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September 30, 2016

Mother sues airline for flying 5-year-old son to wrong city

A New York City woman is suing JetBlue Airways for mixing up her 5-year-old son with another boy and flying him to the wrong ...

September 30, 2016

North Dakota tavern takes trademark as North American center

Crediting "barstool science," a small-town tavern in central North Dakota is laying claim as the center of North America ...

September 30, 2016

Lawyer: Jury should hear about cop's 'auditory exclusion'

A lawyer for a white Oklahoma police officer charged in an unarmed black man's death says she was so hyper-focused on the ...

September 30, 2016

Southern Conference to keep championships in North Carolina

The Southern Conference will keep four league championships in North Carolina despite the NCAA and the Atlantic Coast ...

September 30, 2016

Stolen Fernandez jersey returned to Tampa high school

A high school jersey once worn by Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez and stolen after his death has been returned to the Florida ...

September 30, 2016

Police: Pennsylvania dealer hid 110 heroin bags in buttocks

Police say a Pennsylvania drug dealing suspect was found hiding 110 small bags of heroin in his buttocks. Authorities say ...

September 30, 2016

Police search Connecticut home of woman lost at sea

Police have searched the home of a Connecticut woman who is presumed dead after going missing at sea during a fishing trip ...

September 30, 2016

The Latest: Boy still in critical after school shooting

The Latest on a school shooting in South Carolina (all times local): 4:30 p.m. A 6-year-old boy remains in critical condition ...

September 30, 2016

14-year-old boy charged in father's killing, school shooting

A 14-year-old South Carolina boy was charged as a juvenile Friday with murder and three counts of attempted murder after ...

September 30, 2016

Investigators question engineer in deadly train crash

Federal investigators trying to figure out the cause of the deadly rail crash at the Hoboken station questioned the engineer ...

September 29, 2016

Police reviewing gun store video in mall shooting case

Detectives are investigating a tip that the suspect in a deadly mall shooting north of Seattle may have tried unsuccessfully ...

September 29, 2016

Pittsburgh man faces penalty if he can't catch noisy rooster

A Pittsburgh man has 30 days to figure out how to catch a noisy rooster or the city will penalize him. The Pittsburgh ...

September 29, 2016

Disbarred lawyer pleads guilty in kidnap once called a hoax

A disbarred Harvard University-trained attorney is trying to avoid a life prison sentence with a plea bargain in a kidnapping ...

September 29, 2016

More than another call: Chief talks about school shooting

When two volunteer firefighters rolled up to an elementary school shooting, they said they found only a wrecked black pickup ...

September 29, 2016

Ex-doctor faces Omaha trial for alleged revenge killings

It was a mystery that many thought might never be solved: Who savagely stabbed to death the 11-year-old son of two medical ...

September 29, 2016

Company: Crows knocked out power to 100,000 in 3 states

A utility company says two crows triggered a power outage in mid-July that knocked out service to about 100,000 customers in ...

September 29, 2016

New Hampshire hotel is home to supersized cat

Guests at a hotel in New Hampshire can be forgiven for thinking a raccoon is lounging out front. The huge ball of fur on the ...

September 29, 2016

Ex-student gets probation in Iowa State sex assault case

A student who was sexually assaulted after an Iowa State University party confronted her assailant at his sentencing hearing ...

September 29, 2016

The Latest: Superintendent: Training saved students' lives

The Latest on a teenager who is accused of killing his father before shooting three people at a school in South Carolina (all ...