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October 22, 2017

Georgia town to honor graves of more than 1,100 blacks

Discriminated against in life, they were forgotten by their community in death, buried in unmarked graves in the back of the ...

October 22, 2017

Oregon day care shuttered after 2nd death in 2 years

Regulators in Oregon have shuttered a day care after a second baby died there in as many years, an unprecedented number of ...

October 22, 2017

Park hikers may have died in 'sympathetic murder-suicide'

Friends and relatives of a couple whose bodies were found in Joshua Tree National Park say they believe the two got lost ...

October 22, 2017

Guards kill inmate, wound second at California prison

Guards have killed an inmate and critically wounded another at a California state prison. The state corrections department ...

October 22, 2017

Honolulu store owners say thieves are targeting cans of Spam

Cans of Spam have become a common item that's being stolen from Honolulu stores and then sold on the streets for quick cash, ...

October 21, 2017

3 small earthquakes recorded in northern Oklahoma

The U.S. Geological Survey reports three small earthquakes have been recorded in northern Oklahoma. The most recent of the ...

October 21, 2017

The Latest: Slain Vegas officer buried at veterans cemetery

The Latest on the funeral of an off-duty Las Vegas police officer killed when a gunman fired from a hotel into a crowded ...

October 21, 2017

Killer of Navajo Nation girl gets life prison sentence

A man who pleaded guilty to the murder and sexual assault of an 11-year-old girl on the largest American Indian reservation ...

October 21, 2017

Alabama inmate defiant before execution for killing officer

The convicted killer of a police officer used his final moments before being put to death to curse at the state of Alabama, ...

October 21, 2017

California wildfire victims search burned homes for memories

After fleeing flames that were closing in on him 12 days ago, Donnie Steggal finally returned home Friday — and sifted ...

October 21, 2017

Norman Rockwell's 3 sons seek to halt sale of his artworks

Norman Rockwell's three sons were among several people who went to court on Friday seeking to halt a museum's plans to sell ...

October 21, 2017

Off-duty officer killed in Vegas shooting left funeral notes

A Las Vegas police officer and U.S. Army veteran who was among 58 people killed in the worst mass shooting in modern U.S.

October 20, 2017

Alleged office gunman got jobs, guns despite criminal past

The man charged with shooting five co-workers at a Maryland granite company this week, killing three of them, is a felon with ...

October 20, 2017

Deputies: Man had arsenal, note promising 'bloody revenge'

Sheriff's deputies conducting a child porn raid on a Florida home Wednesday found an arsenal of guns and explosives and a ...

October 20, 2017

Police investigate 3rd suspicious death in Florida community

Police believe the fatal shooting of a 20-year-old autistic man who took the wrong bus home from work on Thursday night is ...

October 20, 2017

Police: Ford worker killed himself at Detroit-area factory

Police say a 21-year-old worker shot and killed himself at a Ford Motor factory in suburban Detroit. Woodhaven police say the ...

October 20, 2017

Parole board rejects condemned Ohio inmate's mercy request

The Ohio Parole Board on Friday rejected a request for mercy from a condemned inmate who argues he had such a bad childhood ...

October 20, 2017

Iditarod musher charged with theft of kennels

A veteran musher in Alaska's Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race is accused of stealing four dog kennels from another competitor ...

October 20, 2017

Police: Newborn's dad sold heroin in hospital maternity ward

A Pennsylvania man has been jailed on charges he sold heroin in the hospital maternity ward room where people were visiting ...