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March 05, 2020

Man gets jail for video of himself licking ice cream tub

A 24-year-old man was sentenced Wednesday to 30 days in jail for posting on social media a video last August of himself ...

March 05, 2020

Ex-wrestler sues University of Michigan over doc's assaults

A man who was a college wrestler in the 1980s sued the University of Michigan on Wednesday, alleging that a school doctor ...

March 04, 2020

Mormon-owned BYU: Same-sex romantic behavior still banned

Brigham Young University in Utah reiterated Wednesday that “same-sex romantic behavior” is not allowed on campus — dashing ...

March 04, 2020

Accent mark in official Santa Fe seal in wrong spot

An accent mark on the official seal of the capital city of the nation's most Hispanic state is in the wrong spot.

March 04, 2020

4 Mexican bishops referred to superiors in sex abuse cases

The Vatican's representative in Mexico said Tuesday that four Catholic bishops had been referred to their superiors for ...

March 03, 2020

Police: 3 die in plane crash on I-55 in central Illinois

Three people died Tuesday morning when a small plane crashed and burst into flames on Interstate 55 in central Illinois, ...

March 03, 2020

After 2 weeks of pounding, Leaning Tower of Dallas is down

The Leaning Tower of Dallas, the nearly iconic remnant of a high-rise building implosion gone awry, finally collapsed in a ...

March 02, 2020

Prosecutor: Ex-convict was in bed with victim when arrested

An ex-convict accused of forcing young women he met in his daughter's dormitory into prostitution or forced labor after ...

March 02, 2020

Car pins sleeping man to wall in Southern California home

A man sleeping in his bedroom was pinned against a wall when a car smashed through the house in Southern California, ...

March 01, 2020

Outspoken gang critic LeBarón flees threat in Mexico for US

A prominent member of a community of U.S.-Mexican dual citizens living in northern Mexico that was shattered by the November ...

February 29, 2020

Brewery gunman accused of punching woman, gun crime in 90s

The man police say killed five co-workers at one of the nation's largest breweries before killing himself was accused of ...

February 29, 2020

Baby hippo at San Diego Zoo gets a name

A baby hippopotamus born at the San Diego Zoo last month has a name. The zoo says the river hippo calf will be called Amahle ...

February 28, 2020

2 charged in attack on Spanish-speaking woman, daughter

Two women were charged Friday with beating a woman and her daughter, who say they were targeted for speaking Spanish in ...

February 28, 2020

13 suspected immigrants rescued from ocean off California

Southern California lifeguards rescued 13 people and were searching for others believed to have been dropped off early Friday ...

February 28, 2020

Dad gets 72 years in death of boy found encased in concrete

The father of a 7-year-old boy whose body was found encased in concrete in a storage unit in 2018 was sentenced to 72 years ...

February 28, 2020

Mass killings database: Workplace shootings remain rare

The mass shooting at a brewery in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was the 13th in the U.S. since 2006. Workplace mass shootings remain ...

February 28, 2020

Immigration courts seek steep fee hikes for appeals, filings

U.S. immigration courts on Friday proposed raising fees on filings and appeals by hundreds of dollars in a move that ...

February 28, 2020

St. Louis officer gets 7 years in Russian roulette shooting

A St. Louis police officer accused of accidentally killing a female colleague while playing a variation of Russian roulette ...

February 28, 2020

Ski racing community starts to back away from toxic wax

At ski races across the United States, competitors are starting to abandon a type of wax many count on for speed amid ...