Ind. police: Child safe, bus slaying suspect dead
(FORT WAYNE, Ind., AP) – A man pulled a woman off a city bus in northern Indiana on Wednesday, fatally shot her and then took a 3-year-old boy hostage before…
Mortar explosion in Nev. kills 7 NC unit Marines
By SCOTT SONNER and TED BRIDIS (HAWTHORNE, Nev., AP) – A mortar shell explosion killed seven Marines and injured a half-dozen more during a training exercise in Nevada’s high desert,…
Explosives safely removed from UCF dorm
By KYLE HIGHTOWER (ORLANDO, Fla., AP) – A college student killed himself in a dorm at the University of Central Florida and authorities found explosives and guns in the room…
Man, boy die as race car careens off Calif. track
(MARYSVILLE, Calif., AP) – A teenage race car driver taking warm-up laps at a California raceway careened off the track and into pit row, killing a 14-year-old boy and 68-year-old…
Early wildfire chars up to 1,000 acres in Colo.
By NICHOLAS RICCARDI (FORT COLLINS, Colo., AP) – The wildfire season that Coloradans have been nervously awaiting arrived in a wind-whipped frenzy in the foothills near Fort Collins. The year’s…
Social media editor charged in hacking conspiracy
By GARANCE BURKE and PAUL ELIAS (SAN FRANCISCO, AP) – A deputy social media editor for Reuters vowed that Friday would be “business as usual” despite charges of conspiring with…
Seattle station asked to post killing on Facebook
By DOUG ESSER (SEATTLE, AP) – A man who told a TV newsroom that he had killed his wife and asked the station to post that message on Facebook was…
Mich. grandma who killed grandson: I feared him
By ED WHITE (PONTIAC, Mich., AP) – A 75-year-old woman charged with first-degree murder sobbed on the witness stand Wednesday as she told jurors how she repeatedly shot her teenage…
Chicago infant shot 5 times dies; dad critical
By DON BABWIN (CHICAGO, AP) – A 6-month-old Chicago girl who was shot five times while her father was changing her diaper died of her wounds Tuesday, authorities said. Jonylah…
Modest quake shakes portions of California
By MARK TERRILL (INDIAN WELLS, Calif., AP) – A modest but widely felt earthquake rolled through a wide swath of Southern California late Monday morning. There were no immediate reports…