NEW YORK (AP) — California and New York — where almost 1 in 5 Americans live — are on their way to raising their minimum wage to $15 an hour, and the activists who spearheaded those efforts... READ MORE »

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Everybody expected Stephen Curry to make the 3 from way out with the clock winding down, just as he always does. Instead, this time Curry missed a long 3-pointer to... READ MORE »

LOS ANGELES (AP) — After nearly a month of testing, Los Angeles police detectives have concluded a knife found at the former estate of O.J. Simpson was not the weapon used to kill Simpson's... READ MORE »

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Next Tuesday's Wisconsin presidential primary is emerging as a crucial lifeline for Republicans desperate to stop Donald Trump's march to their party's nomination. One... READ MORE »

HANOVER, Pa. (AP) — A baby bald eagle has died just days after its hatching was livestreamed over a Pennsylvania Game Commission website. The game commission announced Wednesday the eaglet... READ MORE »

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina's governor met Thursday with gay-rights advocates bearing a letter signed by more than 100 corporate executives urging him to repeal the nation's first... READ MORE »

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh television station WTAE said it has ended its relationship with anchorwoman Wendy Bell over racial comments she posted on Facebook about an ambush shooting at a... READ MORE »

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Three first-graders in Alaska's largest city plotted to kill a fellow student with silica gel packets that the girls believed was poison, authorities said Wednesday... READ MORE »

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Two white police officers involved in the fatal shooting of a black man last fall will not face criminal charges, a prosecutor announced Wednesday in a decision that drew... READ MORE »

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Maybe the state should be called Rhode Iceland. Rhode Island officials yanked a new tourism video, designed to draw visitors to the state, off YouTube in... READ MORE »