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LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) — SeaWorld wants to greatly expand the tanks it uses to hold killer whales in San Diego, but animal rights activists fear the ...

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Alpha Tau Omega says it has revoked the charter and closed its Indiana University chapter following the release of a video pu...

CHICAGO (AP) — Cancer is much less common in elephants than in humans, even though the big beasts' bodies have many more cells. That's a paradox known...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma used the wrong drug to stop an inmate's heart during an execution in January, according to an autopsy report obtained by...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Investigators trying to determine why a 790-foot cargo ship stalled and sank in the howling winds of Hurricane Joaquin will ...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A hunter asleep in the remote Idaho wilderness woke up when he felt something tugging on his hair. Then he heard the black bear br...

SAN RAFAEL, Calif. (AP) — GPS technology helped law officers track down three suspects in the killing of a tantra yoga teacher, who was found shot to ...

ROSEBURG, Ore. (AP) — The gunman in last week's rampage at an Oregon community college was wounded in a shootout with police officers before he killed...

VISALIA, Calif. (AP) — A man who says he was a cartel enforcer has pleaded guilty to 9 counts of murder in California. Jose Manuel Martinez entered th...

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — The Washington state chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union is suing a local county, arguing that it sends people to jail...

HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas inmate set to die Tuesday for killing another man in a Houston robbery that yielded just $8 has not had any late appeals filed ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A United Airlines flight carrying nearly 200 people from Houston to San Francisco had to divert to Albuquerque, New Mexico, a...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The mother of the Oregon gunman who killed nine in a college classroom apparently wrote about her love of guns in an online foru...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The latest on the rainstorm that pounded parts of the East Coast (all times local): 3:30 p.m. The South Carolina National Guard ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans are in upheaval as their front-runner for speaker faces fresh opposition and conservatives push to postpone leader...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department and five states have finalized a settlement worth more than $20 billion arising from the 2010 Deepwater Horiz...

KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) — Republican presidential contender Ted Cruz says the Obama administration's plan to accept about 10,000 Syrian refugees is "not...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Homeland Security Department's internal watchdog is reopening the investigation into efforts by the Secret Service to discredit ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The Coast Guard said Monday that a U.S. cargo ship carrying 33 people that has been missing since it encountered high winds ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is starting a new term that promises a steady stream of divisive social issues, and also brighter prospects for co...