FBI raids several California homes, including Oakland mayor’s
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Federal authorities raided a home belonging to Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao early Thursday as part of a California investigation that...
Roller coaster strikes and critically injures man in restricted area of Ohio theme park
CINCINNATI (AP) — A man who apparently entered a restricted area to retrieve his lost keys at a theme park in Ohio was critically...
FBI identifies serial rapist as person responsible for 1996 Shenandoah National Park killings
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Nearly three decades after two young women were found with their throats slashed in Virginia’s Shenandoah National Park, federal authorities...
U.S. bans on gasoline-powered leaf blowers grow, as does blowback from landscaping industry
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — The roar of the leaf blower has become an inescapable part of daily life in communities across America, leading towns...
Orange County judge can stand trial for murder in wife’s shooting death, judge says
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Southern California judge can stand trial on a murder charge in the shooting death of his wife, another judge...
Louisiana’s new law requiring the Ten Commandments in classrooms churns old political conflicts
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A bill signed into law this week makes Louisiana the only state to require that the Ten Commandments be displayed...
California voters lose a shot at checking state and local tax hikes at the...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The California Supreme Court on Thursday sided with Gov. Gavin Newsom and removed a measure from the November ballot that...
Another police dog dies while trying to help officers arrest a suspect in South...
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — For the second time this month, a police dog has been killed while trying to help arrest a suspect in...
A US veteran died at a nursing home, abandoned. Hundreds of strangers came to...
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Former U.S. Marine Gerry Brooks died alone at a nursing home in Maine, abandoned and all but forgotten. Then the...
Authorities arrest Alabama man wanted in connection with multiple homicides
MORRILTON, Ark. (AP) — An Alabama man wanted in connection with homicides in Oklahoma was apprehended Thursday in Arkansas after a search that spanned...