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VALHALLA, N.Y. (AP) — Officials at a suburban New York hospital that treated a dozen people injured in a commuter train crash say one remains in criti...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A deep-sea treasure hunter was ordered Wednesday to remain behind bars in Florida while his extradition process is delaye...

PUEBLO, Colo. (AP) — The United States is about to begin destroying its largest remaining stockpile of chemical-laden artillery shells, marking a mile...

NEW YORK (AP) — A once gilded Brooklyn movie palace that's been crumbling for decades, with pigeons infesting its stage, is back — again a glittering ...

DENVER (AP) — Federal investigators say selfies were a likely factor in a small plane crash near Denver last year that killed two people. The National...

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) — It's time for defense lawyers to disclose their strategy in the case of a young mother accused of fatally poisoning her 5-ye...

UPHAM, N.M. (AP) — The only thing interrupting the creosote and mesquite that makes up one of New Mexico's most remote stretches of desert is a pristi...

FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — A 26-year-old woman with the nickname Star who says she is going to marry 80-year-old mass murderer Charles Manson will have to ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The gap in bachelor-degree attainment between the nation's richest and poorest students by age 24 has doubled during the last four ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Rosa Parks, who refused to give up her seat on a segregated bus, reflected later on how it felt to be treated less than equal and on...

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A Democratic lawmaker from the Bronx is poised to take over leadership of the New York state Assembly after the resignation of lon...

BOSTON (AP) — A winter storm inflicted fresh misery on the Northeast on Monday, causing the cancellation of flights, classes and major court cases a d...

CLARENCE, N.Y. (AP) — Pilot Chesley Sullenberger and relatives of passengers killed in a western New York plane crash say they’ll fight any efforts to...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Promising to help America’s middle class, President Barack Obama on Monday sent Congress a record $4 trillion budget that would hamm...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Fraught relations between the United States and Venezuela turned openly hostile on Monday as the U.S. slapped new visa restrictions ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama wants to create a new government agency dedicated to keeping the nation’s food safe. The proposal in the pres...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is reconsidering his opposition to giving Ukraine defensive weapons and other lethal aid to help its struggli...

WASHINGTON (AP) — With higher taxes on the wealthy and billions in new spending, President Barack Obama’s no-balance budget lays down an audacious cha...

SIERRA MADRE DEL SUR, Mexico (AP) — Red and purple blossoms with fat, opium-filled bulbs blanket the remote creek sides and gorges of the Filo Mayor m...

ROSWELL, Georgia (AP) — The parallels are haunting: Bobbi Kristina Brown and her mother, Whitney Houston, were both found face-down in bathtubs as the...