WASHINGTON (AP) — The battle between two supposed directors of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is making for compelling optics but only seems to be delaying a tidal shift at the... READ MORE »

WASHINGTON (AP) — Steve Bannon is telling people he's not coming after mainstream Republicans in the House the way he's targeting senators with anti-establishment disrupters in primaries.... READ MORE »

WASHINGTON (AP) — Even while fiercely denying allegations of sexual harassment, Michigan Rep. John Conyers is giving up his leadership position as top Democrat on the House Judiciary... READ MORE »

WASHINGTON (AP) — Like almost everyone else in America, thieves tend to carry their cellphones with them to work. When they use their phones on the job, police find it easier to do their... READ MORE »

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — The state Supreme Court on Wednesday reinstated the attempted murder conviction of a Vancouver man who accidentally recorded himself beating and threatening to kill... READ MORE »

NAMPA, Idaho (AP) — Jeff Myers spent years working in a four-fingered universe as an animator on "The Simpsons" but he's still up for some pro bono design work for a Treasure Valley veteran... READ MORE »

BLACKFOOT, Idaho (AP) — An animal rights group is planning to place a billboard near the site of a highway crash that killed three cows and injured a man in southeast Idaho.People for the... READ MORE »

SHERMAN, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities say a 43-year-old woman has been accidentally shot to death by a hunter while walking her dogs in a rural field in western New York. The Chautauqua County... READ MORE »

NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on Black Friday (all times local): 10:45 a.m. As Black Friday spreads globally, in France an anti-Black Friday movement has emerged among e-commerce sites that... READ MORE »

ESKRIDGE, Kan. (AP) — A Cold War-era missile silo in rural northeast Kansas that housed a nuclear warhead 65 years ago and was later converted into an underground mansion is now finding a... READ MORE »