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WASHINGTON (AP) — When U.S. spy chief James Clapper flew to North Korea on a mission to bring home two U.S. captives, he ran into a potential hitch. N...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The pitch for health care coverage is being made at nail salons, pizzerias, mosques and even bars. As the second enrollment peri...

OREGON, Ohio (AP) — The costs and health risks posed by the string of algae blooms on Lake Erie are getting a closer look from a U.S.-Canadian advisor...

On a high school football field near Pittsburgh, an assistant coach tackled a topic unrelated to the upcoming game. “One of the biggest components of ...

MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. (AP) — The Pentagon will spend an additional $10 billion to correct deep problems of neglect and mismanagement within the n...

ATWATER, Calif. (AP) — A California school district apologized for a video spoof that ended with a security officer pretending to shoot students from ...

CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado man convicted of killing his mother and storing her dismembered remains in boxes in the back of her car was senten...

PEACHTREE CORNERS, Ga. (AP) — A man and his 23-year-old daughter have been arrested outside Atlanta after the man’s infant daughter starved to death a...

CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) — Defense attorneys in the Colorado theater shooting case have asked for a new judge, saying the current one is hostile and bia...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles school district is coming under criticism for successfully defending a sexual abuse lawsuit by saying a 14-year-old...

FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — The man accused of abducting a University of Virginia student who was found dead last month pleaded not guilty Friday in on an unr...

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — A convicted school shooter and two other Ohio inmates managed to get inside a maintenance access area and spent several months bui...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles police are increasingly relying on technology that not only tells patrol officers where crime is most likely to occur b...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A package containing an Ohio woman’s cremated remains has been delivered to her family after they were lost in the mail. The Col...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Patty Duke is playing twins on TV again, this time as a pair of grandmas on the Disney Channel. The 67-year-old actress will guest ...

CHICAGO (AP) — Opponents of George Lucas’ plan to build a museum along Chicago’s lakefront have a message for the “Star Wars” creator: This is not the...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Officials say one worker was killed and four others were hurt when a pedestrian bridge under construction collapsed at a communit...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A U.S. Supreme Court ruling prompted gay couples across Kansas to trickle into county offices to pick up marriage applications...

PHOENIX (AP) — A son of U.S. Sen. Jeff Flake and the son’s wife have pleaded not guilty to animal cruelty charges stemming from the deaths of 21 dogs ...

DENVER (AP) — A father accused of neglecting his four young sons and keeping them in a filthy Denver apartment pleaded guilty Thursday to felony child...