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Mom: Okla. teen didn't seriously plan violence
An Oklahoma teen accused of plotting to attack his high school showed symptoms of possible mental illnesses and had been seeing a therapist, but did ...
Richard Adams, early figure in gay marriage, dies
Richard Adams, who used both the altar and the courtroom to help begin the push for gay marriage four decades before it reached the center of the ...
Head-on crash amid holiday travel kills 4 in Ohio
Four people were killed early Sunday when a minivan carrying a family leaving a Christmas party went the wrong way on a southwestern Ohio highway and ...
What now in Newtown? Seize the change, healers say
The grief will not end. Yet the healing must begin. So as the shock of Newtown's horrific school shooting starts to wear off, as the headlines fade ...
Ex-Sandy Hook teacher: Lanza was sweet little boy
A former teacher at Sandy Hook Elementary School says she remembers the gunman who killed 26 people at the school as a smart, sweet boy in her ...
So. Calif. couple unlawfully wedded for 48 years
After spending nearly a half-century as husband and wife, Bob and Norma Clark are finally married. The couple from Redlands, an inland California city ...
Alabama terror case could hinge on relationships
The terrorism case against an Alabama man accused of planning to wage violent jihad in Africa may hinge on just how well he knew a man on the FBI's ...
Victim's brother pushing police to find shooter
Al Gentry is running out of time to find his brother's killer. After years of chasing leads, he thought he'd found the person responsible for the 1986 ...
Airports trade layover horror for 'terminal bliss'
Getting stranded at an airport once meant enduring hours of boredom in a kind of travel purgatory with nothing to eat but fast food. These days, it ...
Conn. town in mourning inundated with gifts, money
Newtown's children were showered with gifts Saturday — tens of thousands of teddy bears, Barbie dolls, soccer balls and board games — and those are ...
Motive sought in Pa. slayings of 3; gunman killed
The shooting of a man who went on a rampage in central Pennsylvania, killing two neighbors and a third person before wounding three state troopers ...
Low-water rivers offering up glimpse of history
From sunken steamboats to a millennium-old map engraved in rock, the drought-drained rivers of the nation's midsection are offering a rare and ...
Leagues poised to challenge NJ over sports betting
Four major professional sports leagues and the NCAA are poised to move forward with their legal fight over New Jersey's plans to allow sports gambling
Mexico frees ex-Marine jailed for bringing in gun
A Marine veteran jailed for months in Mexico after trying to carry a family heirloom shotgun across the border has been freed, U.S. officials and his ...
Authorities: 3 set deadly Ind. blast for insurance
Three people charged in a gas explosion that devastated an Indianapolis neighborhood deliberately set up the deadly blast to collect a big insurance ...
Gunman kills woman at Pa. church, 2 men elsewhere
A man fatally shot a woman decorating for a children's Christmas party at a tiny church hall and killed two men elsewhere in a rural township on ...
A week after school massacre, new details emerge
As the nation paused for the one-week anniversary of the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School, new details emerged Friday about the gunman, Adam ...
Apprehensions of non-Mexican migrants up in Texas
Non-Mexican illegal immigrants account for a slender majority of the agency's recent apprehensions in South Texas, Border Patrol officials said Friday
Bells toll for victims one week after shooting
The chiming of bells reverberated throughout Newtown on Friday, commemorating one week since the crackle of gunfire in a schoolhouse killed 20 ...
Lawyer: Man likely back in Chicago jail he escaped
A convicted bank robber captured days after a daring escape from a high-rise jail in downtown Chicago will likely return to the same federal lockup, ...
Crafters send mittens with a message to Newtown
"Chester Raccoon stood at the edge of the forest and cried. 'I don't want to go to school,' he told his mother. 'I want to stay home with you. I want ...
Coalition soldier missing in Afghanistan
A search is under way in southern Afghanistan for a soldier from the NATO-led coalition, believed to be the first to have gone missing since a U.S.
US durable goods orders up 0.7 percent
U.S. companies boosted their orders in November for long-lasting manufactured goods that reflect investment plans. It was the second straight such ...
Newtown first responders carry heavy burdens
While the people of Newtown do their best to cope with loss and preserve the memories of their loved ones, another class of residents is also finding ...