By FATIMA HUSSEIN and SUMAN NAISHADHAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday threatened to end trade with Spain, citing a lack of support over the U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran and the European nation's resistance to increase its NATO spending. "We're ...

STARKE, Fla. (AP) — A man convicted of fatally shooting a police officer with his own service weapon during a traffic stop is set to be executed Tuesday evening in Florida. Billy Leon Kearse, 53, is scheduled to receive a three-drug injection starting at 6 p.m. at Florida State Prison near ...

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Oil prices jumped Tuesday for the second straight day and gas prices moved higher in the United States, underscoring the threat of rising inflation posed by the Iran war. Coming after nearly five years of elevated costs, even ...

By CATHY BUSSEWITZ and MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — The average price for a gallon of gasoline jumped 11 cents overnight in the U.S., and some drivers in Europe waited in line to fill their tanks with fuel, as war engulfed the Middle East and shipments of oil and ...

By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Target is investing another $2 billion in its business this year to spruce up and remodel stores among other projects as it tries to turn around a persistent sales malaise and reclaim its authority on style. The investment, ...

By PATRICK AFTOORA-ORSAGOS and LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — One of two men arrested Monday in connection with a weekend shooting that wounded nine people inside a Cincinnati nightclub appeared in court Tuesday morning. Franeek Cobb, 24, who is charged with ...

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A U.S. Justice Department lawyer told jurors at a civil antitrust trial Tuesday that the concert industry is broken because Ticketmaster and its parent Live Nation Entertainment have monopolized the market, driving up prices for ...

By JEFF McMURRAY Associated Press Residents of Syracuse, New York — America's snowiest city — once barraged a service hotline with street neglect complaints during blizzards, even if plows had passed two hours earlier but the work was hidden by fresh snow. Now public trust seems to be ...

By JIM VERTUNO and AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A gunman in Texas opened fire on a crowded bar in Austin's busy nightlife district over the weekend before being fatally shot by police in an attack that authorities are investigating as a possible act of ...

By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press Throughout his political career, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has steered his country along two pillars of foreign policy: an ironclad partnership with the United States and a relentless diplomatic and covert battle against the rulers of the ...

MIAMI (AP) — A mistrial was declared Monday in a case where former Miami football player Rashaun Jones was accused of killing teammate Bryan Pata nearly 20 years ago, though court proceedings will continue and another trial is possible. Jurors could not unanimously offer a verdict in the ...

By STEVEN SLOAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — For Democrats demoralized at being shut out of power in Washington, the past several months have offered reason for optimism. A party often beset by ideological division has largely been unified in opposition to President Donald Trump's ...

By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press Minnesota on Monday sued President Donald Trump's administration in an attempt to stop it from withholding $243 million in Medicaid spending, warning it may have to cut health care for low-income families if the funding is held back. The lawsuit asked a ...

By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration and its allies in Congress presented a shifting new justification Monday for the U.S. attack on Iran, with House Speaker Mike Johnson suggesting that the White House believed Israel was determined ...

By AMY TAXIN, CLAIRE GALOFARO, SAFIYAH RIDDLE and ED WHITE Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Many in the Iranian American diaspora spent several days glued to their televisions, watching the news of U.S. and Israeli bombs falling on Iran, some clinging to hope it might bring a brighter ...

By SARAH RAZA and HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press A Minnesota prosecutor announced an investigation Monday that may lead to charges against federal officers, including Border Patrol official Greg Bovino, for misconduct during an immigration enforcement crackdown. Hennepin County ...

By JIM VERTUNO and LEKAN OYEKANAMI Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The gunman who opened fire outside a crowded Texas bar and killed three people in an attack that wounded more than a dozen had not been on the radar of authorities, federal and local investigators said Monday. The ...

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court cleared the way Monday for California schools to tell parents if their children identify as transgender without getting the student's approval, granting an emergency appeal from a conservative legal group. The ...

LONGVIEW, Texas (AP) — Crews in East Texas rescued two people stranded hundreds of feet in the air after a hot-air balloon became entangled on a communications tower over the weekend. Firefighters responding to the tower on Saturday morning found the balloon entangled more than 900 feet (274 ...

By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press Some of the United States' most important historical documents are beginning a first-of-its kind journey Monday as part of the country's 250th anniversary commemoration. Typically housed in highly controlled vaults under the watch of preservation experts at ...