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September 25, 2017

Rangers: Woman armed with frying pan helped stop forest fire

Maine forest rangers say the quick actions of a woman armed with a frying pan helped stop a forest fire. Rangers say Nancy ...

September 25, 2017

APNewsBreak: Planes designed for Alaska to take final flight

An airplane uniquely configured for Alaska that could leave passengers sharing the main deck with a kitchen sink, this week's ...

September 25, 2017

Small plane crashes in front yard of home, injuring pilot

A small plane has crashed in the front yard of a suburban Philadelphia home, leaving the pilot injured. Police say the crash ...

September 25, 2017

Gunman opens fire in Nashville church; 1 dead, 7 wounded

A masked gunman opened fire at a Nashville church Sunday, walking silently down the aisle as he shot unsuspecting congregants

September 25, 2017

The Latest: Church shooting suspect charged with murder

The Latest on a shooting at a church in Nashville (all times local): 10:30 p.m. A man accused of killing one person and ...

September 25, 2017

Mexico border crossing to reopen 12 hours ahead of schedule

The busiest border crossing in the United States was set to reopen about 12 hours ahead of schedule Monday after it closed ...

September 25, 2017

The Latest: Some refuse to return to Mexico police building

The latest on Mexico's earthquake (all times local): 6:25 p.m. Some workers at Mexico City's police headquarters are refusing ...

September 25, 2017

7 charged with rioting after protest in St. Louis County

Protesters who were arrested at an unruly demonstration at a suburban St. Louis shopping mall were released from jail Sunday ...

September 24, 2017

Latest: Right-wing activist holds short California rally

The Latest on a planned speech by a right-wing provocateur at the University of California, Berkeley (all times local): 12:45 ...

September 24, 2017

Life, death in balance for Mexico quake survivors

In a hospital room blocks away from where he survived 26 hours buried under the rubble of his nine-story apartment building, ...

September 24, 2017

Some forcibly arrested in St. Louis weren't protesting

An undercover St. Louis police officer and an Air Force lieutenant who lives in the neighborhood were among several people ...

September 24, 2017

New earthquake, magnitude 6.1, shakes jittery Mexico

A strong new earthquake shook Mexico on Saturday, killing at least two people, toppling already damaged homes and a highway ...

September 24, 2017

Mexico honors its greatest wrestler, El Santo, at centennial

You may have never heard the name Rodolfo Guzman. But his silver-masked alter ego, El Santo, was a larger-than-life presence ...

September 24, 2017

Right-wing firebrand plans to hold rally at UC Berkeley

Right-wing provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos vowed Saturday to hold a rally at the University of California, Berkeley after a ...

September 24, 2017

Corn maze marks 100 anniversary of women voting in New York

An upstate New York farm is marking the 100th anniversary of women's suffrage in the state in distinctly fall fashion, with ...

September 24, 2017

The Latest: After quakes, Mexico volcano spews vapor and ash

The Latest on earthquakes in Mexico (all times local): 6:20 p.m. The Popocatepetl volcano near Mexico City has spewed a cloud ...

September 24, 2017

Expansion work closes busiest US-Mexico border crossing

Detoured traffic into Mexico from the busiest border crossing with the United States was unusually light Saturday as ...

September 23, 2017

The Latest: Protesters arrested at St. Louis shopping mall

The Latest on protests in St. Louis over acquittal of officer in black man's shooting death (all times local): 3:10 p.m.

September 23, 2017

US priest martyred in Guatemala beatified before thousands

Few religious pilgrimages lead down a dusty, unpaved Oklahoma road past grazing horses, metal barns and towering wind ...