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October 18, 2018

Federal prosecutors open clergy abuse probe in Pennsylvania

Federal prosecutors have opened an investigation of child sexual abuse by Roman Catholic priests in Pennsylvania, using ...

October 18, 2018

Attorney: Ex-USA Gymnastics head didn't know of indictment

As he traveled to Tennessee for a family vacation, former USA Gymnastics President Steve Penny had no clue a Texas grand jury ...

October 19, 2018

What's next for Paul Allen's big investments? It's not clear

Prior to his death on Monday, billionaire Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen invested large sums in technology ventures, ...

October 19, 2018

APNewsBreak: California revisits three-strike life sentences

Up to 4,000 California inmates serving life sentences for nonviolent convictions will have a chance at parole following the ...

October 18, 2018

Volunteers join search for girl whose parents were killed

One-hundred volunteers have joined the search for a Wisconsin girl who went missing earlier this week and whose parents were ...

October 19, 2018

Todd Bol, founder of Little Free Library book sharing, dies

The Wisconsin man who founded the Little Free Library, a nonprofit that began with a dollhouse-like box of free books in his ...

October 18, 2018

'Call my lawyer,' says sweater seized with stolen sneakers

A Virginia store has had 20 right-foot shoes stolen over the course of three break-ins this year. The Roanoke Times reports ...

October 18, 2018

Motorists stunned as metal balls roll down Seattle street

Authorities in Seattle temporarily closed a street after motorists were stunned by dozens of large metal balls that spilled ...

October 18, 2018

Mega Millions jackpot jumps to $970M as drawing approaches

The Mega Millions jackpot has climbed to $970 million, inching ever-closer to the $1 billion mark. Officials raised the ...

October 18, 2018

Ex-USA Gymnastics head indicted in Texas on tampering charge

Former USA Gymnastics president Steve Penny was arrested Wednesday after a Texas grand jury indicted him, alleging he ...

October 18, 2018

Police officer lectures black 11-year-old carrying BB gun

A police officer in Columbus, Ohio, instructed an 11-year-old caught Saturday with a BB gun to remember one name: Tyre King.

October 18, 2018

Sheriff: Missing Wisconsin girl's parents were shot to death

A missing Wisconsin girl's parents were shot to death in their house while the girl was home, authorities said Wednesday as ...

October 18, 2018

13 years later, guilty plea in post-Katrina racial shooting

A white man who fired a shotgun at three African-Americans amid the chaos that followed Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans more ...

October 18, 2018

Migrants moving again in Guatemala, Trump targets Democrats

More than 2,000 Honduran migrants traveling en masse through Guatemala resumed their journey toward the United States on ...

October 18, 2018

Harvard emails illuminate power of wealth in admissions

A federal trial alleging bias against Harvard University underscored a cold truth of the school's admissions process on ...

October 17, 2018

California zoo euthanizes beloved 47-year-old elephant

A California zoo had to euthanize one of its most beloved and oldest residents, a 47-year-old Asian elephant named Sujatha, ...

October 17, 2018

Police say teenager baked grandfather's ashes into cookies

A high school student mixed her cremated grandfather's ashes into homemade sugar cookies and shared them with several ...

October 17, 2018

Shoe-shiner who gave $200K in tips to hospital dies at 76

A part-time shoe-shiner who donated more than $200,000 in tips over 30 years to a Pittsburgh children's hospital died early ...

October 17, 2018

Nobel Prize winner honored with dedicated campus bike rack

The University of Missouri is honoring its Nobel Prize-winning scientist with an unusual accolade: a dedicated spot in a ...