'Pokemon Go' players stumble onto history
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Historical markers have long dotted the landscape, often barely noticed by passers-by — until they became tre...
Ex-reservist shot, killed 5
DALLAS — The Army reservist who killed five Dallas police officers had kept an unauthorized grenade in his room on an Afghanistan base in 2014...
It's present in 38M homes
WASHINGTON — In the wake of the Flint water crisis, states are rushing to test for high levels of lead in drinking water. But many are failing t...
Alligator gar may take on invading fish
CHICAGO — It’s a toothy giant that can grow longer than a horse and heavier than a refrigerator, a fearsome-looking prehistoric fi...
Restrictions are eased
CHICAGO — Courts dealt setbacks on Friday to Republican efforts in three states to restrict voting, blocking a North Carolina law requiring photo i...
CHARLESTON, S.C. — A 90-year-old woman found dead in a South Carolina pond after disappearing from her assisted living home appears to have been killed by an alligator, ...
McLEAN, Va. — Armando Morales was a gang leader, drug dealer and a jailhouse snitch. But he was also a commanding, dynamic presence on the witness stand when he told jur...
WASHINGTON — In their struggle for the upper hand on national security, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are emphasizing strikingly different themes — he as the bold and...
Departments on high alert
SAN DIEGO — Two San Diego police officers were shot — one fatally — after a late-night stop turned into a gunfight, triggering a manhunt that le...
Fla. residents buy repellent
MIAMI — There’s no official warning to stay clear of Florida, but the crowds that usually wander among the bold street murals in Miami’s tren...
