(CNN) Donald Trump's son tried to entice John Kasich with a position as the most powerful vice president in history, but he turned it down, multiple sources close to the Ohio governor told CNN Wednesday.
U.S. Congressman Mark Takai, who served as the representative for Hawaii's first district, has died, NBC News has confirmed. Takai, 49, announced in May he would not seek re-election after recently learning that his pancreatic cancer has spread.
There have been aerial signs reading “Hillary for Prison,” rallying cries of “lock her up,” misogynistic souvenir swag mocking her body parts and, in a violent turn, a public call for Hillary Clinton to be executed.
A federal appeals court has ruled that a Texas voter ID law has a discriminatory effect on minority voters, and has ordered a lower court to devise a remedy before the November elections.
WASHINGTON - Turkey's government declared a three-month state of emergency and dismissed thousands of educators Wednesday, expanding a crackdown that followed the weekend failed coup.
MIAMI - On the first anniversary of renewed diplomatic relations between the United States and Cuba, the U.S. government prodded the island's communist leaders Wednesday to take greater steps toward economic and political freedom.
Theresa May has said the UK will not begin official negotiations on leaving the EU this year as she held talks with Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel.
DUBAI Firefighters put out a fire that broke out at a 75-storey residential tower in Dubai on Wednesday, the fifth blaze in a skyscraper in the oil-rich United Arab Emirates in recent years.
A large police operation in the Belgian capital which lasted all afternoon was a false alarm, officials say. Police were called following reports that a man was acting suspiciously and wearing a coat with wires protruding.
In 1933, Japan walked out of the League of Nations after being condemned for invading Manchuria. This act of defiance dealt a blow to liberal internationalists' hopes that global cooperation could lead to a peaceful resolution of the Asian crisis.
MANASSAS, Va. (AP) - For much of the last 15 years, Justin Wolfe was both a death row inmate and a cause celebre. His supporters, as well as a federal judge who heard his appeal, believed he was a victim of malicious prosecutors who covered up the ...
Want more news? Sign up for free newsletters to get more of the AJC delivered to your inbox. DALLAS - Southwest Airlines flights across the country were held up Wednesday while the airline worked to fix technology problems.
The 'One America' campaign aims to register one million Muslim voters in time for the presidential general election. Leaders say 300,000 new voters have registered since 2012, many in response to Donald Trump.
Cleveland (CNN) Ted Cruz can't escape the shadow of Donald Trump -- or his plane. At a rally on the Cleveland waterfront, as Cruz spoke gingerly to fellow Republicans about "our nominee" and the uncertain future under his former rival, Trump's plane ...
WASHINGTON - Hillary Clinton's vice presidential search is centering on three main contenders, with an announcement expected as soon as Friday as the Democrat prepares for her party's national convention next week in Philadelphia.
The four eldest children of Donald J. Trump have become the unlikely stars of the show in Cleveland. It's not even really what they have said or will say that has made them stand out; it's simply who they are.
Dollar Shave Club hit the jackpot when Unilever agreed to buy the online men's razor merchant for $1 billion. Other e-commerce startups such as Birchbox and Stitch Fix can't necessarily expect their own suitor to sweep in with such sweet deals.
Gretchen Carlson and Roger Ailes. (credit: Noam Galai/Getty Images for GIFF & Andrew Toth/Getty Images). NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) - Former Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson said sexual harassment victims shouldn't be forced into secret ...
NEW YORK - Stocks took another modest step further into record territory Wednesday after several companies reported profits that were stronger than expected, if not strong.
More than $3.5 billion traveled a trail of fraud from Malaysia through a web of shell companies, fueling a spending binge on Monet paintings and luxury real estate in the U.S.
Holy smokes, Facebook Messenger now has a billion users. It reminds me of the comment in the movie The Social Network about going for a billion dollars instead of a million.
Google tapped into the superior intelligence of its DeepMind neural network to find ways to vastly reduce the energy it uses in its data centers, which make up 40% of the worldwide Internet.
Smooth upgrade for any Mac sold since 2010 and some from 2009. Flat learning curve. Siri digital assistant. Clipboard sharing between Macs and iOS devices.
Glassmaker Corning just unveiled its newest version of Gorilla Glass, the chemically strengthened super glass that dozens of consumer electronics makers use in their devices.
After more than four decades of bringing us joy and laughter with films like Pretty Woman and The Princess Diaries, acclaimed director and Happy Days creator Garry Marshall died at the age of 81 on Tuesday, suffering complications from pneumonia.
Adios, troll! Twitter banned Breitbart technology editor Milo Yiannopoulos just 24 hours after he allegedly led a campaign of online abuse against Ghostbusters actress Leslie Jones.
Miranda Kerr and Evan Spiegel are ready for the most important merger of their lives. The Victoria's Secret Angel turned beauty mogul and the billionaire co-founder of Snapchat are engaged, Spiegel popping the question and Kerr sharing the happy news ...
After a report surfaced that Jon Gosselin was working at TGI Friday's, many wondered what could have happened to the money he made from his reality TV series.
The NFL will replace longtime and controversial medical adviser Elliot Pellman with a new full-time chief medical officer, commissioner Roger Goodell wrote Wednesday in a letter to club executives.
Jeff Gordon is returning to Sprint Cup racing. He will replace Dale Earnhardt Jr. for the next two races. Earnhardt, who has concussion-type symptoms, will sit out Sunday's race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway and the following race at Pocono on July 31.
The good news for the Big 12 Conference is that there is no shortage of suitors. Commissioner Bob Bowlsby has been asked to start evaluating expansion candidates and the league office should already have a stack of files from schools eager for a spot ...
A new map based on brain scan data collected by the Human Connectome Project. The data revealed 180 new regions. Credit Matthew F. Glasser, David C. Van Essen.
Grooves and gashes associated with the Imbrium Basin on the moon have long been puzzling. New research suggests some of these features were formed after a protoplanet slammed into the moon long ago.
... - The Smithsonian is commemorating the anniversary of the first moon landing with new exhibits and a virtual display of some of the most historic artifacts from the Apollo 11 mission.
A female Aedes aegypti mosquito, a carrier of the Zika virus, feeds on human blood. Credit: CDC/James Gathany. Health officials in Florida are investigating a case of Zika that may have been acquired locally rather than in another country.
CLEVELAND -- A terrifying word circulated Tuesday at the Republican National Convention: norovirus. A dozen staffers in the California delegation who had arrived in Cleveland early have fallen ill with the extremely contagious virus, California GOP ...
Last Updated Jul 20, 2016 1:38 PM EDT. The number of new cases of advanced prostate cancer in the United States has soared by about 72 percent in the last decade, according to a new study.
Students cheer as they hold up signs supporting the Affordable Care Act (ACA) after the Supreme Court decided that the ACA may provide nationwide tax subsidies, Thursday June 25, 2015, outside of the Supreme Court in Washington.
