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January 24, 2020

Nonprofits worry sale of dot-org universe will raise costs

The company that controls the dot-org online universe is putting the registry of domain names up for sale, and the nonprofits ...

January 24, 2020

Some see end to caravans as Mexican guardsmen stop migrants

From the roadside stand where his family sells mole, barbecue and chicken stew, Miguel Ángel Vázquez has seen all the ...

January 24, 2020

Mayor, police pledge action after deadly Seattle shooting

A shootout in downtown Seattle that left a woman dead and a 9-year-old boy injured was the third violent incident this week ...

January 24, 2020

Mexican guardsmen break up migrant caravan along highway

Eight hundred Central American migrants were rounded up and hauled onto buses by Mexican national guardsmen and immigration ...

January 24, 2020

'Sopranos' actress says Weinstein raped her in the mid-1990s

“Sopranos” actress Annabella Sciorra confronted Harvey Weinstein from the witness stand Thursday, testifying that the former ...

January 24, 2020

Prosecutor: DNA match leads to Florida 'pillowcase rapist'

Prosecutors announced Thursday that a sophisticated DNA match has led to the cold case arrest of a Florida man believed to ...

January 24, 2020

Cremated human remains found in California after theft

A Southern California coastal cleanup crew ended nine months of anguish for a grieving family with the discovery of cremated ...

January 24, 2020

Russian pleads guilty in Virginia to large-scale card fraud

A Russian national pleaded guilty Thursday to running a website that helped people commit more than $20 million in ...

January 23, 2020

Groups seek items they say could exonerate executed inmate

Two groups sued a central Arkansas city on Thursday seeking the release of evidence they say could exonerate an inmate who ...

January 23, 2020

Nevada woman sentenced for killing she blamed on spirits

A Nevada woman who said she shot a gun at spirits who attacked her roommate was sentenced to prison for the man's fatal ...

January 23, 2020

Cleveland bishop named Philadelphia’s next archbishop

The Roman Catholic bishop of Cleveland will become the new leader of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, the Vatican announced ...

January 23, 2020

10-year-old shot in drive-by outside California school

A 10-year-old student was shot by a stray bullet in a drive-by shooting outside a Southern California elementary school, ...

January 23, 2020

Michelle Carter, of texting suicide case, freed from jail

Michelle Carter, the woman convicted of manslaughter for urging her suicidal boyfriend to kill himself in text messages that ...

January 23, 2020

Deputy uses stun gun to settle a beef between K9 and cow

A sheriff's deputy responding to a burglary call in South Carolina was forced to settle a beef between his K9 and a spooked ...

January 23, 2020

Hawaii eyes closing gun loopholes, bolstering mental health

Hawaii already has some of the nation's strictest gun laws, but the fatal shooting of two Honolulu police officers by a man ...

January 23, 2020

Survivor says doorbell-ringing prank led to deadly attack

A doorbell-ringing prank led a man to chase and ram a car full of teenagers, killing three, a survivor said. Three other teen ...

January 22, 2020

Fifth condemned Tennessee inmate opts for the electric chair

A Tennessee inmate has chosen the electric chair for his scheduled execution next month, opting like four other inmates in ...

January 22, 2020

Government: Tax evader in standoff should not be released

A woman who took part in a monthslong standoff with her husband at their home against U.S. marshals in 2007 should not be ...

January 22, 2020

Police: 3 children killed by their mother were suffocated

A woman arrested on suspicion of killing her three young children told investigators that she suffocated her son and two ...