RadioShack files for bankruptcy

NEW YORK — A diminished RadioShack will live on, but its future may lie with Sprint.

Coast Guardsman shoots 2 colleagues

BOURNE, Mass. (AP) — A Coast Guard member shot two colleagues at a Cape Cod condo complex early Thursday, lit a car on fire to hamper police, planted fake bombs and then opened fire on officers, authorities said.

Alaska governor proposes state job cuts as oil prices plunge

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Gov. Bill Walker has proposed eliminating 329 state positions as part of a spending package that is still expected to require billions of dollars to be taken from savings as Alaska struggles t…

Jordan vows war on Islamic State

AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Dozens of Jordanian fighter jets bombed Islamic State targets on Thursday, including training centers and weapons storage sites, the military said, pledging to keep up the attacks until the mil…

Cameroon: Extremists go on rampage

YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — Nigerian Islamic extremists on the run from a massive, three-nation offensive took revenge Thursday on civilians in neighboring Cameroon, shooting and burning scores to death and razing mos…

2 dead in university shooting

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Two people died Thursday in an apparent murder-suicide inside a building on the University of South Carolina’s campus, a shooting that authorities called “very isolated.”

Man who lived modestly leaves millions in donations

BRATTLEBORO, Vt. (AP) — A man who sometimes held his coat together with safety pins and had a long-time habit of foraging for firewood also had a knack for picking stocks — a talent that became public after his dea…

Jordan, shaken by pilot's killing, executes 2 inmates

AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Jordan called Wednesday for a decisive battle against the Islamic State group, declaring “this evil can and should be defeated,” after the militants burned a Jordanian pilot to death in a cage …

N.Y. police seek slasher

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City police are searching for a man who slashed a subway rider, a homeless man and another person in the face with a box cutter.

Low prices raise alarm in North Dakota oil patch

WATFORD CITY, N.D.  — High crude prices catapulted North Dakota into the top tier of the global oil market and doubled or tripled the size of once-sleepy towns that suddenly had to accommodate a small army of petro…

Canada says it broke up ISIS terror recruiting cell

TORONTO (AP) — Canadian police on Tuesday arrested one man who they say was part of an Islamic State recruiting cell and charged two more men who are overseas — one of whom may be dead. 

ISIS burned Jordanian pilot in cage

AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Islamic State militants put to death a captured Jordanian fighter pilot by burning him alive in a cage, according to a video the group released Tuesday. The kingdom vowed a swift and lethal res…

Obama budget sets up battle with Congress

Drivers: Return to dealers for second air bag fix