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CLEVELAND (AP) — A dispatcher didn't tell officers involved in the fatal shooting of a 12-year-old boy last month that the gun might not be real or th...

GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) — Many in Indian Country are wary of the idea of growing and selling marijuana on tribal lands, even if it could present an eco...

WATERVILLE VALLEY, N.H. (AP) — Some U.S. consumers are going over the Internet or through the woods to find fresh Christmas trees this year, taking ad...

CINCINNATI (AP) — Eight Greenpeace activists who staged an eye-catching protest at Procter & Gamble headquarters in Cincinnati have pleaded guilty to ...

A year ago, 13-year-old Jahi McMath underwent a tonsillectomy and tissue removal at Children's Hospital in Oakland, California, to treat sleep apnea. ...

BLADENBORO, N.C. (AP) — The FBI is looking into the death of a black North Carolina teen after his family questioned the official ruling the young man...

CLEVELAND (AP) — A 12-year-old boy carrying a pellet gun died from a single shot fired by a rookie police officer, according to an autopsy released Fr...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A dangerous storm system blamed for two deaths in Oregon, thousands of power outages in Washington and flooded roadways in the San ...

COURTLAND, Miss. (AP) — Jessica Chambers was a regular at the rural convenience store gas station where Ali Fadhel worked, and the two often chatted. ...

BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — Stop. Hey, what's that sound? Protest songs are taking their place alongside chants of "I can't breathe" and "Hands up, don't ...

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (AP) — A 21-year-old pre-med student was eating lunch when he heard a commotion outside the Hurricane Grill & Wings. He ran outsi...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Though the developers of the soon-to-be released "Driving While Black" smartphone application want motorists to download their p...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Fifty thousand utility customers are without power in San Francisco as a major storm pounds Northern California. Pacific Gas and ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Police in a San Diego suburb tackled an abduction suspect to the ground and rescued four children after a highway pursuit and stand...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — More than 150 cattle valued at about $350,000 have been reported missing in southeastern Idaho, and authorities suspect modern-day...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio lawmakers have removed a provision from a death penalty bill that doctors warned could lead to dangerous shortages of a wid...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Northern California residents are bracing for a powerful storm that could be the biggest in five years and prompted the National ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Maybe they want to sing on Broadway. Humpback whales, the gigantic, endangered mammals known for their haunting underwater songs, have...

BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — Hundreds of protesters angered at the killing of unarmed black men by white police officers marched through downtown Berkeley ...

BONNE TERRE, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri inmate was put to death early Wednesday for fatally beating a 63-year-old woman with a hammer in 1998, the state's ...