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Updated 1 month ago

DC gala shooting suspect aired grievances against Trump in writings to family

The man accused of opening fire at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner railed against Trump adminis…

Updated 11 years, 4 months ago
Reagan shooter won't face any new charges

Updated 11 years, 4 months ago
Mom shot to death by toddler, 2

HAYDEN, Idaho — A 2-year-old boy accidentally shot and killed his mother after he reached into her purse at a northern Idaho Walmart and her concealed gun fired, authorities said Tuesday.

Updated 11 years, 5 months ago
Once-shaky U.S. economy finishes year on hot streak

WASHINGTON — The U.S. economy flexed its old muscles in 2014.

Updated 11 years, 5 months ago
People slide down bedsheets to escape motel fire

LOS ANGELES — Some residents slid down knotted bedsheets or clambered down people standing on one another’s shoulders to flee a raging Christmas night fire that injured six people and badly damaged a residential mo…

Updated 11 years, 5 months ago
'The Interview' collects $1 million on first day in theaters

LOS ANGELES — Sony Pictures’ controversial comedy “The Interview” began its atypical release with about $1 million in ticket sales from 331 theaters on Christmas Day, the studio estimated.

Updated 11 years, 5 months ago
Bodies of woman, grandsons found in burned home

WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE, Ohio — Three boys who spent the night with their grandmother so she wouldn’t be alone on Christmas died with her Friday morning as a fire engulfed her home, authorities said.

Updated 11 years, 5 months ago
Mail-theft suspect arrested after fleeing police in kayak

SEATTLE — A suspected thief who was spotted riffling through mailboxes near Seattle on Wednesday was arrested after he tried to flee first by foot and then by kayak.

Updated 11 years, 5 months ago
Ten years after: Anniversary stirs tsunami memories

 PERELIYA, Sri Lanka (AP) — A packed train in Sri Lanka that was swept off its tracks by waves as big as elephants. A boat patrolling off Thailand’s shore hurl…

Updated 11 years, 5 months ago
Scientists target mess from falling tree needles

NEW YORK — The presents are unwrapped. The children’s shrieks of delight are just a memory. Now it’s time for another Yuletide tradition: cleaning up the needles that are falling off your Christmas tree.

Updated 11 years, 5 months ago
West Virginia troopers hand out $100 bills

PRINCETON, W.Va. — Several people got a surprise when they were pulled over by West Virginia State Police troopers: Instead of a ticket, they got a $100 bill.

Updated 11 years, 5 months ago
Officer kills armed 18-year-old near Ferguson

 BERKELEY, Mo. (AP) — Violent protests broke out again in suburban St. Louis after another black 18-year-old was fatally shot by a white police officer.

Updated 11 years, 5 months ago
Key Korean websites suffer short outages after shutdown

 SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Key North Korean websites suffered intermittent outages Tuesday after a nearly 10-hour shutdown that followed a U.S. vow to respond to a crippling cyberattack on Sony Pictures that Washin…

Updated 11 years, 5 months ago
First showings of 'Interview' will be Christmas Day

 NEW YORK (AP) — “The Interview” has been re-gifted to moviegoers as a limited Christmas Day release, putting back into select theaters the comedy that prompted an international incident with North Korea and outrag…