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Details: Written by KAREN MATTHEWS, Associated Press; Published: 18 September 2016

No intelligence yet on attacker

Details: Written by The Associated Press; Published: 17 September 2016

Wikileaks founder still stuck in Ecuadorian Embassy in London

Details: Written by JESSE J. HOLLAND, Associated Press; Published: 17 September 2016

Congressional Black Caucus Chairman Rep. G. K. Butterfield, D-N.C., center, accompanied by, from left, Rep. Joyce Beatty , D-Ohio, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., Butterfield, Rep. Gregory W. Meeks, D-N.Y., and Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, July 8, 2016 file photo Black voters reacted skeptically on Friday to Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s public admission that he now believes the nation’s first black president was indeed born in the United States. Many said the fact that Trump spent many years questioning President Barack Obama’s national origin was disrespectful, and an insult to all black Americans. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Seen as insincere bid to gain votes

Details: Written by JULIET LINDERMAN, Associated Press; Published: 13 September 2016

Attorneys representing the family Korryn Gaines filed a wrongful death suit Tuesday

Details: Written by CANDICE CHOI, AP Food Industry Writer; Published: 12 September 2016

Granulated sugar is shown in Philadelphia, Monday, Sept. 12, 2016. A new study released Monday details how the sugar industry worked to downplay emerging science linking sugar and heart disease. It's the latest installment of an ongoing project by a former dentist to reveal the industry's decades-long attempt to influence science. The Sugar Association said it questions the author's attempt to play into current anti-sugar sentiment. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

The sugar industry funded research that cast doubt on sugar's role in heart disease

Details: Written by The Associated Press; Published: 12 September 2016

Candidate left 9/11 memorial service early

Details: Written by DEB RIECHMANN, Associated Press; Published: 11 September 2016

If Russian hackers can get into election data, could they change it?

Details: Written by JENNIFER PELTZ, Associated Press ; Published: 11 September 2016

Video: Clinton shaky leaving ceremony but rebounds quickly

Details: Written by LISA LERER, CATHERINE LUCEY, Associated Press; Published: 11 September 2016

Matt Lauer interview cited as example of gender bias

Details: Written by SAM HANANEL, Associated Press; Published: 11 September 2016

Kansas, Georgia, Alabama lose bid to disenfranchise "thousands"

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