of concrete and steel slamming into midday traffic, killing several and injuring many. (AP Photo/ Bikas Das)

Overpass collapse kills 21, traps many in India

KOLKATA, India — A long section of an overpass under construction collapsed Thursday in a crowded Kolkata neighborhood and sent tons of concrete and steel… Continue reading

Indian rescue workers search for bodies inside a mangled car recovered from a partially collapsed overpass in Kolkata, India, Thursday, March 31, 2016. A long section of a road overpass under construction collapsed Wednesday in a crowded Kolkata neighborhood, with tons of concrete and steel slamming into midday traffic, killing several and injuring many. (AP Photo/ Bikas Das)
President Barack Obama listens as French President Francois Hollande speaks during their meeting at the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington, Thursday, March 31, 2016. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Obama, Xi vow to narrow differences, work on N. Korea

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged Thursday to cooperate to confront the North Korean nuclear threat while working to narrow… Continue reading

President Barack Obama listens as French President Francois Hollande speaks during their meeting at the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington, Thursday, March 31, 2016. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Drug maker reconsidering $20M North Carolina factory

RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina’s governor met Thursday with gay-rights advocates bearing a letter signed by more than 100 corporate executives urging him to repeal… Continue reading

California lawmakers OK highest statewide minimum wage

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California lawmakers on Thursday approved the nation’s highest statewide minimum wage of $15 an hour to take effect by 2022 after it… Continue reading

War on women? GOP silent as Trump lashes out at reporter

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Frustrated Republicans grappled privately with new fears about Donald Trump’s impact on their party Wednesday, as the billionaire businessman’s rivals targeted… Continue reading

After Brussels, leaders tackling threat of nuclear terrorism

WASHINGTON (AP) — Still reeling from attacks in Brussels and Paris, world leaders are wrestling this week with the chilling prospect of the Islamic State… Continue reading

Egypt requests extradition of detained hijack suspect

LARNACA, Cyprus (AP) — Egypt formally asked Cyprus on Wednesday to extradite a detained Egyptian man who authorities say admitted hijacking a domestic EgyptAir flight… Continue reading

Resolution in FBI-Apple case prolongs larger legal battle

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The FBI’s victory in breaking into a San Bernardino killer’s iPhone without Apple’s help merely prolongs a battle over how far… Continue reading

Obama turns attention to growing opioid abuse problem

ATLANTA — The trajectory of opioid deaths in the United States is trending in the wrong direction and should be atop the federal government’s radar… Continue reading

Hijacking of Egypt plane by ‘unstable’ man ends peacefully

LARNACA, Cyprus — An Egyptian wearing a fake explosives belt who hijacked a domestic EgyptAir flight and forced it to land in Cyprus on Tuesday… Continue reading

FILE -- In this Sept. 8, 2015 file photo, children play amid the rubble of a house destroyed by a Saudi-led airstrike in Sanaa, Yemen. Hunger has been the most horrific consequence of Yemen's conflict and has spiraled since Saudi Arabia and its allies, backed by the U.S., launched a campaign of airstrikes and a naval blockade a year ago. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed, File)

An infant’s 5-month life points to hunger’s spread in Yemen

HAZYAZ, Yemen — The baby was born in war, even as planes blasted his village in Yemen. Five months later, Udai Faisal died from war:… Continue reading

FILE -- In this Sept. 8, 2015 file photo, children play amid the rubble of a house destroyed by a Saudi-led airstrike in Sanaa, Yemen. Hunger has been the most horrific consequence of Yemen's conflict and has spiraled since Saudi Arabia and its allies, backed by the U.S., launched a campaign of airstrikes and a naval blockade a year ago. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed, File)

Police charge Trump manager with battery

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Police charged Donald Trump’s campaign manager with simple battery Tuesday as a videotaped altercation with a reporter transformed what was another… Continue reading

Tied 4-4 after Scalia’s death, high court gives unions a win

WASHINGTON — In the clearest sign yet of the impact of Justice Antonin Scalia’s death, U.S. labor unions scored a major victory Tuesday with a… Continue reading

Oscar-winning actress Duke dies at 69

Oscar-winning actress Duke dies at 69

NEW YORK — Patty Duke, who as a teen won an Oscar for playing Helen Keller in “The Miracle Worker,” then maintained a long career… Continue reading

Oscar-winning actress Duke dies at 69

Justice Department cracks iPhone

WASHINGTON — The FBI said Monday it successfully used a mysterious technique without Apple Inc.’s help to hack into the iPhone used by a gunman… Continue reading

With echoes of 2008, Sanders vows to fight as path narrows

MADISON, Wis. — If there’s anyone who understands how Bernie Sanders feels right now, it might just be Hillary Clinton.The Democratic primary candidate is sweeping… Continue reading