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NEW YORK (AP) — The price of a gallon of gasoline may soon start with a “2” across much the country. Gasoline prices typically decline in autumn, and ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of shootings in which a gunman wounds or kills multiple people has increased dramatically in recent years, with the major...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of people seeking U.S. unemployment benefits increased last week after falling sharply two weeks ago. Despite the rise, t...

WASHINGTON (AP) — More than a dozen U.S. senators from both parties are calling on the Obama administration to broaden a Medicaid program for the nati...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Top lawmakers in Congress have approved the use of leftover Afghanistan war money to fight Ebola in West Africa. But just $50 millio...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Eric Holder, who served as the public face of the Obama administration’s legal fight against terrorism and weighed in on issues of r...

NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (AP) — A 22-year-old Florida has completed a 1,300-mile solo walk from her home on Florida’s Gulf Coast to Niagara Falls, New York...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI director says the U.S. believes it has identified the British-accented masked man in the videos depicting the beheadings of ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Iraq’s prime minister said Thursday that captive Islamic State militants told his intelligence agents of an alleged plot to attack sub...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — One day after a student fatally fell from a bridge after a run with his fraternity brothers, Clemson University suspended activi...

For weeks, amid allegations involving several NFL players, domestic violence has been the focus of intense national attention. Does the turmoil reflec...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — UPS says two employees killed in a shooting at a package-processing facility in Alabama were supervisors who had worked for th...

FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Five people were arrested and two law enforcement officers were hurt in Ferguson after protests over the death of Michael Brown a...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — One of four men injured in a blast at a western Wyoming natural gas storage tank has died, a Salt Lake City hospital official co...

NEW YORK (AP) — A day after a federal prosecutor warned he may take legal action to force New York City to enact reforms in city jails, and amid month...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Outdoor clothing company Patagonia has agreed to pay a $4,000 settlement to Capitol Reef National Park in Utah after rock climbi...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — With an edgy yet calm voice, Donald Spirit told a 911 dispatcher he had just killed his six grandchildren, including a baby, ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Defiant to the end, Osama bin Laden’s son-in-law was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison for acting as the voice of al-Qaida after the...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A UPS employee opened fire Tuesday morning inside one of the company’s warehouses in Alabama, killing two people before commit...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A record number of American crocodile hatchlings were counted in Everglades National Park this year, providing hope that rest...