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September 27, 2016

House explosion kills fire battalion chief, a rising star

A battalion chief who had been considered a rising star in the Fire Department of New York was killed Tuesday when a row ...

September 27, 2016

Carter: Nuke force changes are 'bearing fruit'

Defense Secretary Ash Carter, who inherited a tangled web of problems in the Air Force nuclear missile corps when he took ...

September 26, 2016

Rio police kill drug suspect who made bold hospital escape

Brazilian police fatally shot a suspected drug trafficker Monday who had stunned Rio de Janeiro by pulling off a violent ...

September 26, 2016

Catholic Church alleges smear campaign against slain priests

Mexico's Roman Catholic Church on Monday harshly criticized what it called a campaign to smear three priests murdered in less ...

September 26, 2016

LePage's documents don't back up claims on blacks, Hispanics

Gov. Paul LePage on Monday released his informal documentation on drug arrests and they don't back up his claim that ...

September 26, 2016

Lawyer for Mexico drug lord 'El Chapo' Guzman claims torture

A lawyer for Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman said Monday he will argue that his client has been the victim of ...

September 24, 2016

Doubts remain after Charlotte police shooting video released

Charlotte police released dramatic video Saturday that shows officers with guns drawn surrounding a black man with his hands ...

September 23, 2016

Bankrupt, hobbled by violence, San Bernardino still bleeding

When Betty Saffi moved to San Bernardino a year ago, she was thrilled to slash her commute time and slice $400 off her ...

September 22, 2016

California pot farm violence concerns rise during harvest

The four brothers were badly beaten, cold and terrified for their lives when they appeared before dawn at a stranger's ...

September 21, 2016

Police: 4 men held at California pot farm, forced to work

Two women have been arrested on charges of holding four brothers captive at an illegal marijuana farm in Northern California ...

September 21, 2016

Plastic surgeon who has been guest on TV faces drug charges

A Massachusetts plastic surgeon who's been a guest on several national television programs is facing drug charges. Police say ...

September 21, 2016

Fentanyl blamed for spate of overdoses in West Virginia city

Authorities say the heroin that led 27 people to overdose in a five-hour span in a single West Virginia city had been mixed ...

September 21, 2016

Mexican police: Van with cannon used to shoot drugs to US

Drug smugglers employ very creative methods to get their loads across the U.S.-Mexico border. But it's not every day they use ...

September 21, 2016

Family, neighbors: Tulsa man was changing his life, generous

An unarmed black man shot dead in the middle of a street by a white Oklahoma police officer had run-ins with the law dating ...

September 20, 2016

Tribal leaders meet with feds in push against opioid abuse

American Indian tribal leaders from northern New Mexico — an area of the country devastated by heroin and opioid addiction ...

September 20, 2016

Man who lost phone fleeing cops posts online: Don't call me

Authorities say a Pennsylvania drug suspect who dropped his cellphone while running away from police took to Facebook to warn ...

September 20, 2016

Lawyers for slain Tulsa man: Drug discussion a distraction

Investigators found the drug PCP in the vehicle of an unarmed black man fatally shot by a white officer, according to ...

September 16, 2016

Chipotle exec back on job after cocaine possession charges

Chipotle says its top marketing executive is back on the job, after being placed on leave this summer as a result of drug ...

September 16, 2016

Deputy: Woman hid pot in girl's lunchbox during traffic stop

A 33-year-old South Florida woman faces multiple charges after a sheriff's deputy found marijuana in her young niece's ...