By JULIET WILLIAMS (SACRAMENTO, Calif., AP) — Residents of California’s largely rural, agrarian and politically conservative far northern counties long ago got used to feeling ignored in the state Capitol… Read more »

By MARTHA MENDOZA and MICHAEL R. BLOOD (GOLETA, Calif., AP) — It was Friday night when Elliot Rodger’s mother got a call from her son’s therapist that he had emailed a… Read more »

By STEVE PEOPLES and PHILIP ELLIOTT WASHINGTON (AP) — The odds of hosting the Republican Party’s next presidential convention have improved for Dallas, Denver, Cleveland and Kansas City, Missouri. Two other… Read more »

(DETROIT, AP) — Officials say a Detroit-based business is recalling about 1.8 million pounds of ground beef products sold for restaurant use in four states that may be contaminated with… Read more »

(ST. LOUIS, AP) — Several U.S. lawmakers are demanding answers after some Missouri media outlets reported that employees at a center processing applications for health insurance under President Barack Obama’s… Read more »

By TAMARA LUSH (TAMPA, Fla., AP) — A Florida man shot his wife and two teenage children in the head, then scattered gasoline and fireworks around the mansion they rented… Read more »

By BARRY WILNER (NEW YORK, AP) — Michael Sam has been selected the winner of the Arthur Ashe Courage Award. The Missouri defensive end who likely will be drafted by… Read more »

By JULIE WATSON (SAN DIEGO, AP) — An Air Force official says two badly burned Chinese fishermen rescued from the Pacific are being treated at a San Diego hospital. Maj…. Read more »

(PHOENIX, AP) — A parachuting medical team and other U.S. Air Force rescuers are working to bring two badly burned Chinese sailors from a boat in the Pacific Ocean to… Read more »