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September 26, 2018

Crack in beam shuts down San Francisco's new $2B terminal

San Francisco officials shut down the city's celebrated new $2.2 billion transit terminal Tuesday after discovering a crack ...

September 26, 2018

Jurors shown animated video of killing at officer's trial

Lawyers for a white Chicago police officer who killed a black teenager presented an animated video to jurors on Tuesday that ...

September 26, 2018

US judge repeats Trump vulgarity during immigration hearing

A U.S. judge Tuesday repeated President Donald Trump's vulgar description of African countries while questioning his ...

September 26, 2018

Virginia suspends tampon ban for prison visitors

Virginia is suspending a newly introduced policy that would have barred women who visit inmates at state prisons from wearing ...

September 25, 2018

Woman says ex pressed for baby, didn't know her plan to kill

A North Dakota woman convicted of killing her pregnant neighbor by cutting the baby from her womb testified Tuesday that her ...

September 25, 2018

Latest: Woman denies she told inmate she strangled baby

The Latest on the trial of William Hoehn, who is charged with conspiracy in the killing of a pregnant woman whose baby was ...

September 25, 2018

Into the fold? What's next for Instagram as founders leave

When Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger sold Instagram to Facebook in 2012, the photo-sharing startup's fiercely loyal fans ...

September 25, 2018

Man slain in Baltimore police shootout was paroled this year

The man killed in a weekend shootout with Baltimore police had been convicted as a teenager of killing a man and spent 13 ...

September 25, 2018

Fishing crew member charged with murder in attack at sea

A member of a fishing boat crew attacked his fellow crew members at sea with a knife and a hammer, killing one of them, ...

September 25, 2018

Quirk resolved: Border Missourians get Missouri addresses

A quirk in the mail delivery system that forced some rural Missouri residents living along the Iowa and Arkansas borders to ...

September 25, 2018

Dallas police officer who shot neighbor fired by department

A white Dallas police officer who fatally shot her black neighbor inside his own apartment was fired Monday, the same day the ...

September 25, 2018

Caregiver charged with attempted murder in newborn stabbings

A 52-year-old caregiver was charged in the knife attack on five people, including three newborn babies, at a home that was ...

September 25, 2018

The Latest: 5 powers agree on plan to assist Iran's exports

The latest on the United Nations General Assembly (all times local): 10:30 p.m. Five world powers have agreed with Iran to ...

September 25, 2018

Alaska man charged with murder in 10-year-old girl's slaying

An Alaska man was charged Monday in the death of a 10-year-old girl whose remains were found more than a week after she was ...

September 25, 2018

Jury finds Tennessee cemetery mostly to blame

A jury on Monday found a Tennessee cemetery mostly responsible for failing to meet obligations to families whose loved ones' ...

September 25, 2018

Sex offender faces court in case of 2 Arizona girls killed

For years, police couldn't figure out how a 6-year-old girl was taken from her bedroom window while she slept in her family's ...

September 25, 2018

Man, 74, found alive after 5 days inside fire-gutted complex

Engineers inspecting the wreckage of a public housing complex gutted by fire five days ago found a 74-year-old tenant inside, ...

September 24, 2018

Newly released records show lead-up to parking lot shooting

Florida authorities on Monday released hundreds of new pages in the case of a white man accused of fatally shooting a black ...

September 24, 2018

Coroner: LA mail carrier died of overheating on broiling day

The coroner's office says a Los Angeles mail carrier found dead inside her postal truck amid scorching temperatures died ...