The Associated Press -
Published: 8:07 am
Former astronaut Lisa Nowak's attorneys will discuss the possibility of a plea deal with prosecutors during a courtroom appearance in Orlando.
The Associated Press -
Published: 7:07 am
Oklahoma City police say a fire that swept through a home where four people were found dead was intentional.
The Associated Press -
Published: 6:32 am
Oklahoma City police say a fire that swept through a home where four people were found dead was intentionally set.
The Associated Press -
Updated: 7:42 am
A former student held a school administrator hostage for more than an hour Tuesday morning, then surrendered to police without firing a shot, officials said.
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Updated: 7:42 am
A young girl and two adults were killed and at least five people were hurt in a drive-by shooting in a small town, the county coroner said Tuesday.
The Associated Press -
Published: 1:38 am
Texas authorities are trying to figure out how a 16-year-old may have gotten a loaded handgun past officers at a juvenile detention center in Houston.
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Published: 10:03 pm
Authorities say a 14-year-old boy is dead and his cousin is in custody after a bullet came through the wall of the motor home the boy was sleeping in at a central Oregon hunting camp and struck him in the head.
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Updated: 9:03 pm
Envelopes containing suspicious powder were sent to three foreign consulates in Manhattan on Monday, but initial tests suggested the mailings were a hoax, police officials said.
The Associated Press -
Updated: 3:08 am
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Published: 8:13 pm
A New Mexico teenager suspected of killing a nun on the Navajo Indian reservation reportedly tried to commit suicide over the weekend.
The Associated Press -
Published: 7:08 pm
The family of an 8-year-old boy who fatally shot himself at a gun show in western Massachusetts say the Uzi submachine gun jammed twice before he lost control of the weapon and fired into his head.
The Associated Press -
Updated: 4:28 am
The attorney for the Army psychiatrist accused in the mass shooting at Fort Hood says he's assured the suspect that all of his rights as a defendant in the military justice system will be respected.
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Published: 6:28 pm
A Texas man has been sentenced to more than 14 years in prison for his role in what became the deadliest human smuggling attempt in U.S. history.
By MANUEL VALDES -
Updated: 8:08 pm
A close friend of Washington Lt. Gov. Brad Owen shot one of Owen's sons in an apparent workplace dispute Monday afternoon and then shot himself in the head, the lieutenant governor said.
The Associated Press -
Published: 6:18 pm
As of Monday, Nov. 9, 2009, at least 836 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Monday at 10 a.m. EST.
The Associated Press -
Published: 6:08 pm
As of Monday, Nov. 9, 2009, at least 4,362 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.
The Associated Press -
Updated: 5:43 pm
Former pastor Ted Haggard says his decision to hold prayer meetings in his Colorado Springs living room has attracted great interest from the media.
The Associated Press -
Updated: 6:27 am
Former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin says she's back on Twitter.
By MANUEL VALDES -
Updated: 9:53 pm
Cell phone executive Joe Mallahan conceded defeat Monday in the race for Seattle mayor, handing environmental attorney Mike McGinn a victory in the state's biggest city.
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Published: 4:48 pm
The Army is appealing a federal judge's ruling that rejected its plans to increase operations at a disputed training site in southeastern Colorado.
By TOM HAYS -
Updated: 7:28 pm
Of all the items set to go on the auction block this week at a midtown Manhattan hotel, there's one that would take some mettle to wear in public: A satin New York Mets baseball jacket emblazoned with the name "Madoff."
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Published: 4:13 pm
An eastern Pennsylvania city council has approved a $5 million settlement with the widow of a police officer shot dead inside police headquarters.
The Associated Press -
Updated: 5:42 am
An investigation into the deaths of three people who were overcome at a sweat lodge ceremony in Arizona is expected to be forwarded to prosecutors next month.
The Associated Press -
Updated: 5:42 am
A Los Angeles hospital where patients were exposed to X-ray radiation overdoses during CT scans says its investigation found the affected patients could be at higher risk for cataracts.