Nation/World

SOMERSET, Pa. (AP) — A man charged with setting up a fake drunken-driving checkpoint while pretending to be a Pennsylvania state trooper must now stan...

MIDDLETOWN, California (AP) — Thousands of firefighters battling an unruly Northern California wildfire were aided overnight by cooler temperatures an...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made dueling appeals to the American Jewish community Tuesday a...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — If a wing fragment found in the western Indian Ocean turns out to be part of missing Flight 370, experts say, there are...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Everything was fine as of 2:13 p.m. Friday. Ruben Espinosa got a text from a friend. The two had made a pact to stay in touch when ...

LANCASTER, N.H. (AP) — It's unclear why after a widespread warning of impending severe weather a circus put on its planned show in a tent that ended u...

MIDDLETOWN, Calif. (AP) — A predictable but painful summertime ritual played out in half a dozen resort communities near California's largest freshwat...

HOUSTON (AP) — The family of a black woman found dead in a Texas jail three days after a confrontation with a white state trooper filed a wrongful-dea...

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans said Monday that they have the GOP votes to disapprove of the Iran nuclear deal as Democrats stepped up their supp...

CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) — Jurors in the Colorado theater shooting trial reached a decision Monday on whether to keep the death penalty as an option for...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A manhunt was underway Monday for a suspect who police say fatally shot a Memphis officer after he interrupted a drug deal invol...

BAGHDAD (AP) — U.S.-led airstrikes targeting the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria have likely killed at least 459 civilians over the past year, a...

CANTON, Miss. (AP) — A man fatally shot a defendant waiting outside a county courthouse in a historic Mississippi town Monday morning, and a suspect i...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon says the military for the first time conducted armed drone missions out of Turkey last weekend, and is planning to cond...

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — The governor told New Mexico residents to keep attending houses of worship after small explosions outside two churches put par...

LOWER LAKE, Calif. (AP) — Cooler weather helped crews gain ground Monday against a huge Northern California wildfire that tore through two dozen homes...

WASHINGTON (AP) — West Virginia Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin says he will back a Republican bill cutting off federal aid for Planned Parenthood. Manchi...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysian officials said Sunday that they would seek help from territories near the island where a suspected piece of th...