19 firefighters confirmed dead in Arizona blaze

Local fire officials have confirmed that 19 firefighters have died while battling the Yarnell Hill Fire in central Arizona. T...

Pakistani Christian accused of blasphemy in Canada

OTTAWA –  A Christian girl who was accused of burning Islam's holy book in a case that focused international attention on Pak...

Rescuers bringing body down from Mount Hood in Oregon

PORTLAND, Ore. –  Searchers are carrying a body down Mount Hood from the glacier where it was spotted by a helicopter crew lookin...

Fire in Arizona prompts evacuation of 120 homes

YARNELL, Ariz. –  A one square-mile wildfire burning in a central Arizona community has led to the evacuation of 120 homes that a...

Vietnam veteran suffering from Agent Orange caught in VA benefits backlog

A Vietnam veteran has been waiting for more than two years for government benefits to help pay for treatment for post-traumatic s...

Nearly 70 years later, a Marine holds out hope for long-lost Medal of Honor

With an act of almost unbelievable courage, Arthur J. Jackson took out 12 bunkers and killed almost 50 soldiers in a single savag...

Hayden: Open spy programs to reassure US public

WASHINGTON –  The former director of the CIA and National Security Agency says the government should release more information abo...

Woman forced to call for help after getting stuck inside charity donation bin

An Oklahoma City woman donated more than clothes to a roadside bin set up for charitable hand-me-downs this week. The city...

July 4th fireworks scrapped at a number of bases

WASHINGTON –  The Fourth of July won't have a patriotic boom in the sky over some military bases. Budget cuts a...

Vendors look to cash in on 150th anniversary of Gettysburg

GETTYSBURG, Pa. –  As re-enacted war raged several miles away, tourists strolled a commercial strip of Gettysburg to survey T-shi...

Body spotted on Mt. Hood believed that of climber

PORTLAND, Ore. –  Searchers are trying to reach a body on a Mount Hood glacier that was spotted by a helicopter crew looking for ...

Police: 7 shot at Brooklyn party; woman in critical condition

NEW YORK –  Police say seven people have been shot at a party in Brooklyn, including a woman taken to a hospital in critical cond...

Virginia college student arrested after buying bottled water

State Alcoholic Beverage Control officials are reviewing the arrest of a University of Virginia student who bought bottled water ...

3 children hurt in lightning strike at Indiana summer camp

INDIANAPOLIS –  Indianapolis police say three children were injured when lightning struck a summer camp on the north side of the ...

Pit bull belonging to Philadelphia Eagles player seized after dog fighting allegations

A county judge has ordered the return of a pit bull to Philadelphia Eagles running back Bryce Brown after the animal was seized a...

Oregon woman reports $17,000 stolen from drawer

EUGENE, Ore. –  An Oregon woman residing in an assisted-living facility says she withdrew $17,000 in cash from the bank to buy a ...

Heat wave brings threat of more wildfires

PHOENIX –  Firefighters are concerned about new wildfires igniting in the Southwest during the hot, dry weekend. National Int...

62 high school students hopeful of a musical crown

NEW YORK –  In a steaming, stuffy classroom downtown, it was time for some talented youngsters to face the music. H...

Georgia soldier gets hearing in death of pregnant wife

SAVANNAH, Ga. –  Two years after Army Sgt. Deirdre Aguigui died suddenly in the middle of her pregnancy, military prosecutors in ...

$600M worth of diamonds left open in Swiss airlines cargo container at JFK airport

Swiss security has more holes than its cheese. A container holding $600 million worth of loose diamonds was left sitting with...

First week of testimony in Trayvon case wraps up

SANFORD, Fla. –  The first week of testimony in the second-degree murder trial of George Zimmerman produced conflicting accounts ...

Arrest made in New Jersey nanny cam home invasion

NEWARK, N.J. –  A man wanted in a brutal New Jersey home invasion that left a mother beaten, an attack that was captured on a nan...

Memphis fights lawsuit over renaming of Confederate-themed parks

MEMPHIS, Tenn. –  The city of Memphis is challenging a lawsuit that alleges officials acted illegally when they renamed three Con...

New Louisiana law related to gun owners outrages First Amendment advocates

A new Louisiana press law related to gun owners has created outrage among journalists and First Amendment advocates around the co...

James Holmes to wear hidden harness anchored to floor during trial

DENVER –  Colorado theater shooting suspect James Holmes will be restrained during his trial by wearing a harness under his cloth...

Judge weighs key evidence in WikiLeaks case

FORT MEADE, Md. –  A military judge is weighing the admissibility of three pieces of evidence suggesting that an Army private too...

Memorial to honor 50,000 bumble bees that died in Oregon parking lot

Fifty thousand bumblebees will be honored at a memorial Sunday in the same shopping center parking lot southwest of the Portland,...

California man faces 13 years in prison for scribbling anti-bank messages on sidewalk

A California man is facing as many as 13 years in prison for scribbling a series of anti-bank messages in washable chalk on city ...

Texas teen arrested in fatal beating of 5-year-old boy

FORT WORTH, Texas –  A 13-year-old North Texas boy faces a capital murder charge in the death of a 5-year-old boy hit in the head...

Red Sox fan stabbed in Conn. by NY fan gets $4.3M

NEW HAVEN, Conn. –  A Boston Red Sox fan who was harassed and stabbed through the neck by a New York Yankees fan at a restaurant ...

NYers cautiously optimistic about oversight bills

NEW YORK –  Brooklyn resident Ezra Bryant has been bothered for years by the stop and frisk encounters police have with tens of t...

Bird may have brought down F-16 in Arizona

GLENDALE, Ariz. –  The Air Force says an F-16 fighter jet that went down near Luke Air Force Base in suburban Phoenix most likely...

DA: Pa. cop shot man holding underwear, not gun

ALTOONA, Pa. –  A Pennsylvania prosecutor says an officer was justified in shooting a man he thought was armed in a dark alley, e...

Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev indicted by federal grand jury

DEVELOPING: A federal grand jury returned a 30-count indictment Thursday, charging Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, a U.S. citizen who had been...

Photos show rare jaguar roams S. Ariz. mountains

TUCSON, Ariz. –  Photos from remote cameras show a rare male jaguar roaming the Santa Rita Mountains in Southern Arizona. ...

Former Ark. treasurer pleads not guilty to charges

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. –  The former Arkansas treasurer has pleaded not guilty to charges that she steered state investments to a bond...

FAMU lifts suspension of famed marching band

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. –  Florida A&M University is lifting the suspension of its famous Marching 100 band following a fatal hazin...

US consumer spending up 0.3 percent in May

WASHINGTON –  U.S. consumers spent more in May as their income increased at the fastest pace in three months, gains that could he...

Texts, video cited in murder charges against Hernandez

In the final minutes of his life, Odin Lloyd sent a series of texts to his sister. "Did you see who I was with?" sa...

NYC Council votes to impose new NYPD oversight

NEW YORK –  The most expansive plans in years to impose new oversight on the New York Police Department passed the City Council e...

Martin friend returns to stand at Zimmerman trial

SANFORD, Fla. –  One of the prosecution's most important witnesses in the Trayvon Martin murder case will face a second round...

Virginia kindergarten teacher admits murder-for-hire plot targeting ex-husband

ROCKY MOUNT, Va. –  A kindergarten teacher has pleaded guilty in Franklin County to trying to have her ex-husband killed. Med...

Michigan man recognizes mom as bank robbery suspect, turns her in

BYRON TOWNSHIP, Mich. –  The FBI says a man recognized his mother in surveillance photos of a bank robbery and called police to t...

Boy, 2, shot outside metro Atlanta supermarket

STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. –  Police say a 2-year-old boy is in stable condition at an Atlanta-area hospital after being shot in the abd...

Starbucks baristas must share tips with supervisors, NY court rules

ALBANY, N.Y. –  Starbucks baristas must share their tips with shift supervisors but not with assistant managers, New York's h...