WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans have voted to eviscerate the Office of Congressional Ethics, the independent body created in 2008 to investigate allegations of misconduct by lawmakers... READ MORE »

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Twins delivered 10 minutes apart at an Arizona hospital over the New Year's weekend have different birth years. Phoenix TV station KNXV-TV reports (http://bit.ly/... READ MORE »

ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish media on Tuesday ran a "selfie video" of a man they say is the gunman who killed 39 people, most of them foreigners, at an Istanbul nightclub. The video broadcast on... READ MORE »

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The phone at Bruce Brandler's home rang at 3:37 a.m. It was the local hospital. His 16-year-old son was there, and he was in really bad shape. A suspected heroin... READ MORE »

RENO, Nev. (AP) — Madeleine Pickens wanted the African-American chef she recruited from the country club she owns in Southern California to cook "black people food" — not "white people food... READ MORE »

NEW YORK (AP) — Dick Clark Productions is hitting back against Mariah Carey's claim it sabotaged her live performance on its "New Year's Rockin' Eve" special. Carey's disaster during the... READ MORE »

NEW YORK (AP) — Bobby Knight. Don King. Sylvester Stallone. Many of President-elect Donald Trump's cultural touchstones, which he'd frequently name-drop at campaign rallies and on Twitter,... READ MORE »

CHANDLER, Ariz. (AP) — Police are investigating who was responsible for twisting a menorah outside a Chandler home into the shape of a swastika.Chandler police spokesman Seth Tyler says the... READ MORE »

NORMAL, Ill. (AP) — A Peoria man accused of kidnapping two people from their central Illinois home, including one who later died, may have targeted them because he knew they had won the... READ MORE »

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — A 72-year-old woman found dead in Spokane died of a heart condition and her 93-year-old mother likely froze to death after her daughter passed.The Spokesman Review-... READ MORE »