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September 22, 2018

Tribal members settle abuse cases against Mormon church

Four Native Americans who claimed they were sexually abused while enrolled in a now-defunct Mormon church foster program ...

September 22, 2018

National park in Hawaii reopens after monthslong eruption

A national park in Hawaii has reopened after being closed for more than four months because of Kilauea volcano's latest ...

September 22, 2018

The Latest: Hawaii national parks reopens after lava shut it

The Latest on the reopening of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park after an eruption that caused widespread damage to ...

September 22, 2018

State investigating restaurant that calmed lobsters with pot

State health inspectors are investigating a Maine lobster restaurant that tried to mellow out lobsters with marijuana.

September 22, 2018

California man arrested in 10 'horrific' cold-case rapes

A married 58-year-old man has been arrested in connection with at least 10 rapes across Northern California between 1991 and ...

September 22, 2018

Flooding: Dam breach at Duke plant; coal ash could spill

Florence's floodwaters breached a dam holding back a large reservoir at a Wilmington power plant Friday, and coal ash from ...

September 22, 2018

Guatemalan migrants, Arizona residents among 8 dead in crash

Arizona residents and Guatemalan immigrants in the U.S. illegally were among eight people killed earlier this week in a ...

September 22, 2018

Fugitive New Mexico priest pleads not guilty to sex abuse

A fugitive priest who fled the U.S. decades ago amid allegations of child sex abuse has been returned to New Mexico to face ...

September 22, 2018

Brazil arrests man linked to Hezbollah on crimes in Paraguay

Brazilian police arrested a fugitive Friday who is alleged by U.S. authorities to be Hezbollah's financier and who has ...

September 21, 2018

California college moves 'Prospector Pete' statue from plaza

California State University, Long Beach, will move its half-century-old "Prospector Pete" statue away from a prominent place ...

September 21, 2018

Woman stabs 5 - including newborns - at New York nursery

A woman stabbed five people — including three newborn babies — and then slashed her wrist early Friday inside a New York City ...

September 21, 2018

Mormons to stay outdoors after split with Boy Scouts

The Mormon church's new youth program, which will roll out in 2020 when it cuts all ties with Boy Scouts of America, will ...

September 21, 2018

4 dead, including suspect, after Maryland warehouse shooting

Workers say they endured horrifying moments of wild gunfire and terror as a woman working a temporary job at a drugstore ...

September 21, 2018

Native American teens stopped on college tour urge changes

An attorney for two Native American brothers pulled from a Colorado State University tour earlier this year has demanded the ...

September 21, 2018

Grand jury indicts Alaska man tied to girl's death

An Alaska man physically took the cellphone away from a 10-year-old girl who was later found dead, and he lied to authorities ...

September 20, 2018

Yellowstone thermal spring erupts for 4th time in 60 years

A thermal spring near Old Faithful in Yellowstone National Park has erupted for the fourth time in the last 60 years, a park ...

September 20, 2018

Gunman upset by divorce is found dead after manhunt

A Pennsylvania man who was apparently upset that his ex-wife had been awarded their home in their divorce was found dead ...

September 20, 2018

8 people, including 4 migrants in US illegally, die in crash

Eight people, including four immigrants in the U.S. illegally, were killed in a head-on crash on an Arizona highway, ...

September 20, 2018

Slayings raise alarms for women who practice sports alone

It was decades ago, but Sara Schwendinger remembers perfectly the panic she felt when she realized a car was following her ...