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January 21, 2019

Teen in confrontation with Native American: I didn't provoke

The student who stared and smiled at an elderly Native American protester drumming in his face outside the Lincoln Memorial ...

January 20, 2019

Deputies shoot man after he kills 4, including baby daughter

A rural Oregon man killed four members of his family at the home they shared and was shot by sheriff's deputies as he tried ...

January 20, 2019

Paying for funerals impossible for many poor families

Darlene Hardison would have loved to have a funeral for her father and uncle and bury them in marked graves at a Michigan ...

January 20, 2019

Cejudo defends 125-pound belt with record win over Dillashaw

Henry Cejudo needed only a record 32 seconds to defend his 125-pound title in New York. Cejudo's next defense was a ...

January 20, 2019

The Latest: Cejudo defends 125-pound belt with 1st-round win

The Latest on the UFC card in New York with T.J. Dillashaw and Henry Cejudo fighting for the 125-pound title (all times ...

January 20, 2019

Magnitude 6.7 quake hits Chile's coast; no reports of damage

A 6.7-magnitude earthquake shook cities and towns on Chile's northern coast late Saturday, but there were no immediate ...

January 20, 2019

Mexican pipeline explosion kills 73, leaves nightmare of ash

Gerardo Perez returned Saturday to the scorched field in central Mexico where he'd seen an illegal pipeline tap burst into ...

January 20, 2019

The Latest: Death toll rises to 73 in Mexico pipeline blast

The Latest on a pipeline fire in Mexico (all times local): 7:00 p.m. Hidalgo state Gov. Omar Fayad says the death toll from ...

January 19, 2019

US airstrike in Somalia kills 52 al-Shabab extremists

The U.S. military on Saturday said it had carried out its deadliest airstrike in Somalia in months, killing 52 al-Shabab ...

January 19, 2019

Suspended pairs skating champion John Coughlin dies at 33

John Coughlin, a two-time U.S. pairs champion recently suspended from figure skating, died by suicide in Kansas City, ...

January 19, 2019

Frances R. Mears, longtime AP reporter and manager, dies

Frances R. Mears, an Associated Press reporter, editor and bureau chief during a journalism career that spanned more than 40 ...

January 19, 2019

21 dead, 71 burned in fire at illegal tap on Mexico pipeline

A huge fire exploded at a pipeline leaking fuel in central Mexico on Friday, killing at least 21 people and badly burning 71 ...

January 19, 2019

'Perfect cop': Thousands mourn rookie California officer

A young Natalie Corona would run around the house in police gear and loved watching the show "Cops." She always knew she ...

January 19, 2019

The Latest: 20 killed in huge fire at Mexican fuel pipeline

The Latest on a pipeline fire in Mexico (all times local): 8:45 p.m. An official says that 20 people have been killed and 54 ...

January 19, 2019

Facility where comatose woman gave birth faces new complaint

A long-term care facility where an Arizona woman in a vegetative state was raped and gave birth said Friday that it's ...

January 18, 2019

Suit says Waffle House shooting suspect's father negligent

A civil lawsuit against the father of the man accused of fatally shooting four people at a Waffle House in Nashville last ...

January 18, 2019

Cat rescued after sliding down dam's spillway

A wayward cat is safe after it was rescued from a dam in Indiana. The Huntington County Sheriff's Department writes on ...

January 18, 2019

Hospital CEO: Victim of New Mexico avalanche has died

A 22-year-old man died after being pulled from snow that crashed down a mountainside during an avalanche at a New Mexico ski ...

January 18, 2019

New attorneys general to continue investigating clergy abuse

Newly inaugurated state attorneys general said they plan to continue investigations of clergy abuse in the Roman Catholic ...