WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump's beleaguered choice for his second secretary of state faces its first test Monday as the Senate Foreign Relations Committee holds a confirmation vote. But the more intense drama is likely to unfold during the week, when Mike Pompeo struggles to find the 50 votes he needs to win the job.

While Republicans ...Read more

Federal health officials have extended their health warning for romaine lettuce grown in the Yuma, Ariz., region. Consumers now are advised to avoid all forms of the lettuce.

Previous warnings highlighted chopped, packaged romaine and salad mixes containing the variety.

The expansion came after prisoners in Alaska fell ill after eating lettuce...Read more

SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea said Saturday it will suspend nuclear tests and missile tests and shut down its underground test site, boosting hopes for a diplomatic breakthrough with rival South Korea and the United States.

Although the announcement stopped well short of a complete freeze, Pyongyang said it had no need for further testing ...Read more

ST. LOUIS -- Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens, who has been in a public court fight against a felony invasion of privacy charge for nearly two months, now faces a new felony charge: that he misused a charity donor list to solicit campaign cash for his 2016 run for governor.

St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner charged Greitens, 44, with felony ...Read more

WASHINGTON--The Central Intelligence Agency released an unclassified but partially redacted version of an internal memo Friday finding "no fault" on the part of current director nominee Gina Haspel regarding the destruction of infamous tapes.

The tapes showed the use of harsh interrogation tactics on detainees who had been subject to rendition ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Stephon Clark's brother, Stevante, was accused of threatening to kill one of his roommates and of shouting profanities at a Sacramento police officer, according to court papers obtained Friday by The Sacramento Bee.

The accusations against Clark, who was arrested Thursday on charges that include suspicion of assault with a...Read more

Cop fatally shoots himself in his car outside NYPD facility

NEW YORK -- An on-duty NYPD cop fatally shot himself Friday while parked outside a department facility in the Bronx, authorities said.

He's the fourth NYPD officer to take his own life in as many months, police said.

First responders rushed to an NYPD Auto Crime and Narcotics ...Read more

SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea has achieved its goal of developing nuclear weapons and does not plan to conduct further nuclear or intercontinental ballistic missile tests, its state-run media reported, citing leader Kim Jong Un.

Kim said the regime's nuclear test site in the northern area of the country has completed its mission and will be...Read more

WASHINGTON -- The FBI is barring former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe from releasing interview transcripts and other evidence to disprove an allegation that he misled Justice Department officials about his contacts with a journalist, his lawyer said.

Michael Bromwich told reporters Friday that the evidence undercuts an assertion by his ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS -- "It feels good" to have Minnesota fugitive Lois Riess in custody, a U.S. marshal said Friday, hours after the arrest of the gambling grandmother wanted for murders in two states.

Riess, 56, was apprehended without incident Thursday night at a restaurant in South Padre Island, Texas, after a restaurant worker who had seen her ...Read more

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Long-running litigation between President Donald Trump and members of his golf club in Jupiter came to an anti-climatic end on Friday with both sides declaring victory when a federal judge tentatively signed off on a $5.4 million settlement agreement.

"The trial was a complete victory. The settlement was a complete ...Read more

BEIRUT -- Fresh off their takeover of Syria's eastern Ghouta enclave earlier this month, loyalist forces were poised Friday to subdue pockets south of Damascus held by Islamic State and rebel groups, Syrian pro-government media and activists said.

The move is part of a larger bid to secure the capital, the seat of power of Syrian President ...Read more

LOS ANGELES -- A Los Angeles police officer was arrested Friday and charged with three counts of murder in connection with a suspected DUI crash on the 605 Freeway in Whittier last fall, authorities said.

Edgar Verduzco, 26, was taken into custody at a friend's home in Long Beach about 7:30 a.m. Friday and booked on suspicion of three counts of...Read more