TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) -- A Kansas lawmaker is proposing a bill that would allow teachers, caregivers and parents to spank children hard enough to leave marks.
Current Kansas law allows... READ MORE »
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) -- A central California man helplessly watched his wife and four young children perish in a fiery crash after trying unsuccessfully to rescue his family from the burning... READ MORE »
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- A Wilsonville woman freed herself from a tree that crashed through her roof and briefly trapped her on her bed.
Gusty weather has blown through the Oregon coast and... READ MORE »
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) -- Eric Barron, a former professor and dean at Penn State University and president of Florida State University, was chosen Monday to lead Pennsylvania's largest... READ MORE »
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- They're hidden in babies' diapers, ramen noodle soup packages, footballs, soda cans and even body cavities.
Not drugs or weapons, but cellphones. They're becoming... READ MORE »
POINT PLEASANT, N.J. (AP) -- On an icy night last month, a man entered a grocery store here, walked past the displays of cake mix and paper towels, and went into the bathroom, where he... READ MORE »
MADRID (AP) -- A university student in Spain's capital went into a comatose state early Sunday after he ate a birthday cake baked with marijuana, while nine others were also hospitalized,... READ MORE »
SUNBURY (AP) -- A Pennsylvania woman charged along with her newlywed husband in the murder of a man they met through Craigslist admitted to the slaying in a jailhouse interview with a... READ MORE »
LONDON (AP) -- Strong winds that pummeled Britain killed a taxi driver, whose car was crushed by falling chunks of masonry from a building, and an elderly man who died after a "freak wave"... READ MORE »
CHULA VISTA, Calif. (AP) -- Authorities say it was a "selfie" that led detectives to a suspect in the burglary of a Southern California church.
U-T San Diego reports that detectives found... READ MORE »
