LOS ANGELES (AP) — Five former elected officials of the small, blue-collar California city of Bell were convicted Wednesday of multiple counts of misappropriating public funds by paying themselves huge salaries ... Read more
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota on Friday moved one step closer to adopting what would be the most restrictive abortion laws in the country, with lawmakers sending the Republican governor measures that could ... Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama nominated a new ambassador to Libya on Wednesday, filling a post that has been vacant since Chris Stevens was killed in the Sept. 11 Benghazi attack and signaling the ... Read more
WARREN, Ohio (AP) — A sport utility vehicle carrying eight teenagers crashed into a guardrail Sunday morning and flipped over into a swampy pond in northeast Ohio, killing six of them while two escaped, the ... Read more
WARREN, Ohio (AP) — A sport utility vehicle carrying eight people crashed into a guardrail and landed in a pond early Sunday in northeast Ohio, killing six teenagers, the Ohio State Highway Patrol said. The ... Read more
NEW YORK (AP) — Amare Stoudemire needs surgery on his right knee and is expected to miss six weeks, a stunning blow to the New York Knicks as they chase the Atlantic Division title. Stoudemire, who had been ... Read more
CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — Miami coach Jim Larranaga mounted the ladder last and went to the basket hard, scissors in hand. The net came off with one final snip, and he twirled it over his head, then draped it ... Read more
CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — The Miami Hurricanes had championship T-shirts ready to unveil, and scissors on hand for cutting down the nets. Georgia Tech put the celebration on hold. Marcus Georges-Hunt followed ... Read more
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Court records show a judge has sentenced Edward Furlong to six months in jail for violating his probation in a 2010 case. The "Terminator 2" star was accused of disobeying the terms of his ... Read more
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian authorities say six teenagers are trapped in an avalanche in the region of Tuva in southern Siberia. The Emergency Situations Ministry says a distress call came in late Sunday afternoon, ... Read more