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  Push to toughen foreign lobbying law stalls amid opposition

  October 09, 2018 10:15 IST

  A push to give the Justice Department more enforcement authority over the lucrative and at times shadowy world of foreign lobbying is stalled amid opposition from pro-business groups, nonprofits and privacy advocates

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  Venezuelan opposition denies jailed politician took own life

  October 09, 2018 10:15 IST

  Officials in Venezuela say a jailed councilman arrested on suspicion in a failed assassination bid on President Nicolas Maduro has died of suicide; the opposition says murder

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  Humpback whale calf rescued from net off Australian beach

  October 09, 2018 9:45 IST

  A whale calf has been freed after becoming tangled in a shark net off an Australian beach

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  Brees makes history in style, Saints thrash Redskins 43-19

  October 09, 2018 9:30 IST

  Brees breezes past Manning for all-time record in yards passing as Saints thrash Redskins 43-19

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  Holt 1st with postseason cycle, Red Sox rout Yankees 16-1

  October 09, 2018 9:30 IST

  Brock Holt became the first player to hit for the cycle in a postseason game and the Boston Red Sox routed the New York Yankees 16-1 to grab a 2-1 lead in their best-of-five AL Division Series

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  Treasure hunters challenge FBI over dig for legendary gold

  October 09, 2018 8:45 IST

  Treasure hunters and neighbors are challenging the FBI's official stance that it found nothing during an excavation aimed at finding a fabled cache of Civil War gold

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  Colts put starting right guard on injured reserve list

  October 09, 2018 8:45 IST

  The Indianapolis Colts have put right guard Matt Slauson on injured reserve with an undisclosed injury

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  Canada routs Cuba 12-0 in Women's World Cup qualifying

  October 09, 2018 8:30 IST

  Adriana Leon and Jordyn Huitema each had four goals in Canada's dominating 12-0 victory over Cuba on Monday night in the group stage of the CONCACAF Women's World Cup qualifying tournament

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  Rams hope WRs Cooks, Kupp will be available vs. Broncos

  October 09, 2018 8:30 IST

  Los Angeles Rams coach Sean McVay is hopeful wide receivers Brandin Cooks and Cooper Kupp will pass the league's concussion protocol and be available to play at the Denver Broncos

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  Dwight Howard's back problems delaying his Wizards debut

  October 09, 2018 8:00 IST

  Dwight Howard's first preseason with the Washington Wizards is apparently over before it started

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  April Heinrichs to step down as US soccer youth director

  October 09, 2018 7:45 IST

  Former national team coach and player April Heinrichs will step down director of the women's youth national teams for U.S. Soccer at the end of this year

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  Fire breaks out aboard asphalt tanker off Mass.; towed to NY

  October 09, 2018 7:45 IST

  The Coast Guard says a tanker loaded with asphalt has been safely towed to New York after an engine-room fire in the Atlantic Ocean more than 50 miles (80 kilometers) off Massachusetts and Long Island

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  Saints' Brees becomes NFL all-time yards passing leader

  October 09, 2018 7:30 IST

  Drew Brees has become the NFL's all-time leader in yards passing, breaking Peyton Manning's record

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  Limo crash claimed siblings, close circle of friends

  October 09, 2018 7:15 IST

  The 20 people who died in Saturday's limousine crash included a weightlifter, a teacher and newlyweds

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  Arnold Kopelson, 'Platoon' producer, dies at 83

  October 09, 2018 7:00 IST

  Arnold Kopelson, producer of the Oscar-winning "Platoon," dies at 83

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  Limo company operator has history as FBI informant

  October 09, 2018 6:45 IST

  The owner of a limo company in the crash that killed 20 people was well known to law enforcement as an FBI informant

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  Saints defenders Lattimore, Klein, hurt vs. Redskins

  October 09, 2018 6:45 IST

  Saints cornerback Marshon Lattimore and linebacker A.J. Klein have been taken out of New Orleans game against Washington with apparent injuries on the same drive

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  1 killed, 5 hurt when unfinished Dallas town house collapses

  October 09, 2018 6:15 IST

  Construction worker dead, five co-workers hospitalized with injuries after three-story town house collapses in Dallas during thunderstorm

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  Fall failures: Indians swept, ousted early in October again

  October 09, 2018 6:15 IST

  Indians fall quickly in October, swept in ALDS by awesome Astros

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  Kavanaugh vote reshapes Maine senator's political future

  October 09, 2018 6:15 IST

  Supreme Court vote reshapes Maine senator's political future

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  Trump to allow year-round sales of high-ethanol gasoline

  October 09, 2018 6:15 IST

  Trump to allow year-round sales of gasoline with blends of 15 percent ethanol

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  Suspended West Virginia justice testifies at own trial

  October 09, 2018 5:45 IST

  A suspended West Virginia Supreme Court justice has taken the witness stand at his criminal trial and denied using state vehicles for his own benefit

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  From 'special seed' to 2,170-pound winning pumpkin

  October 09, 2018 5:15 IST

  A commercial pilot from Oregon says "one special seed" and months of care produced a massive pumpkin that tipped the scales at a contest in Northern California

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  Odd path to playoffs: Kratz, Voit, Brasier take longer road

  October 09, 2018 5:00 IST

  Erik Kratz, Luke Voit and Ryan Brasier started the season just hoping to earn a spot in the majors

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  The Latest: University head to recommend covering murals

  October 09, 2018 4:45 IST

  A University of New Mexico official says the school's president and provost want a set of Great Depression-era murals to be covered amid complaints about the depiction of Hispanics and Native Americans in one of the pieces on campus

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  Netflix assembles new US production hub in New Mexico

  October 09, 2018 4:45 IST

  Netflix has chosen Albuquerque as the site of a new U.S. production hub and is in final negotiations to buy an existing multimillion-dollar studio complex on the city's southern edge

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  Column: NASCAR must push its newest winners into superstars

  October 09, 2018 4:30 IST

  Column: NASCAR must push its newest winners into superstars

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  Mexican couple may have killed as many as 20 women

  October 09, 2018 4:15 IST

  A Mexican couple caught carrying dismembered human remains in a baby carriage may have killed as many as 20 women