Republican dissenters sink a GOP 'flat' tax plan in Kansas by upholding the governor's veto TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Republican plan to cut taxes in Kansas died Tuesday in the GOP-controlled Legislature when enough members concluded that it would favor wealthy taxpayers too much and upheld the Democra…
Attorney: Husband denies any involvement in disappearance of American woman in Spain FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The husband of an American missing in Spain under suspicious circumstances played no part in her disappearance and disputes her family's contention that their impending divorce was “nas…
Indiana girl, 7, dies after getting trapped in sand while on a Florida beach vacation A 7-year-old Indiana girl died and her 9-year-old brother was hospitalized after the sand hole they were digging in at a Florida beach collapsed on top of them, authorities said. Sloan and Maddox Mattingly were p…
Private US spacecraft enters orbit around the moon ahead of landing attemptCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A private U.S. lunar lander reached the moon and eased into a low orbit Wednesday, a day before it will attempt an even greater feat — landing on the gray, dusty surface. A smooth touchdown would …
Unrealistic deadlines, constant surveillance: How bad bosses create toxic workplacesFirst days on a new job are often straightforward. Meet new colleagues, set your email signature, get to know the boss. Not for Ted, a scientist in the Midwest. On his first day at a biology research lab, his new ma…
Jennifer Lopez had plenty of people doubt her new film. Its director credits Ben Affleck with 'helping guide the confidence' she needed to make it. When Jennifer Lopez calls, you answer, which is how Dave Meyers ended up directing the singer's ambitious new film This Is Me ... Now: A Love Story. Th…
Why Did Lexi Young Leave ‘The Bachelor’? Joey Graziadei Is Left in Tears After Sudden DepartureJoey Graziadei has been eliminating women all season long on The Bachelor but he was on the receiving end of a breakup during the Monday, February 19, episode. The tennis instructor was left in tears after…
DA Fani Willis testified she paid cash during trips with top prosecutor. One winery host remembers her paying in paper billsAfter spending more than two hours tasting wine at a Napa Valley estate with her top prosecutor on the Georgia election subversion case, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Wi…
Part of Los Angeles could see record rainfall as flood alerts span almost all of CaliforniaNearly the entire population of California is under flood alerts Tuesday as the latest round of rainfall soaks the state, prompting road closures, evacuation warnings and some water rescues. In Los Angeles, wh…
Hungary's government declines offer to meet US senators seeking approval for Sweden's NATO bidBUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — A bipartisan delegation of U.S. senators made an official visit to Hungary's capital Sunday and called on the nationalist government to immediately approve Sweden's request to join …