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Officials: Boston suspects motived by religion
Two U.S. officials say preliminary evidence from an interrogation suggests the suspects in the Boston Marathon attack were motivated by their ...
Mont. man reunited with bird he lost in a divorce
A Great Falls man who lost his macaw in a divorce more than five years ago has been reunited with the bird, thanks to an observant friend. Mike Taylor ...
Police seek suspect in shooting at Colo. pot rally
Denver police on Monday interviewed a man wanted in connection with a shooting at a weekend marijuana rally that wounded two people, but authorities ...
FBI: No ricin found in home of Mississippi suspect
Investigators haven't found any ricin in the house of a Mississippi man accused of mailing poisoned letters to President Barack Obama, a U.S.
School resumes in tiny Texas town hit by blast
Teachers waited outside Monday morning like it was the first day of school in this tiny Texas town, hoping that a welcoming handshake or pat on the ...
Correction: Plant Explosion story
In an April 21 story about the explosion at a Texas fertilizer plant, The Associated Press misspelled the assistant state fire marshal's name.
Mourners say final goodbyes to marathon victim
The church was already packed, so Saint Joseph School sixth-grader Michael Sanchez stood outside Krystle Campbell's funeral with his aunt and hundreds ...
911 calls capture terror of Texas plant explosion
When the first call came in, it was just a fire. Smoke was coming from West Fertilizer Co. and an alarm was sounding, so a woman at a park just across ...
Doctors: All Boston bomb patients likely to live
In a glimmer of good news after last week's tragedy, all of the more than 180 people injured in the Boston Marathon blasts who made it to a hospital ...
Boston Marathon bombing suspect is charged
Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was charged by federal prosecutors in his hospital room Monday with using a weapon of mass ...
Correction: Sex Slaying-Minister story
In an April 18 story about the sentencing of a former minister for the murder of a 24-year-old Michigan woman, The Associated Press erroneously ...
Lawyer's illness delays Philly abortion trial
A defense lawyer has fallen ill, causing a delay in the murder trial of Philadelphia abortion provider Kermit Gosnell. The 72-year-old Gosnell is ...
Parents of Boston suspect describe his Russia trip
The parents of Tamerlan Tsarnaev insisted Sunday that he came to Dagestan and Chechnya last year to visit relatives and had nothing to do with the ...
Five days of fear: What happened in Boston
In the tight rows of chairs stretched across the Commonwealth Ballroom, the nervousness — already dialed high by two bombs, three deaths and more than ...
Police: Bombing suspects planned more attacks
As churches paused to mourn the dead and console the survivors of the Boston Marathon bombing Sunday, the city's police commissioner said the two ...
Search ends for fishermen missing off Texas coast
John Reynolds and the four others aboard the Nite Owl weren't worried when the thunderstorms made it impossible for the commercial fishing boat to ...
W.Va. student, school at odds over NRA T-shirt
A West Virginia student was charged with causing a disruption at a middle school when he refused to remove a T-shirt that displayed the National Rifle ...
Transit officer still critical after shootout
Doctors say the Boston transit police officer wounded in a shootout with the marathon bombing suspects had lost nearly all his blood and his heart had ...
Boston faithful come together for prayer, worship
Four glowing white pillar candles illuminated photographs of the people killed in bombing-connected violence in the Boston area last week as the city ...
Correction: Fishermen Missing-Texas story
In a story April 20 about the missing fisherman off the Texas Gulf Coast, The Associated Press misidentified the crew member who was rescued.
Affidavit: Maine hermit carried bacon, syrup, $395
A state police affidavit says a Maine man who lived in the woods as a hermit for nearly three decades was carrying bacon, marshmallows and $395 in ...
Half of Guantanamo prisoners on hunger strike
The U.S. military says just over half of the prisoners at Guantanamo Bay are on hunger strike. A military spokesman says 84 prisoners have been ...
Gunfire erupts at Colo. pot event, 2 wounded
Authorities are hunting for suspects after shooting broke out during a massive marijuana celebration in Denver, leaving two people with gunshot wounds
Boston bomb suspect hospitalized under heavy guard
Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev lay hospitalized in serious condition under heavy guard Saturday — apparently in no shape to be ...
Shooting at Colo. pot holiday gathering injures 2
Gunfire erupted at a Denver pot celebration Saturday, injuring two people and scattering a crowd of thousands who had gathered for the first 4/20 ...