2 minors dead, 8 wounded in shooting at Pittsburgh party
The Associated Press
PITTSBURGH Shots fired at a house party in Pittsburgh early Sunday left two minors dead and at least eight more people wounded,...
FDA investigating Lucky Charms after reports of illness
By DEE-ANN DURBIN
AP Business Writer
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is investigating Lucky Charms cereal after dozens of customers complained of illness after...
DA: 3 of 6 dead in Sacramento shootout were in gang dispute
The Associated Press
SACRAMENTO, Calif. Newly filed court documents in the downtown Sacramento shooting that killed six people and wounded a dozen others reveal that...
Pandas devour ice cake to celebrate 50 years at National Zoo
By ASHRAF KHALIL
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON The “cake” was made from frozen fruit juice, sweet potatoes, carrots and sugar cane and it lasted about 15...
12 injured in shooting at South Carolina mall; 3 detained
By MICHELLE LIU
The Associated Press
COLUMBIA, S.C. Ten people were shot and two others injured in a shooting at a shopping mall in South Carolina’s...
Students make video to prove their high school needs repairs
By JEFF MARTIN
The Associated Press
WOODSTOCK, Ga. The short documentary video opens with a high school student explaining how human waste flows up from...
Crews fight New Mexico fires as some evacuations lift
The Associated Press
RUIDOSO, N.M. Authorities have lifted some evacuation orders for a mountain community in southern New Mexico as firefighters worked Saturday to contain...
Georgia man accused of leaving grandmother in freezer to die
The Associated Press
ARMUCHEE, Ga. Police say a northwest Georgia man killed his grandmother by stuffing her in a freezer while she was still alive.
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States scale back food stamp benefits even as prices soar
By SCOTT McFETRIDGE
The Associated Press
DES MOINES, Iowa Month by month, more of the roughly 40 million Americans who get help buying groceries through the...
Fuel leak thwarts NASA’s dress rehearsal for moon rocket
CAPE CANAVERAL, FLA. NASA's latest attempt to fuel its huge moon rocket for a countdown test was thwarted Thursday by a hazardous hydrogen leak,...