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September 22, 2018

Flooding: Dam breach at Duke plant; coal ash could spill

Florence's floodwaters breached a dam holding back a large reservoir at a Wilmington power plant Friday, and coal ash from ...

September 22, 2018

Guatemalan migrants, Arizona residents among 8 dead in crash

Arizona residents and Guatemalan immigrants in the U.S. illegally were among eight people killed earlier this week in a ...

September 22, 2018

Fugitive New Mexico priest pleads not guilty to sex abuse

A fugitive priest who fled the U.S. decades ago amid allegations of child sex abuse has been returned to New Mexico to face ...

September 22, 2018

Brazil arrests man linked to Hezbollah on crimes in Paraguay

Brazilian police arrested a fugitive Friday who is alleged by U.S. authorities to be Hezbollah's financier and who has ...

September 21, 2018

California college moves 'Prospector Pete' statue from plaza

California State University, Long Beach, will move its half-century-old "Prospector Pete" statue away from a prominent place ...

September 21, 2018

Woman stabs 5 - including newborns - at New York nursery

A woman stabbed five people — including three newborn babies — and then slashed her wrist early Friday inside a New York City ...

September 21, 2018

Mormons to stay outdoors after split with Boy Scouts

The Mormon church's new youth program, which will roll out in 2020 when it cuts all ties with Boy Scouts of America, will ...

September 21, 2018

4 dead, including suspect, after Maryland warehouse shooting

Workers say they endured horrifying moments of wild gunfire and terror as a woman working a temporary job at a drugstore ...

September 21, 2018

Native American teens stopped on college tour urge changes

An attorney for two Native American brothers pulled from a Colorado State University tour earlier this year has demanded the ...

September 21, 2018

Grand jury indicts Alaska man tied to girl's death

An Alaska man physically took the cellphone away from a 10-year-old girl who was later found dead, and he lied to authorities ...

September 20, 2018

Yellowstone thermal spring erupts for 4th time in 60 years

A thermal spring near Old Faithful in Yellowstone National Park has erupted for the fourth time in the last 60 years, a park ...

September 20, 2018

Gunman upset by divorce is found dead after manhunt

A Pennsylvania man who was apparently upset that his ex-wife had been awarded their home in their divorce was found dead ...

September 20, 2018

8 people, including 4 migrants in US illegally, die in crash

Eight people, including four immigrants in the U.S. illegally, were killed in a head-on crash on an Arizona highway, ...

September 20, 2018

Slayings raise alarms for women who practice sports alone

It was decades ago, but Sara Schwendinger remembers perfectly the panic she felt when she realized a car was following her ...

September 20, 2018

3 hurt in court shooting leave hospital; gunman identified

The wife of a gunman killed after he opened fire at a Pennsylvania municipal building Wednesday said in a social media post ...

September 20, 2018

The Latest: Thermal spring erupts at Yellowstone

The Latest on new thermal activity in Yellowstone National Park (all times local): 1:35 p.m. A Yellowstone National Park ...

September 20, 2018

Police: Gunman in workplace shooting had no criminal history

A Wisconsin software worker who opened fire on his fellow employees in their office had worked for the company for almost 18 ...

September 20, 2018

The Latest: Sheriff: Shooting suspect in critical condition

The Latest on the shooting in Maryland (all times local): 12:05 p.m. Law enforcement officials say the lone suspect in a ...

September 20, 2018

Correction: Murder Conviction Overturned-Arkansas story

In a story Sept. 19 about an Arkansas inmate being released from prison, The Associated Press misidentified the murder victim ...