US News

March 01, 2021

Student shoots, kills 15-year-old at Arkansas junior high

A 15-year-old boy shot and killed a fellow student at an Arkansas junior high school Monday morning and he has been detained ...

March 01, 2021

US probing engine fires in nearly 1.9M Toyota RAV4 SUVs

The U.S. government is investigating complaints of engine compartment fires in nearly 1.9 million Toyota RAV4 small SUVs.

March 01, 2021

Lady Gaga's dog walker speaks out after Hollywood shooting

Lady Gaga's dog walker, who was shot last week during a robbery in Hollywood when two of the singer’s French bulldogs were ...

March 01, 2021

2 Americans wanted in Ghosn's escape in Japanese custody

An American father and son wanted by Japan for aiding former Nissan Motor Co. Chairman Carlos Ghosn escape from the country ...

March 01, 2021

AG sues Texas utility over customers' sky-high energy bills

Texas' attorney general said Monday he's suing electricity provider Griddy for passing along massive bills to its customers ...

March 01, 2021

Hundreds claim decades of abuse by 150 youth center staffers

Abuse allegations against New Hampshire’s state-run youth detention center now span six decades, with 150 staffers during ...

February 28, 2021

LA police probe fire, vandalism at Japanese Buddhist temple

Authorities are investigating a vandalism and fire at a Buddhist temple in the Little Tokyo section of downtown Los Angeles.

February 27, 2021

AP: Trooper kicked, dragged Black man who died in custody

A Louisiana State Police trooper has been suspended without pay for kicking and dragging a handcuffed Black man whose ...

February 27, 2021

19th-century Amherst home cleared for mile-long move

Authorities have cleared the way for a 19th-century home in Amherst, Massachusetts, to be moved intact to a new site about ...

February 27, 2021

'Meyers Manx' dune buggy creator dead at 94

Bruce Meyers was hanging out at Pismo Beach on California's Central Coast one afternoon in 1963 when he saw something that ...

February 27, 2021

4 men convicted in 1993 WTC bombing have had sentences cut

Decades after going to prison, some of the men responsible for the World Trade Center bombing that killed six people 28 years ...

February 26, 2021

Feds say Massachusetts man scammed 3 women out of $500,000

A Massachusetts man told women he met at online dating sites fantastic stories about being involved in explosions on foreign ...

February 26, 2021

Members who broke with polygamous sect buy former compound

A compound in South Dakota’s Black Hills that was owned by a secretive polygamous sect has been sold at auction to three ...

February 26, 2021

AP names Anna Jo Bratton to post of US Enterprise Editor

The Associated Press has named Anna Jo Bratton as U.S. Enterprise Editor on the news cooperative’s Global Enterprise Team, ...

February 26, 2021

Cat that vanished 15 years ago is reunited with owner

A cat that went astray about 15 years ago has been reunited, older and maybe wiser, with its owner. Brandy, a brown tabby, ...

February 26, 2021

Olympics gymnastics coach kills himself after being charged

A former U.S. Olympics gymnastics coach with ties to disgraced sports doctor Larry Nassar killed himself Thursday, hours ...

February 25, 2021

Daniel Prude case reflects difficulty of prosecuting police

A grand jury’s decision not to indict officers involved in a fatal encounter with an unarmed Black man illustrates a hard ...

February 24, 2021

Bust of Black hero of Lewis & Clark trip goes up in Portland

Last year, protesters against racial injustice toppled numerous statues around the country. Now, one of the first works of ...

February 24, 2021

Hunters and trappers blow past Wisconsin's wolf kill target

Hunters and trappers blew past Wisconsin's wolf kill target in less than 72 hours, forcing a premature end to a hunt that ...

February 24, 2021

Mexico bid to sell presidential jet stretches into 3rd year

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s quixotic bid to sell off the presidential jet has now stretched into its ...