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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An ex-convict has been charged in the killing of a 15-year-old girl after DNA tests linked him to her badly burned body that was f...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A baby gorilla may not have been crushed to death under an electric door if zoo leaders had responded to zookeepers’ concerns abo...

PINE RIDGE, S.D. (AP) — Oglala Sioux officials have rounded up and killed dogs on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation after a pack of dogs attacked and ...

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Capt. Derek Herrera wanted to remain on active duty after a sniper’s bullet in Afghanistan left him paralyzed two years ago. Now he p...

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Capt. Derek Herrera wanted to remain on active duty after a sniper’s bullet in Afghanistan left him paralyzed two years ago. Now he p...

NEW YORK (AP) — Daniel Handler is apologizing for comments made at the National Book Awards that have been criticized as racist. The author sometimes ...

CALHOUN, La. (AP) — Three children and two adults from a family in East Texas were killed on their way to a Disney World vacation when their vehicle v...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A new blast of lake-effect snow roared through western New York with thunder and lightning on Thursday, raising to nearly 6 feet ...

NEW YORK (AP) — ABC, CBS and NBC decided against covering President Barack Obama’s speech on immigration live on Thursday, although the Spanish-langua...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Dozens of students slept inside a classroom building at the University of California, Berkeley as protests ramped up Thursday ahe...

REXBURG, Idaho (AP) — Authorities say a former student of Brigham Young University-Idaho altered his college transcript to rise from failing to obtain...

DETROIT (AP) — A Detroit-based health system has unveiled a new hospital gown that aims to put the wraps on a big source of patients’ grumbles — a lac...

A lake-effect storm that dumped more than 6 feet of snow in the Buffalo area trapped people on highways in an area where heavy snow is the norm for mo...

VENTURA, Calif. (AP) — A 69-year-old man who has spent 36 years behind bars for murder was wrongly convicted and could be released after a court heari...

FREEHOLD, N.J. (AP) — Attorneys offered contrasting interpretations of the Pledge of Allegiance during oral arguments Wednesday in a New Jersey family...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The fate of President Barack Obama’s proposal to end bulk collection of American phone records by the National Security Agency was i...

NEW YORK (AP) — What does it take to Ebola-proof a hospital? Over the past few months, U.S. medical centers have spent millions of dollars putting tog...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Nancy Pelosi overcame gripes about Democrats’ losing campaign messages and breezed to re-election Tuesday as House minority lea...

WASHINGTON (AP) — With terrorists beheading Americans, President Barack Obama has ordered a review of how the United States responds when citizens are...

WASHINGTON (AP) — With limited time still in power, President Barack Obama is staking his final two years on climate change, pushing the issue to the ...