Calif. data breaches affect millions

LAGUNA BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Personal information about more than 18.5 million Californians was hacked last year and as many as one-third of those people will become victims of fraud, California Attorney General Kam…

Complex investigation follows killing of Calif. deputies

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — More than 100 law enforcement officers from across Northern California responded without being asked after hearing that one of their own had been killed at the start of a shooting rampage,…

Cream vocalist and bassist dies at 71

Two arrested in killing of 9-year-old girl

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Two gang members were arrested in the killing of a 9-year-old Anaheim girl who was hit by stray gunfire while playing outside her apartment, police said Saturday.

Florida mandates monitoring of all returning from Ebola areas

Florida Gov. Rick Scott issued an executive order on Saturday mandating that anyone returning to Florida from Ebola-affected countries receive twice-daily monitoring for 21 days.

Few details offered on quarantines over Ebola

NEW YORK (AP) — A nurse who treated Ebola patients in Sierra Leone is the first test case of quarantine policies now in effect in three states over heightened fears the deadly virus could be spread by health care w…

Iranian woman hanged

Extremists launch new attack on Syrian border town

MURSITPINAR, Turkey (AP) — Fighters from the Islamic State group launched Saturday a new offensive on the northern Syrian town of Kobani after shelling the area from their positions nearby, activists and a Kurdish …

Mormon founder had teen bride during polygamy days

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Mormon church founder Joseph Smith had a teenage bride and was married to other men’s wives during the early days of the faith when polygamy was practiced, a new church essay acknowledges.  

Two states say they will require Ebola quarantines

NEW YORK (AP) — Alarmed by the case of an Ebola-infected New York doctor, the governors of New Jersey and New York on Friday ordered a mandatory, 21-day quarantine for all medical workers and other arriving travele…

Gunman in Canada attack complained about mosque

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — The gunman who shot and killed a soldier in plain daylight then stormed Canada’s Parliament once complained that a Vancouver mosque he attended was too liberal and inclusive, and …

Two dead, three hurt in school gunfire

FFA standouts head for nationals

 Eight Flathead FFA chapter members will vie for top honors as they compete in the National FFA Convention and Expo Oct. 29 through Nov. 1 in Louisville, Ky.

Dad: White House jumper has 'mental health' issues

WASHINGTON (AP) — The latest person to climb over the White House fence had the paranoid belief he was being watched by cameras and had previously been arrested at the executive mansion, his father said.

3 states wage fight to keep same-sex marriage bans

WASHINGTON (AP) — Three states are continuing their legal fight against same-sex marriage, despite rulings from federal appeals courts that oversee those states that concluded gay and lesbian couples have the right…