MOSCOW -- Oleg Deripaska plans to keep control of United Co. Rusal even as the Russian aluminum giant battles for survival in the face of harsh U.S. sanctions, according to people familiar with the matter.

Deripaska is counting on lobbying by European governments to help ease the U.S. sanctions, said the people, who asked not to be identified. ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- The Senate Judiciary Committee appeared an island of civility Thursday as Democrats and Republicans politely debated and voted 14-7 to approve bipartisan legislation intended to prevent President Donald Trump from firing special counsel Robert S. Mueller III without cause.

But the action only highlights how intractable the ...Read more

LOS ANGELES--Bill Cosby remained stoic as a jury on Thursday pronounced him guilty on multiple charges of sexual assault. But it was apparent to many in the courtroom, and the millions who tuned in to the aftermath of the trial on television, that they were witnessing a watershed moment.

Cosby, 80, became one of the first in a line of powerful,...Read more

WICHITA, Kan. -- Tucked behind a bloc of office suites off a dead-end road in Wichita sit three storage units that house old yard signs, campaign office furniture and other relics of Mike Pompeo's political past -- and clues to his possible future.

More than 1,200 miles away, the U.S. Senate confirmed Pompeo on Thursday as secretary of State. ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- Just months before President John F. Kennedy was gunned down in Texas almost 55 years ago, an FBI field agent sent word back to headquarters on the activities of a Soviet sympathizer named Lee Harvey Oswald.

FBI agent James P. Hosty Jr. wrote to Washington that Oswald "reportedly drank to excess and beat his wife on numerous ...Read more

Trump to make long-delayed visit to Britain in July

WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump's long-delayed visit to the United Kingdom has been scheduled for July 13, 18 months into his presidency that has been notable for its occasional tensions with America's closest ally.

The two governments Thursday announced the trip for Trump to hold talks ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- The legal thicket around a hush-money payment to a porn star was tangled further Thursday after President Donald Trump appeared to confirm that Michael Cohen was representing him when the lawyer paid $130,000 to Stormy Daniels on the eve of the 2016 election.

Trump, who previously said he was unaware of Cohen's payment, vigorously...Read more

ST. LOUIS -- A former FBI agent who investigated an invasion of privacy charge against Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens refused to answer questions in a deposition Thursday, leading defense lawyers to call for witnesses and evidence linked to the investigator to be excluded from the case.

If they are successful, that could include the woman who says...Read more

The break that authorities said led them to the man accused of being the Golden State Killer came when they linked DNA evidence from the killings to genetic information contained on a consumer genealogical website, authorities said Thursday.

Investigators knew the killer only through a string of DNA recorded in several of the dozen murder ...Read more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.--A deputies' union on Thursday decided it has "no confidence" in Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel, citing crushed morale amid national criticism of how the agency handled its response to the Parkland school massacre.

The Broward Sheriff's Office Deputies Association revealed 85 percent of the union members who voted -- ...Read more

TEL AVIV, Israel -- Nine young people died in flash floods that struck while they were hiking in southern Israel, medical services said Thursday.

Israeli police said that a group of 25 hikers had been hit by flash floods in Nahal Tzafit, a riverbed near the Dead Sea, but did not confirm any casualties.

But Zaka, an Israeli emergency rescue ...Read more

The prevalence of autism spectrum disorder among American children continues to rise, new government data suggest. And that may be a good thing.

Among 11 sites across the U.S. where records of 8-year-olds are scrutinized in detail, 1 in 59 kids was deemed to have ASD in 2014. That's up from 1 in 68 in 2012.

Normally, health officials would ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump just can't quit TV.

During a half-hour telephone interview on "Fox & Friends" Thursday morning, Trump offered a new spin on his frequent media criticism, assailing "fake news" yet insisting he has found the path to sanity by avoiding that which he has long seemed to adore.

"I don't watch them at all," Trump...Read more