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February 29, 2020

A baby hippopotamus born at the San Diego Zoo last month has a name. The zoo says the river hippo calf will be called Amahle ...

February 28, 2020

2 charged in attack on Spanish-speaking woman, daughter

Two women were charged Friday with beating a woman and her daughter, who say they were targeted for speaking Spanish in ...

February 28, 2020

13 suspected immigrants rescued from ocean off California

Southern California lifeguards rescued 13 people and were searching for others believed to have been dropped off early Friday ...

February 28, 2020

Dad gets 72 years in death of boy found encased in concrete

The father of a 7-year-old boy whose body was found encased in concrete in a storage unit in 2018 was sentenced to 72 years ...

February 28, 2020

Mass killings database: Workplace shootings remain rare

The mass shooting at a brewery in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was the 13th in the U.S. since 2006. Workplace mass shootings remain ...

February 28, 2020

Immigration courts seek steep fee hikes for appeals, filings

U.S. immigration courts on Friday proposed raising fees on filings and appeals by hundreds of dollars in a move that ...

February 28, 2020

St. Louis officer gets 7 years in Russian roulette shooting

A St. Louis police officer accused of accidentally killing a female colleague while playing a variation of Russian roulette ...

February 28, 2020

Ski racing community starts to back away from toxic wax

At ski races across the United States, competitors are starting to abandon a type of wax many count on for speed amid ...

February 28, 2020

Students stage sit-in outside University of Oklahoma offices

Dozens of University of Oklahoma students staged a sit-in that continued Friday outside OU's administrative offices following ...

February 28, 2020

Mississippi man gets death sentence for multiple killings

A Mississippi man was given four death sentences by a jury on Thursday, hours after he spoke in court and blamed the devil ...

February 28, 2020

Former Michigan wrestlers urge more victims to 'speak up'

The whistleblower whose letter to University of Michigan athletic director Warde Manuel alleging sexual assault sparked an ...

February 28, 2020

Neighbors: Brewery gunman a 'gentleman'; no motive yet known

A Milwaukee electrician who police identified Thursday as the man who fatally shot five co-workers at one of the nation's ...

February 28, 2020

Stolen hearse carrying casket recovered after freeway chase

It has all the hallmarks of an only-in-Los Angeles crime: A thief stole a hearse — with a body inside — then went on a wild ...

February 28, 2020

Utah university solicits transcriptions of brothel interview

Notes from a newspaper interview with a Utah brothel owner nearly 70 years ago have drawn widespread interest from people who ...

February 27, 2020

Feds cite new evidence against former Mexico security chief

New evidence against Mexico's former top security official has been uncovered since he was charged with taking tens of ...

February 27, 2020

Female wrestler wins North Carolina high school championship

A female wrestler has made history by winning a state high school wrestling championship in North Carolina. The North ...

February 27, 2020

US orders for durable goods slip 0.2% in January

Orders to U.S. factories for big-ticket manufactured goods dipped in January, pulled down by decreased demand for cars, auto ...

February 27, 2020

Utility to pay $53M for blasts that damaged homes, killed 1

A utility company will pay the largest criminal fine ever imposed for breaking a federal pipeline safety law — $53 million ...

February 27, 2020

Cause of Los Angeles-area refinery fire under investigation

The cause of an explosion and fire at the largest oil refinery on the West Coast was under investigation Wednesday as air ...