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A man convicted over a "Texas Killing Fields" death has been sentenced to 20 years in prison. It was a rare trial related to the bodies of dozens of women found near Houston beginning in the 1970s.

Having a criminal record creates hurdles for people seeking employment. Discrimination and conditions of release such as meeting with parole officers compound the typical challenges of job hunting.

Mortgage rates rose again this week, driving the average long-term U.S. home loan rate to its highest level in more than a year.

Investigators were scouring the scene of the downtown Minneapolis shooting that left three people dead, including the suspect, and five others injured.

Former first lady Jill Biden, writers and social justice activists are lauding Gloria Steinem as a revolutionary and inspiring figure.

The Trump administration has been fighting with California officials over offshore oil projects and the state's coastal commission, which works to protect the state's shores.

It was a monster of a storm that formed within minutes. Hikers near the bottom of the Grand Canyon were enveloped by torrential rainfall, gusting winds and the deafening roar of approaching floodwaters.

NUEVA YORK (AP) -- Menudo, considerada ampliamente como una de las bandas juveniles latinas más populares de todos los tiempos, se reunirá para una serie de seis fechas este otoño para celebrar su 50º aniversario.

Former Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner is no longer set to speak at a Labor Day rally when he makes his first major public appearance since ending his campaign against Republican Sen.

The Corpus Christi City Council voted 5-3 Tuesday night to reject, again, an almost billion-dollar water treatment plant after a decade of effort and its long-term water supply still in question.