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BOSTON (AP) — Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s friend was convicted Tuesday of lying to federal agents during the investigation int...

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Despite President Barack Obama’s appointment of an “Ebola czar” to oversee and coordinate the U.S. response to the deadly virus, s...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A man appearing in court on charges that he scaled a White House fence was found incompetent to stand trial Monday and screamed for ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The BP oil spill left an oily “bathub ring” on the sea floor that’s about the size of Rhode Island, new research shows. The study by...

WASHINGTON (AP) — While Congress mulls how to curtail the NSA’s collection of Americans’ telephone records, impatient civil liberties groups are looki...

AMERICAN FALLS, Idaho (AP) — A portion of a Columbian mammoth skull and tusks have been uncovered in southeastern Idaho, and experts say a rare entire...

MARYSVILLE, Wash. (AP) — Investigators say that a gunman responsible for a shooting at a Washington state high school on Friday invited his victims to...

Dozens of Hawaii residents have been told they might have to evacuate because molten lava from a volcano is headed toward their homes. The lava from K...

MARYSVILLE, Wash. (AP) — A 14-year-old girl died two days after a student opened fire inside a Washington state high school, raising the death toll in...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ah, the family. They can be a candidate’s sounding board, worthy surrogates and an attractive image for a television ad. Or they can...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Gov. Chris Christie on Sunday said Republicans had positioned themselves to succeed in gubernatorial races in Democratic-leaning sta...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush is “moving forward” on a potential 2016 White House run and it appears more likely he will enter the Re...

Drugmakers are racing to develop vaccines and drugs to address the worst outbreak of Ebola in history. It’s unclear who will pay for their products, b...

TULALIP, Wash. (AP) — The Tulalip Indian Reservation sits on the Puget Sound on Washington’s scenic northwest coast, a small community where everyone ...

WILTON, Maine (AP) — In Maine, a hunter can shoot a bear while it’s nose-deep in a barrel of doughnuts, after it’s been chased up a tree by dogs, or w...

Starting Monday, millions of people who have avoided colon cancer screening can get a new home test that’s noninvasive and doesn’t require the icky pr...

MARYSVILLE, Wash. (AP) — Three students fought for their lives in Seattle-area hospitals Sunday, days after being shot in the head during an attack at...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Relics of an era when famous felons occupied the old Los Angeles Hall of Justice have been exorcised in a dazzling restoration. But...

Dozens of residents in a rural area of Hawaii have been placed on alert as flowing lava from an erupting volcano advances. Authorities on Sunday said ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Ashoka Mukpo knew he really was in trouble when he saw the people treating him in full suits and hoods. The American video jou...