Sunday, July 23, 2017

A Kansas makeup artist says she won a national contest sponsored by Kat Von D Beauty but was later disqualified because of an Instagram post supporting Donald Trump's presidential candidacy.

When O. J. Simpson told a parole board last week that he led a "conflict-free life" before going to prison for a Las Vegas hotel-room heist, he seemed to forget some …

The U. S. has a mixed bag of laws on whether older high-rise apartment buildings must install fire sprinklers that weren't required when the towers were first built.

The epiphany hit Phil Wagner about a decade ago when he was stuck in Southern California traffic pouring over reams of data in his car and he realized how he could take information about how athletes jump and land and predict where they are most susceptible to their next injury.

The Latest on the crisis diplomatic crisis between Qatar and four Arab countries (all times local): 3:50 p.m. Turkey's president has arrived in Saudi Arabia to begin a three-nation tour …

The Russian ambassador to the United States, Sergei Kislyak, a prominent figure in the controversy over Russia's possible involvement in the 2016 U. S. presidential election, has ended his assignment in …

Spain's economic minister says the economy is doing better than the government expected as it continues to rebound strongly from recession. Minister Luis de Guindos tells Spanish newspaper ABC that …

Turkey's president has condemned Israeli security precautions at a sensitive Jerusalem holy site saying the Islamic world would not remain silent.

The Latest on several people found dead in the back of a tractor-trailer in a Walmart parking lot in Texas (all times local):

Police say the employee gave the person the water and then called them and when they arrived they found the eight people dead in the back of the trailer. Police say they checked surveillance video, which shows vehicles had arrived and picked up other people from the tractor-trailer.

The city of Madrid has asked Spain's anti-trust watchdog to investigate whether Uber's new airport transport service violates fair competition laws.

Prominent women at the BBC want the broadcaster's gender pay gap to be resolved now rather than in several years.

A top official in the Arab bloc isolating Qatar says the Gulf state needs to change its policies as part of any direct negotiations to resolve the crisis. Qatari Emir …

The Israeli military says it has carried out a wave of West Bank arrests following a deadly stabbing attack against an Israeli family.

Clint Dempsey fed Jozy Altidore for the go-ahead goal, then scored on a free kick to match Landon Donovan's American record with his 57th international goal and lead the United States over Costa Rica 2-0 Saturday…

Preliminary results from East Timor's parliamentary election show the largest party in the governing coalition has lost support and the leftist Fretilin emerging as the biggest party. With 78 percent …

Andrelton Simmons drove in three runs, including a tiebreaking two-run home run, Albert Pujols went 3 for 4 with two RBIs and the Los Angeles Angels rallied for a 7-3 win over the Boston Red Sox