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October 20, 2020

Police: Houston officer killed in shooting, another wounded

A Houston police officer was killed and a teenager and another officer were wounded Tuesday when a man opened fire on law ...

October 20, 2020

Doctor asks court to dismiss murder indictment in 25 deaths

Lawyers for the Ohio hospital doctor charged with murder in 25 patient deaths accused the prosecutor of misconduct and asked ...

October 20, 2020

Judge says Breonna Taylor grand juror can speak about case

A judge has cleared the way for grand jurors to speak about the proceedings in the case against the police officers who shot ...

October 20, 2020

Mexico halfway through quake restoration of old churches

The earthquake struck in seconds, but three years later restorers still face a monumental task: about half of the 2,340 ...

October 20, 2020

Woman missing for 2 weeks found safe in Zion National Park

A California woman who was missing for about two weeks in Zion National Park in Utah has been found and left the park with ...

October 20, 2020

Large earthquake off Alaska prompts tsunami fears, fleeing

A magnitude 7.5 earthquake prompted a tsunami warning Monday for a nearly thousand-mile stretch of Alaska’s southern coast, ...

October 20, 2020

California police recover lizards stolen from reptile store

Police in California announced two arrests and the return of a pair of unique lizards that were stolen from a reptile shop ...

October 19, 2020

Tulsa digs again for victims of 1921 race massacre

A second excavation begins Monday at a cemetery in an effort to find and identify victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre and ...

October 18, 2020

Mailman rescues man in chainsaw accident in Norwalk

A mailman on his route in southern California helped another man who accidentally cut his arm with a chainsaw late last week, ...

October 18, 2020

21 members of white supremacist orgs charged for guns, drugs

Twenty-one members and associates of white supremacy organizations in Utah are facing charges over gun and drug distribution.

October 18, 2020

Archbishop performs exorcism to cleanse protest site

The archbishop of San Francisco performed a short exorcism ceremony Saturday outside a Catholic church where protesters had ...

October 16, 2020

US industrial production fell a sharp 0.6% in September

U.S. industrial production fell 0.6% in September, the weakest showing since spring and a sign that the economy’s recovery ...

October 16, 2020

Lemur located after break-in at San Francisco Zoo

A ring-tailed lemur stolen from the San Francisco Zoo has been found, police said Thursday. The 21-year-old male lemur named ...

October 15, 2020

Mother convicted in deaths of 2 newborns left in trash bags

A jury convicted a South Carolina mother of throwing two of her newborns away in trash bags after they were born 13 months ...

October 15, 2020

Mexico experts find 2,000 ruin sites near Maya train route

Experts in Mexico said Wednesday they have detected more than 2,000 pre-Hispanic ruins or clusters of artefacts along the ...

October 15, 2020

Fierce winds fan Rockies wildfires, new evacuations ordered

Strong winds fanned two Rocky Mountain wildfires Wednesday, prompting new evacuation orders as one spread toward communities ...

October 14, 2020

Email error: Law school dean sends private bar exam results

The dean of South Carolina's largest law school is apologizing for forwarding an email that contained the names of students ...

October 14, 2020

Oregon killing suspect killed by cops had gun in pocket

Four officers fired over 30 rounds at Portland, Oregon, fugitive Michael Reinoehl after they cornered him in his car Sept.

October 14, 2020

LA's newest firefighter, a robot, can go where humans can't

The Los Angeles Fire Department introduced its newest firefighter Tuesday, a chunky, low-slung little gadget on wheels that ...

October 13, 2020

Protesters knock down Roosevelt, Lincoln statues in Portland

Protesters in Portland overturned statues of former Presidents Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln and vandalized the ...