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November 19, 2019

Rancher gets life in prison in beating death of his fiancee

A Colorado rancher was sentenced to life in prison without parole Monday shortly after a jury convicted him of beating his ...

November 19, 2019

Police chief: 3 people killed in Oklahoma Walmart shooting

Two men and a woman were fatally shot Monday morning outside a Walmart store in southwestern Oklahoma, and the shooter is ...

November 18, 2019

Police: Home in California backyard shooting was targeted

Police searched Monday for two assailants who sneaked into a backyard party in Fresno and opened fire on a small crowd that ...

November 18, 2019

Auto union now turns focus to Fiat Chrysler; strike possible

The United Auto Workers union on Monday turned its bargaining focus to Fiat Chrysler, raising the possibility of another ...

November 18, 2019

Judge denies DNA testing sought 13 years post-execution

The daughter of a man executed 13 years ago for murder does not have legal standing to seek DNA testing of evidence in the ...

November 18, 2019

US group says 803 unbelted rear-seat passengers died in 2018

More than 800 rear-seat passengers who weren’t wearing seat belts were killed last year in U.S. traffic crashes, and a ...

November 18, 2019

Thousands at vigil for victims of California school shooting

Thousands of people held a candlelight vigil to remember two students shot and killed by a classmate at his Southern ...

November 18, 2019

Report: Prosecutor used daughter as bait to catch molester

A Northern California prosecutor used his 13-year-old daughter to lure a man back to the spot where she said he had molested ...

November 17, 2019

Dunkin’ bans the ‘double-cup’ as it swaps foam for paper

The Dunkin’ coffee chain says customers will have to do without a “double cup” for their iced drinks. A new campaign focused ...

November 17, 2019

Parents, 3 sons die in apparent murder-suicide in San Diego

A husband and wife and three of their young children died Saturday morning at the family’s San Diego home in what police ...

November 16, 2019

Last survivor of the Hindenburg disaster dies at age 90

The last remaining survivor of the Hindenburg disaster, who suffered severe burns to his face, arms and legs before his ...

November 16, 2019

Walmart alters disability reassignment policy to settle suit

Walmart has agreed to change its national policy for reassigning disabled workers to settle a lawsuit brought by the U.S.

November 16, 2019

California school shooter dies with motive a mystery

The death of a 16-year-old boy who killed two students and wounded three others at his Southern California high school has ...

November 16, 2019

Shooting outside Charlotte bars draws police, leaves 1 dead

Witnesses described chaos outside bars early Friday during a fatal shooting that involved two police officers at an ...

November 16, 2019

Real estate heiress who posted $35M bail acquitted of murder

A San Francisco Bay Area real estate heiress who was under house arrest on $35 million bail for more than two years plans to ...

November 15, 2019

Oklahoma judge reduces J&J order in opioid lawsuit by $107M

An Oklahoma judge who last summer ordered consumer products giant Johnson & Johnson to pay $572 million to help address the ...

November 15, 2019

Ex-tennis club chief pleads guilty in college bribery case

The former president of a private tennis club in Texas has pleaded guilty in the college admissions scandal. Martin Fox ...

November 15, 2019

Man convicted in 3 deaths; bodies were burned in pig roaster

A man was convicted Friday for his role in the slayings of three young men who were lured to a suburban Philadelphia farm ...

November 15, 2019

Toronto woman pleads guilty to tossing chair from high rise

A woman accused of throwing a chair off a 45th story balcony from a downtown Toronto high-rise has pleaded guilty to mischief ...

November 15, 2019

AP Interview: Evo Morales wants UN mediation in Bolivia

Bolivia’s Evo Morales called for the United Nations, and possibly Pope Francis, to mediate in the Andean nation’s political ...