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The retracted Rolling Stone article about an apparently fictional gang rape at the University of Virginia is a blemish on an otherwise illustrious car...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Determined to erase its spotty water conservation record, the wealthy coastal community of Newport Beach is among the cities...

BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (AP) — A county sheriff is confirming that seven people have died in a small plane crash in central Illinois while returning home fr...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A former state lawmaker accused of raping his wife in a nursing home is forcing an Iowa court to confront a little-discussed q...

BOSTON (AP) — Jurors in the federal death penalty trial of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev began deliberations Tuesday, a day after both pros...

PRINCESS ANNE, Md. (AP) — A divorced father and the seven children he was raising on his kitchen worker's salary were found dead inside their home, wh...

SEATTLE (AP) — Frustrated with dog owners who refuse to clean up after their pets, an increasing number of apartments in Seattle are opting to use DNA...

MEDFORD, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts man facing charges in connection with the discovery of human body parts inside a discarded duffel bag was ordere...

CLEVELAND (AP) — An attorney for a Cleveland police officer charged in the deaths of two unarmed suspects says the 13 officers who fired at a beat-up ...

DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — The man accused of killing three North Carolina college students — their family says because they were Muslim — is scheduled to ap...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The fraternity at the center of a now-discredited Rolling Stone rape article says the story was defamatory and reckless and they ...

BOSTON (AP) — Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev targeted men, women and children at the marathon because he wanted to terrorize the United Stat...

ATHENS, N.Y. (AP) — With the touch of a finger on an iPod-style screen, Eric Besenfelder can monitor and troubleshoot the shiny, wood-pellet furnace t...

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Saturday lifted a ban on some state-funded travel to Indiana, citing changes made to a religious-obj...

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — President Barack Obama and his family attended Easter service at the Alfred Street Baptist Church in Alexandria, Virginia, whos...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional scrutiny and approval of any nuclear agreement with Iran are essential and will help ensure the deal isn’t a bad one, ...

MAHWAH, N.J. (AP) — Authorities say a field judge working a track meet at a northern New Jersey college was struck in the heel by an errant javelin to...

ALAMOGORDO, N.M. (AP) — Thousands of visitors converged Saturday on the New Mexico site where the first nuclear bomb was detonated nearly 70 years ago...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A fugitive treasure hunter plans to plead guilty to a contempt of court charge related to his refusal to testify about gold he d...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A weakening U.S. economy spilled into the job market in March as employers added just 126,000 jobs — the fewest since December 2013 ...