SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - A South Korean governor who was seen as a leading presidential contender resigned Tuesday after his secretary publicly accused him of raping her, making him the highest-profile South Korean man taken down by the #MeToo move...

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) - Cathy McMorris Rodgers has never lost a race in her U.S. House district in Washington. The Republican has never even received less than 56 percent of the vote. So it did not go unnoticed when the national GOP set up shop in Spo...

After almost a decade of swinging back and forth between Democratic U.S. Rep. Brad Schneider and former Republican U.S. Rep. Bob Dold, the 10th Congressional District has some new faces. Dold chose not to run again for the seat he won in 2010 and in...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Fifty years after the federal Fair Housing Act banned racial discrimination in lending, African Americans and Latinos continue to be routinely denied conventional mortgage loans at rates far higher than their white counterparts. ...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - Ruud Lubbers, who as the Netherlands' longest serving prime minister led his country through economic turmoil to prosperity and helped shape the foundations of the European Union, died Wednesday. He was 78. The Dutch go...

BEIJING (AP) - A former rising star in Chinese politics has been charged with bribery, becoming the highest-level serving official to be prosecuted in President Xi Jinping's sweeping anti-corruption campaign, now in its sixth year. The Supreme Peopl...

For years, Republican voters in Illinois' 10th House District have nominated candidates who support a woman's right to have an abortion, even though that stance defies the GOP platform. The district's last Republican congressman, Bob Dold, supported...

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) - Other than Antarctica, only one continent on the planet has never hosted an Olympic Games: Africa. Finally, though, that could be about to change. But there'll be a step to take before that happens: hosting the much s...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - In its final tune-up before a big non-conference game against top-ranked UConn, No. 4 Louisville looked shaky against Clemson. Asia Durr scored 15 points to lead the Cardinals to a 65-46 win over the Tigers on Wednesday night....