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September 28, 2016

Vermont man lost at sea was suspect in grandfather's killing

A 22-year-old man rescued in the Atlantic after floating on a life raft for a week had been a suspect in the 2013 slaying of ...

September 28, 2016

Tribune Media completes sale of Tribune Tower, other assets

Tribune Media has completed the sale of several real estate assets, including the Tribune Tower in Chicago. The Chicago-based ...

September 28, 2016

Coast Guard suspends search for missing Cuban migrants

The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended the search for a group of Cuban migrants reported missing from a makeshift vessel that ...

September 28, 2016

New Orleans tells court it can remove Confederate statues

New Orleans has the right to remove Confederate monuments that are the center of a heated debate, the city's attorneys told ...

September 28, 2016

9 states to vote soon on expanding legal access to marijuana

From California, with its counterculture heritage, to the fishing ports and mill towns of Maine, millions of Americans in ...

September 28, 2016

Attorney who stopped Vermont suspect 1 of 25 Carnegie Heroes

A Vermont prosecutor who disarmed a woman accused of fatally shooting a social worker outside a state office building is one ...

September 27, 2016

Satanic Temple brings after-school club to elementary pupils

The Portland chapter of The Satanic Temple has succeeded in its efforts to bring an after-school program to a Portland ...

September 27, 2016

Navy investigates sailor who didn't salute national anthem

The Navy has investigated the case of a sailor who didn't salute as the national anthem played during a recent morning ...

Al Sharpton, Tiffany Crutcher, Damario Solomon-Simmons

September 27, 2016

Tulsa residents find common ground between police, slain man

Competing rallies over the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man by a white Oklahoma police officer could have left ...

September 27, 2016

Driver uses cardboard Trump head in carpool lane

A cardboard cutout of a head in a passenger seat definitely caught the attention of a Washington State Patrol trooper Tuesday ...

September 27, 2016

Mom arrested after disabled son, 27, dies of malnourishment

A Colorado woman has been arrested in the death of her 27-year-old disabled son, who investigators say was undernourished and ...

September 27, 2016

2 men charged in California killings

An Army private and another young man were charged Tuesday with murder in the slayings of a California couple and family ...

September 27, 2016

APNewsBreak: Another prep school finds sex abuse in its past

The Pomfret School in Connecticut has revealed that several of its teachers engaged in improper conduct with students between ...

September 27, 2016

Panama asks US to extradite ex-leader Martinelli

Panama has formally asked the United States to extradite former President Ricardo Martinelli in connection with a ...

September 27, 2016

Slain Florida club victims' estates to get $350,000 each

Each of the estates of the 49 patrons killed in the gay nightclub massacre in Orlando will receive $350,000 from donations ...

September 27, 2016

Correction: Cuban Migrants-Search story

In a story Sept. 27 about the search for missing Cuban migrants, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the boat left ...

September 27, 2016

US consumer confidence jumps in September

U.S. consumer confidence in September rose to the highest level in nine years, a hopeful sign that economic growth will ...

September 27, 2016

New Jeep Compass SUV looks like shrunken Grand Cherokee

The fastest-growing part of the U.S. auto market is getting another new vehicle. Fiat Chrysler's Jeep brand unveiled a ...

September 27, 2016

House explosion kills fire battalion chief, a rising star

A battalion chief who had been considered a rising star in the Fire Department of New York was killed Tuesday when a row ...