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September 24, 2016

Police: Teen driver crashes into parade-goers; 8 injured

Authorities say a teenage driver in suburban St. Louis struck another vehicle and then spun into people who were waiting for ...

September 24, 2016

Hold your nose: Stinky corpse flower blooms in New Hampshire

A flower that got its nickname from its putrid smell is blooming at Dartmouth College for the first time since 2011.

September 24, 2016

Experts: May be hard convicting Tulsa cop of manslaughter

Prosecutors moved quickly to charge a white Tulsa, Oklahoma, police officer with manslaughter in the fatal shooting of an ...

September 24, 2016

Black community sees Charlotte as glimmering, fake Oz

To much of the world, Charlotte is the Queen City — a gleaming downtown, state-of-the-art stadiums, sparkling new mass ...

September 24, 2016

The Latest: Friends, family of victims gather at church

The Latest on a fatal shooting at a mall in Washington state (all times local): 2:50 p.m. Relatives and friends of victims ...

September 24, 2016

Shooting sows terror at Washington mall; shooter on loose

The first 911 call came in just before 7 p.m. on a busy Friday night at the Cascade Mall: A man with a rifle was shooting at ...

September 23, 2016

Police: Lone gunman kills 4 females at Washington state mall

Police searched Saturday for a gunman who opened fire in the makeup department of a Macy's store at a mall north of Seattle, ...

September 23, 2016

Boy on scooter does $1 million in damage in Wal-Mart arson

Police say a 12-year-old boy riding a push scooter set fire to the arts-and-crafts section of a Wal-Mart store in the ...

September 23, 2016

Death sentence for man who killed 2 to get wedding money

A Southern California man who killed two people and dismembered one of them as part of a plot to steal money to pay for his ...

September 23, 2016

CAA to move women's golf event from NC if law not repealed

The Colonial Athletic Association has announced it will pull its women's golf championship from North Carolina unless a state ...

September 23, 2016

Hold your nose: Stinky corpse flower opens in New Hampshire

A flower that got its nickname from its putrid smell is started to bloom Friday at Dartmouth College for the first time since ...

Deitra Schmer, Andrea Brown, Adrian Atkinson

September 23, 2016

6 Portland health providers give $21.5M for homeless housing

Five major hospitals in Portland, Oregon, and a nonprofit health care plan said Friday they will donate a combined $21.

September 23, 2016

Judge rules 37 years enough jail time for deputy's slaying

A man who's been locked up nearly 38 years for his role in the fatal shooting of a western Maryland deputy has served enough ...

September 23, 2016

SpaceX: Accident points to breach in rocket's helium system

SpaceX said Friday that evidence points to a large breach in the rocket's helium system during a routine prelaunch test that ...

September 23, 2016

911 transcript: Club gunman said US must stop Syria strikes

The gunman responsible for the worst mass shooting in U.S. history told a police negotiator during a standoff at a Florida ...

September 23, 2016

Michigan quintuplets work first jobs together at McDonald's

Three 18-year-old brothers and their two 18-year-old sisters have landed their first jobs, together, at a McDonald's in ...

September 23, 2016

The Latest: Westbrook says fatal Tulsa shooting hits home

The Latest on an Oklahoma police officer's fatal shooting of an unarmed black man (all times local): 1:55 p.m. Oklahoma City ...

September 23, 2016

Send in the clown complaints: Spate of reports raises alarm

Police are encouraging caution amid a rash of public complaints and social media reports in a number of states of people ...

September 23, 2016

Ed Temple dies: Coached Wilma Rudolph to Olympic gold medals

Ed Temple, the former Tennessee State track and field coach whose Tigerbelles won 13 Olympic gold medals and helped break ...