WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Donald Trump announced he will not visit Denmark next month, after the Danish prime minister flatly rebuffed his recent interest in buying Greenland, with the issue suddenly emerging as a source of tension.

"Denmark is a very special country with incredible people, but based on Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen's ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump said "a lot of people" would like a cut in payroll taxes, but the White House isn't likely to immediately reduce that levy -- in part because voters might not even notice it.

While Trump insists the U.S. is "very far from a recession," he and his economic advisers have been casting about for ways to cut ...Read more

MIAMI -- A Maryland man will be extradited to South Florida to face trial on allegations that he threatened to massacre Hispanics in Miami.

Federal prosecutors on Tuesday announced the arrest of 35-year-old Eric Lin, of Clarksburg, Md., who on Facebook appeared to be a devotee of Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany. Lin was arrested in Seattle, and ...Read more

BOISE, Idaho -- At first, it was just nasty looks and rude gestures. Then angry drivers started to follow the buses full of migrant children, most younger than 5, down Canyon County roads.

"It's really heartbreaking, because they're children," said Sonnay Alvarez, spokeswoman for the Community Council of Idaho. The council runs 10 Head Start ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- In the three weeks since three mass shootings left the country reeling, powerful pro-gun groups have sent President Donald Trump a clear signal -- don't forget that we helped put you in the White House.

On Tuesday, the president made clear he was listening. He reversed course and backed away from potential new restrictions on gun ...Read more

Former boyfriend arrested 27 years after mother of two goes missing

The former boyfriend of a young mother who disappeared 27 years ago in Northern California has been arrested in connection with the cold case, authorities said.

Richard Pyle, 55, who was described by deputies as a transient, was taken into custody in Stockton on Thursday, ...Read more

ATLANTA -- In the spring of 2016, a cyber thief calling himself the "Dark Overlord" hacked into the databases of a Clarke County medical clinic and emerged with the personal information of an estimated 200,000 patients.

The Athens Orthopedic Clinic refused to pay the hacker's ransom and advised current and former patients to set up anti-fraud ...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky.--More than seven years after a Lexington shop refused to make T-shirts for the 2012 Lexington Pride Festival, the Kentucky Supreme Court will hear arguments Friday about whether or not the company violated the city's Fairness Ordinance.

Before the case began moving through the court system, the Lexington-Fayette Urban County ...Read more

Civil rights activist and labor leader Dolores Huerta was arrested Tuesday in Fresno, Calif., while protesting with union representatives seeking a living wage for home care workers.

Hundreds of demonstrators with the Service Employees International Union, many of whom have gone without a pay increase for more than 10 years, gathered outside ...Read more

ATLANTA -- After allegedly exposing himself to a housekeeper, a man fell to his death Monday attempting to escape from the Hyatt Regency Atlanta hotel, according to police.

Police were called shortly after noon to the iconic hotel, known for its blue dome, after the man attempted to jump from a 10th-story balcony to one below, Investigator ...Read more

BOCA RATON, Fla. -- A 75-year-old Boca Raton woman has died after a delivery man struck her in the head with a wooden mallet and set her on fire, Boca Raton police announced Tuesday afternoon.

"Unfortunately, the victim succumbed to her injuries and has passed away," Boca Raton police spokesman Mark Economou said in a statement. "We offer our ...Read more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- The Chinese national who was arrested while allegedly trying to lie her way into the president's club in March pleaded with a judge to end her time in jail in a Tuesday appearance in federal court in Fort Lauderdale.

Wearing brown, jail-issued shirt and pants, Yujing Zhang, 33, entered the courtroom Tuesday afternoon ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- The House Ways and Means Committee said it had received "credible allegations" from a federal employee of potentially "inappropriate efforts to influence" the IRS' mandatory audit of presidential tax returns.

References to the unexplained allegations were in a letter included in a Tuesday filing by the committee in its federal ...Read more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Rangers at the Great Smoky Mountains National Park say they received an unusual letter, and it included a piece of the park stolen by a tourist: a rock.

The sender, a girl named Karina, offered an apology.

"Deep Creek was awesome! I especially liked Tom Branch Falls. I loved it so much, I wanted to have a souvenir to come ...Read more

The former boyfriend of a young mother who disappeared 27 years ago in Northern California has been arrested in connection with the cold case, authorities said.

Richard Pyle, 55, who was described by deputies as a transient, was taken into custody in Stockton on Thursday, according to a news release from the Butte County Sheriff's Office.

Pyle...Read more

FULLERTON, Calif. -- A man suspected of fatally stabbing a California State, Fullerton employee in a campus parking lot may have been trying to kidnap him based on evidence found in a backpack left at the scene, authorities said Tuesday.

The backpack found underneath 57-year-old Steven Shek Keung Chan's vehicle had zip ties, wigs, a knife, ...Read more