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SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Two officers yelled for a suspect to show his hands then shouted “gun, gun, gun” moments before fatally shooting the man who turned out to be unarmed, audio from body ...

LOS ANGELES - Sheriff’s officials wrongfully returned a gun to a man who used it to kill his ex-wife inside a busy Southern California mall last weekend, even though a judge had ordered the weap...

PICO RIVERA, Calif. - A history teacher who was videotaped telling his students that only dumb people join the U.S. military has been fired by the suburban Southern California school district where he...

BILLINGS, Mont. - Declines in coal power plant construction in China, India and the U.S. are projected to push the heavily-polluting fuel over the edge- but not fast enough to meet international clima...

WASHINGTON - Congressional leaders finalized a sweeping $1.3 trillion budget bill Wednesday that substantially boosts military and domestic spending but leaves behind young immigrant “Dreamers,&...

VULCAN, Alta. - RCMP in southern Alberta have arrested a suspected thief following a chase that included a helicopter, snowmobiles, a police dog team and the suspect’s Labrador retriever. Mounti...

KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. - The match ended with Serena Williams grinning at the net. She saved her worst shot for last, and after a rare first-round defeat she had to laugh. Still rusty in her return from p...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - A New Mexico youth soccer league is investigating a teen soccer game where racial tensions erupted into a chaotic brawl in which a parent is accused of physically assaulting one of...

Hank Ilesic was just 17 when he joined the Edmonton Eskimos in time for their record-setting Grey Cup dynasty, but pro football didn’t force him to grow up quickly. Life did that eight years pri...

TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays acquired right-hander Sam Gaviglo from the Kansas City Royals on Wednesday for a player to be named later or cash considerations. Gaviglo, 27, posted 4-5 record and 4.3...