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Safety groups urge swimming lessons for minorities
Safety advocates urging parents to be aware of swimming pool safety before the summer heats up also say more efforts are needed to teach black and ...
Hurricane Bud strengthening in the Pacific
A tropical storm warning has been issued for the coast of Mexico as Hurricane Bud gains strength in the Pacific. The tropical storm warning is in ...
Gulf fishermen reel from seafood troubles
Gloom infects the hard-working shrimp and crab docks of this gritty fishing town as the second full year of fishing since BP's catastrophic oil spill ...
Fire on nuke-powered sub at Maine shipyard hurts 6
A fire on a nuclear-powered submarine at a Maine shipyard has injured six people, including a firefighter. Fire crews responded Wednesday to the USS ...
Battle over Beverly Hills subway goes Hollywood
In Los Angeles, even a typical local dispute over public transportation comes back to the movies. The long fight over sending a subway 70 feet under ...
Details released on family found dead in Oregon
Two little girls, not yet old enough for kindergarten, were shot to death. Their infant sister was found asphyxiated. All were discovered in a burning ...
Authorities think illegal burn sparked Nevada fire
A wildfire that destroyed two homes in a rural neighborhood near the California-Nevada line may have been caused by an illegal burn that had been ...
Russian boy killed in Nebraska fire laid to rest
A 9-year-old boy originally from Russia who was killed in a Nebraska house fire has been laid to rest, but prosecutors and the Russian government are ...
Bangor, Maine: The place where diverted flights go
Given the size of the place, the name "Bangor International Airport" might seem a little grandiose. But the airport actually gets an outsize share of ...
Feds add 2012 model year to Chevy Cruze fire probe
U.S. safety officials have added the 2012 model year to an investigation of engine fires in the Chevrolet Cruze compact car. The National Highway ...
Injury forces Michael McKean out of Broadway show
Broadway producers scrambled Wednesday to fill Michael McKean's part in a revival of Gore Vidal's "The Best Man" as the actor recovers from a broken ...
UN: Fukushima workers' deaths not from radiation
A year after an earthquake and tsunami triggered the Fukushima disaster, a United Nations agency preparing a report on the health effects says none ...
Nev. wildfire guts homes, casts haze over Vegas
A wind-driven wildfire that erupted in a rural neighborhood near the Nevada-California border and destroyed two homes was moving away from houses ...
Russian jet crash in Czech Republic injures 6
A Russian military jet's landing gear malfunctioned as it touched down in the Czech Republic on Wednesday, injuring six people when it rolled off the ...
Germany beefs up monitoring of nuclear shutdown
The German government will more closely oversee the country's move from nuclear power to renewable energy, Chancellor Angela Merkel said Wednesday — ...
Susie Wheldon heads to Indy 500 to honor husband
Some days are better than others for Susie Wheldon, and there's rarely any warning what will trigger the emotional roller coaster she's been on since ...
Joplin remembers deadly tornado, 1 year later
Carrying small American flags and wearing T-shirts bearing the names of friends and loved ones who died when a massive tornado tore through Joplin one ...
Storm survivors: Remembering Joplin's tornado
From dawn to dusk, residents who lived through the tornado that devastated Joplin, Mo., last year are remembering the storm and celebrating their ...
Mountain lion killed in downtown Santa Monica
Police shot and killed a mountain lion that somehow made its way through an urban landscape before it was found early Tuesday in a downtown Santa ...
Reno Air Races plans to change course this fall
Organizers of the national air racing championships secured $100 million in necessary insurance and announced plans Tuesday to change the September ...
Premier inspects quake-hit Italian factories
The government approved some temporary tax relief to owners of property damaged in the quake-struck north Tuesday, as the premier promised swift help ...
Indian passenger train rams freight train; 25 dead
A passenger train rammed into a parked freight train and caught fire before dawn Tuesday in southern India, killing at least 25 people and injuring ...
Joplin hospital honors 2011 tornado survivors
The Joplin, Mo., hospital where hundreds of injured residents sought help after a deadly tornado struck the town one year ago today is honoring its ...
'House' closes after 8 seasons of healing and pain
Whither Dr. Gregory House? Would the cantankerous hero of the Fox medical drama mend his ways or self-destruct for all time? That was the mystery as ...
6 missing after boat reported sunk in Gulf
An extensive daylong search by the U.S. Coast Guard turned up no sign of six people who had radioed that their fishing boat was sinking in the Gulf ...