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September 29, 2016

Pittsburgh man faces penalty if he can't catch noisy rooster

A Pittsburgh man has 30 days to figure out how to catch a noisy rooster or the city will penalize him. The Pittsburgh ...

September 29, 2016

Disbarred lawyer pleads guilty in kidnap once called a hoax

A disbarred Harvard University-trained attorney is trying to avoid a life prison sentence with a plea bargain in a kidnapping ...

September 29, 2016

More than another call: Chief talks about school shooting

When two volunteer firefighters rolled up to an elementary school shooting, they said they found only a wrecked black pickup ...

September 29, 2016

Ex-doctor faces Omaha trial for alleged revenge killings

It was a mystery that many thought might never be solved: Who savagely stabbed to death the 11-year-old son of two medical ...

September 29, 2016

Company: Crows knocked out power to 100,000 in 3 states

A utility company says two crows triggered a power outage in mid-July that knocked out service to about 100,000 customers in ...

September 29, 2016

New Hampshire hotel is home to supersized cat

Guests at a hotel in New Hampshire can be forgiven for thinking a raccoon is lounging out front. The huge ball of fur on the ...

September 29, 2016

Ex-student gets probation in Iowa State sex assault case

A student who was sexually assaulted after an Iowa State University party confronted her assailant at his sentencing hearing ...

September 29, 2016

The Latest: Superintendent: Training saved students' lives

The Latest on a teenager who is accused of killing his father before shooting three people at a school in South Carolina (all ...

September 29, 2016

The Latest: Train engineer identified as 29-year employee

The Latest on a commuter train that crashed into a station in New Jersey, killing one person and injuring more than 100 ...

September 29, 2016

New Jersey train station crash kills 1 dead; over 100 hurt

A rush hour commuter train crashed through a barrier at the busy Hoboken station and lurched across the waiting area Thursday ...

September 29, 2016

Imam: Pulse shooter prayed at mosque 4 days before attack

An imam has released video footage of Orlando nightclub shooter Omar Mateen praying in a central Florida mosque four days ...

September 29, 2016

Man who used wheelchair in Rolex theft pleads guilty

A Connecticut man who pretended he needed a wheelchair so he could steal a $37,000 watch from a jewelry store is heading to ...

September 29, 2016

Driver of van charged after woman falls off mattress, dies

Authorities in Virginia have charged the driver of a van after a woman fell to her death while riding atop a mattress the two ...

September 29, 2016

Rescue at sea turns new attention on unsolved 2013 killing

It was a crime that stunned a quiet suburb and stumped investigators: an 87-year-old real estate developer killed in his ...

September 29, 2016

Teen's mother 'shocked and saddened' by school shooting

The mother of a teen accused of killing his father and wounding two students and a teacher at a rural South Carolina ...

September 29, 2016

Suspect in killings of 4 women called charmer with dark side

An occasional drifter linked to the slayings of at least four women in little over a decade could always find a place to stay ...

September 28, 2016

Missouri fraternity suspended over reports of racial slurs

The University of Missouri temporarily suspended a fraternity on Wednesday over accusations of racial slurs directed toward ...

September 28, 2016

Cautious approval, skepticism for Penn Station overhaul plan

Horrible. Dirty. A dump. Commuters going through the city's Penn Station have choice words for it, none of them good.

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September 28, 2016

Friend: Starbucks shooting victim became US citizen in 2004

The man killed in a weekend shooting at a Starbucks coffee shop in Las Vegas was a naturalized U.S. citizen from the country ...