NEWTON, Iowa -- Matthew Cox arrived at an Elizabeth Warren event here unsure of who he would support in the state's upcoming caucuses, indicating he was still deciding among four Democratic presidential candidates: Bernie Sanders, Pete Buttigieg, Andrew Yang and Warren.

That made him a prime target for Liv Ellis.

Ellis, a young clipboard-...Read more

WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump's impeachment trial may be requiring senators to stay seated hour after agonizing hour, but there's one group getting more exercise than they've seen in years: Senate pages.

The blue-jacket-clad teens have been running all over the Senate floor, relaying messages between senators and staff, fetching water ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- After a Senate trial opening so contentious after nearly 13 hours that Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. felt compelled to tell both sides to cool it, a weary Rep. Adam B. Schiff was perhaps stating the obvious early Wednesday when he admitted, "You're going to have tempers flare."

But when lawmakers reconvened later for the first...Read more

WASHINGTON -- Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton was among the first senators spotted ordering milk to the Senate chamber for President Donald Trump's impeachment trial Wednesday, and he took small sips to wash down what looked like a Hershey's chocolate bar.

This was the second day of the third presidential impeachment trial in U.S. history, and the 100...Read more

SEATTLE -- A Snohomish County man who was diagnosed Monday with the newly discovered Wuhan coronavirus after a trip to China had close contact with at least 16 people after arriving at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on Jan. 15, health officials said Wednesday afternoon.

The man has the United States' first confirmed case of the mysterious...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- PG&E Corp. made a landmark agreement with its bondholders Wednesday that wards off a hostile takeover attempt, but the utility encountered fresh headwinds from California Gov. Gavin Newsom over its plans to exit bankruptcy.

After months of squabbling with the hedge funds that hold billions in bond debt, PG&E said it ...Read more

SEATTLE -- One person was killed and five people were critically wounded in a shooting near Third Avenue and Pine Street in downtown Seattle on Wednesday, according to Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best.

Police were asking people to stay out of the area after the shooting, which occurred shortly after 5 p.m. The suspect fled the area and was ...Read more

BEIRUT, Lebanon -- Violent clashes between protesters and anti-riot police have returned to Beirut, even after Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diab pledged to work with his newly formed government to restore the public's confidence.

Protesters have taken to Lebanon's streets on a regular basis since Oct. 17, demanding the departure of the ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump's comment Wednesday that U.S. troops suffering concussion-like symptoms had "not very serious" injuries clashed with a yearslong, hard-fought U.S. military campaign to spread the message that a brain injury is not something to be minimized.

Trump was referring to at least 11 cases of troops in Iraq reporting...Read more

ICE allowed to force-feed hunger striker detained in Florida

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Immigration authorities asked a federal judge last Friday for permission to force-feed Saleem Khan, a 33-year-old Indian citizen who has been on hunger strike at Krome Detention Center since Dec. 11.

Federal court filings reveal that, since his hunger strike ...Read more

NAVAL AIR STATION PENSACOLA, Fla. -- Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Wednesday acknowledged that a deadly shooting at this Florida military base had raised concerns about international students, but said new security measures should provide a "much higher degree of confidence."

On Dec. 6, a Saudi pilot training at NAS Pensacola as part of an ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA -- For millions of premenopausal women, uterine fibroids turn their monthly periods into virtual hemorrhages.

A new drug called elagolix cut blood loss by half over six months in the overwhelming majority of women who participated in two clinical trials published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Elagolix, being ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- The White House is moving ahead with plans for President Donald Trump to deliver the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Feb. 4 and does not plan to ask House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for a delay, two White House officials told McClatchy.

Officials said they do not believe the address will come in the middle ...Read more

Speaking at a predominantly black church on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, North Carolina Lt. Gov. Dan Forest said Planned Parenthood tried to commit genocide on African Americans through abortion, a claim often made by some conservative Christians.

He also said race and skin color are simply about genetics, much like how people have different-...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. -- A local campaign finance watchdog filed a complaint with the State Board of Elections on Wednesday asking for an investigation of the North Carolina Sons of Confederate Veterans and its North Carolina Heritage political action committee.

Bob Hall asked for the probe and appropriate penalties for the NC Heritage PAC's "apparent ...Read more