NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — The Canadian father of the man who gained Internet fame as "Kai the hatchet-wielding hitchhiker" says he hasn't had much contact with his son over the years.
But Gil McGillivary of Hawkesbury, Ontario, says he isn't giving up on his son, Caleb, as the 24-year-old faces a murder charge in New Jersey.
Caleb, also known as Kai, is accused of fatally beating a lawyer found dead May 13 in his northern New Jersey home. Prosecutors say...
UNDATED (AP) — CEO pay has been going in one direction for the past three years: up.
The head of a typical large public company made $9.7 million in 2012, up 6.5 percent from a year earlier.
That's according to an analysis by The Associated Press using data from the executive pay research firm Equilar.
CEO pay has never been higher. It fell two years straight during the Great Recession but rose 24 percent in 2010 and 6 percent in...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A House committee chairman has withdrawn a subpoena to compel a retired diplomat to answer questions in private about an independent investigation of last year's attack in Benghazi, Libya.
Rep. Darrell Issa (EYE'-suh) says he acted after Thomas Pickering agreed to meet with the House Oversight and Committee Reform Committee behind closed doors.
Pickering and former Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Mike Mullen led the investigation...
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas police are investigating a woman's allegations that former baseball player Jose Canseco Jr. sexually assaulted her.
Officer Bill Cassell said Wednesday that the 48-year-old Canseco was named as a suspect in the investigation.
Cassell says the investigation isn't complete, no charges have been filed and no arrest has been made.
The department spokesman wouldn't say where the alleged attack took place....
TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — A court in Georgia has ordered that a former prime minister be held in jail for two months pending trial on charges of embezzlement and abuse of office.
The decision by the court in the city of Kutaisi on Wednesday came a day after Vano Merabishvili was arrested. Former labor minister Zurab Chiaberashvili, arrested along with Merabishvili, was allowed by the court to go free on bail of 20,000 lari ($13,000).
Merabishvili, who...
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Palestinians believe the U.S. effort to restart peace talks is doomed, and they're preparing instead to resume their campaign of seeking membership in key international organizations as soon as next month, officials told The Associated Press on Wednesday.
As U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrives on another peace mission, Israel and the Palestinians appear to be as divided as ever over the issue of Israeli settlement building. Without major...
CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado judge has released five search warrants filed hours after the Aurora movie theater shooting that show where investigators immediately looked for leads.
James Holmes is charged with killing 12 and injuring 70 in the July 20 shooting spree at a midnight screening of the latest Batman movie.
The warrants show that in the hours after the attack, investigators wanted to search his bank records and iPod Touch. They also...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Lois Lerner says she's "done nothing wrong" and hasn't "broken any laws." And she says she hasn't provided any false information to Congress.
But that is about all that Lerner is willing to say. She otherwise invoked her Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination, and refused to answer questions from a House panel looking into the IRS targeting of conservative groups. Lerner oversees the IRS office that handles applications for tax-exempt status...
Main domestic and international issues facing Iran ahead of its June 14 presidential election:
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NUCLEAR QUESTION: Four rounds of revived talks between Iran and world powers since last year have produced no important headway in the Tehran's impasse with the West. The U.S. and allies worry Iran's uranium enrichment could lead to atomic weapons, which could shift the balance of power in the region and give allies such as Hezbollah access to nuclear...
PHOENIX (AP) — The Jodi Arias murder trial has drawn international attention for its graphic tales of sex and lies. The following is a timeline of some of the key events in the case:
— September 2006: Arias and Travis Alexander meet at a Las Vegas work convention and quickly enter into a stormy long-distance relationship. Arias, an aspiring saleswoman and photographer, lives in California and visits Alexander in the Phoenix suburb of Mesa. Alexander is a Mormon and works...
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