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November 16, 2018

Staggered evacuation plan questioned in fire's aftermath

Ten years ago, as two wildfires advanced on Paradise, residents jumped into their vehicles to flee and got stuck in gridlock.

November 16, 2018

Fire refugees camp in Walmart parking lot amid uncertainty

Fire refugee Anna Goodnight sat on an overturned shopping cart Thursday in a Walmart parking lot as she ate scrambled eggs ...

November 16, 2018

Prosecutor: Ohio suspects talked revenge vs. investigators

Two women who are the mothers of two suspects in the massacre of a family, and the grandmothers of the other two, pleaded not ...

November 16, 2018

Homeless Samaritan tale raised $400K. Police say it's a lie

A feel-good tale of a homeless man using his last $20 to help a stranded New Jersey woman buy gas was actually a complete ...

November 16, 2018

Criticized deputy refuses to testify about school massacre

For months, members of the panel investigating Florida's high school massacre have called the sheriff's deputy assigned to ...

November 16, 2018

Dartmouth sued following professor misconduct allegations

Dartmouth College was sued Thursday for allegedly allowing three professors to create a culture in their department that ...

November 15, 2018

Hate-crime indictments returned in Kentucky grocery killings

Federal prosecutors have charged a white man with federal hate crimes in the killings of two African-Americans at a grocery ...

November 15, 2018

Official: Alabama prosecutor wounded, ex-trooper was suspect

A county prosecutor was shot and wounded in rural western Alabama before officers fatally wounded the suspect, a former state ...

November 15, 2018

Father: Threats to driver won't bring justice for slain kids

The father of one of three Indiana children who were struck and killed by a pickup truck as they crossed a road to board a ...

November 15, 2018

Man on trial for killing girlfriend's abusive Missouri mom

A woman whose mother for years made everyone believe her daughter was seriously ill testified Thursday that she talked her ...

November 15, 2018

Inmate confesses to 90 deaths; investigators corroborate 30

A man convicted of three California murders and long suspected in numerous other deaths now claims he was involved in about ...

November 15, 2018

Bass Pro Shops pulls Trail of Tears rifle amid complaints

Bass Pro Shops pulled a used 1978 Winchester rifle commemorating the Cherokee Trail of Tears from one of its Arkansas store's ...

November 15, 2018

Police capture 'unruly' and 'uncooperative' runaway pig

Maine State Police say they helped corral a rather "unruly' pig on the run along Interstate 95. State police say in a ...

November 15, 2018

Florida man pleads not guilty in political pipe bombs case

The Florida man accused of sending pipe bombs to prominent critics of President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty Thursday to ...

November 15, 2018

Police: Woman's car damaged in SpaghettiOs assault

Police are investigating an assault involving several cans of SpaghettiOs in Pittsburgh. WTAE-TV reports a woman told police ...

November 15, 2018

No charges in death of teen trapped in minivan

A prosecutor announced Thursday no one will face criminal charges for the failed response to a 16-year-old Ohio student who ...

November 15, 2018

Pancake stop snags inmate who fled jail with help from mom

An inmate fled a Georgia jail with the help of his mom and then went out for pancakes. News outlets report 27-year-old Joshua ...

November 15, 2018

Transit riders, drivers brace for influx of Amazon employees

Commuters beware: New York and Washington's clogged streets and creaky subway systems are about to feel more pain as 50,000 ...

November 15, 2018

Case reveals shame, trauma of male sex trafficking victims

Like many victims of a Connecticut sex trafficking ring that preyed on troubled young men and teenage boys for more than 20 ...