ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) — The daughter of former U.S. intelligence director John Negroponte was sentenced to 35 years in prison on Friday for the fatal stabbing of a friend after a drunken argument at a Maryland home. Sophia Negroponte, 33, was sentenced by Montgomery County Circuit Court Judge ...

By JIM VERTUNO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The abrupt decision by U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales to not seek reelection clears the path for a self-described gun rights "absolutist" to secure the Republican nomination in a sprawling Texas congressional district. Brendan Herrera, 30, ...

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The executive director of the National Symphony Orchestra, a mainstay at the Kennedy Center, is leaving to head the Los Angeles-based Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts. It's the latest departure from the Kennedy Center ...

By JEFF AMY and CHARLOTTE KRAMON Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A two-month sprint to the May 19 primary elections in Georgia's governor and U.S. Senate races has begun as the final candidates qualified Friday for crucial posts in the closely contested swing state. Republicans looking ...

By JOSHUA FECHTER/The Texas Tribune In 2020, Raysall Wiggins decided she no longer wanted to rent a home in the Houston neighborhood where she grew up. She wanted to buy. "I wanted to have something of my own, something that I could eventually pass down to my children," said Wiggins, who ...

By MARK SHERMAN, LINDSAY WHITEHURT, KONSTANTIN TOROPIN and MOLLY QUELL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. submarine's deadly attack on an Iranian warship does not appear to have violated international or American military law, though it's not yet clear whether the sub took ...