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September 25, 2016

3 killed when 2 small planes collide, crash in New York

Officials say three people have been killed following an air collision and crash of two small planes just south of Buffalo, ...

September 25, 2016

Fuel tanker continues to burn off Mexico's Gulf coast

A fuel tanker carrying gasoline and diesel continued to burn off the Gulf coast of Mexico on Sunday, a day after it erupted ...

September 25, 2016

Residents evacuate Cedar Rapids homes ahead of flooding

Several thousand residents of Cedar Rapids left their homes Sunday as floodwaters began to spill out of the rising Cedar ...

September 25, 2016

Police: 5 shot, 1 dead, after fight at Illinois campus party

One man was killed and four other people were wounded in a pair of shootings early Sunday, including one that happened on the ...

September 25, 2016

Police probing triple homicide search for missing teen

Police investigating a triple homicide inside a Southern California home were searching for a teenage girl who lived there ...

September 24, 2016

12 hurt when bus carrying Chinese teens crashes by Yosemite

The California Highway Patrol said 12 people were injured when a tour bus carrying Chinese teens struck a tree near Yosemite ...

September 24, 2016

Attendees at North Korean air show wowed by model F-16

Now here's something you don't see every day: an F-16 fighter jet buzzing through the skies of North Korea and launching — ...

September 24, 2016

The Latest: Police standoff ends peacefully in San Francisco

The Latest on a standoff at San Francisco's Civic Center (all times local): 6:40 p.m. A standoff with an armed and suicidal ...

September 24, 2016

Standoff at San Francisco's Civic Center ends peacefully

A six-hour standoff with an armed and suicidal man at San Francisco's Civic Center ended Saturday after he surrendered, ...

September 24, 2016

Things to Know about deadly shootings at mall in Washington

Authorities on Sunday were investigating the background and possible motive of the suspect arrested in the slayings of five ...

September 24, 2016

Police: Teen driver crashes into parade-goers; 8 injured

Authorities say a teenage driver in suburban St. Louis struck another vehicle and then spun into people who were waiting for ...

September 24, 2016

Hold your nose: Stinky corpse flower blooms in New Hampshire

A flower that got its nickname from its putrid smell is blooming at Dartmouth College for the first time since 2011.

September 24, 2016

Experts: May be hard convicting Tulsa cop of manslaughter

Prosecutors moved quickly to charge a white Tulsa, Oklahoma, police officer with manslaughter in the fatal shooting of an ...

September 24, 2016

Black community sees Charlotte as glimmering, fake Oz

To much of the world, Charlotte is the Queen City — a gleaming downtown, state-of-the-art stadiums, sparkling new mass ...

September 24, 2016

The Latest: Report: Suspect faces domestic-violence charges

The Latest on a fatal shooting at a mall in Washington state (all times local): 11:18 p.m. The suspect in the Washington ...

September 24, 2016

Suspect in Washington shooting 'zombie-like' when arrested

The 20-year-old suspect in the deadly Washington state mall shooting said nothing and appeared "zombie-like" when he was ...

September 23, 2016

Police: Lone gunman kills 4 females at Washington state mall

Police searched Saturday for a gunman who opened fire in the makeup department of a Macy's store at a mall north of Seattle, ...

September 23, 2016

Boy on scooter does $1 million in damage in Wal-Mart arson

Police say a 12-year-old boy riding a push scooter set fire to the arts-and-crafts section of a Wal-Mart store in the ...

September 23, 2016

Death sentence for man who killed 2 to get wedding money

A Southern California man who killed two people and dismembered one of them as part of a plot to steal money to pay for his ...