FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) -- Protests in the St. Louis suburb rocked by racial unrest since a white police officer shot an unarmed black teenager to death turned violent Wednesday night, with... READ MORE »

BRAINTREE, Mass. (AP) -- Police patrol cars are usually Fords or Chryslers, not Maseratis. So when a patrolman in Braintree, Massachusetts, spotted a Maserati resembling a police cruiser... READ MORE »

WESTPORT, Wash. (AP) -- Detectives know something about the burglar who recently broke into a grocery store in Westport and took 50 bottles of alcohol and all the tobacco products except... READ MORE »

AIKEN, S.C. (AP) -- Officers in South Carolina spent hours searching for a mountain lion on the loose from a pet store -- but police now say the threat was based on a false report. Police... READ MORE »

SAN RAFAEL, Calif. (AP) -- Robin Williams committed suicide by hanging himself with a belt at his San Francisco Bay Area home, sheriff's officials said Tuesday. Marin County Sheriff's Lt.... READ MORE »

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Mourners gathered to remember 46-year-old Constance Murray, who was found strangled in a park last week. The funeral was held Monday, a day after authorities... READ MORE »

LONGMONT, Colo. (AP) -- A sideshow at the Boulder County Fair advertising "Little Liz, the World's Smallest Woman" has been shut down after complaints. The show featuring a woman from... READ MORE »

ROMULUS, Mich. (AP) -- A 78-year-old Florida woman tried to fly on an international trip from Detroit Metropolitan Airport with almost $41,000 in cash hidden inside her girdle, bra and... READ MORE »

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Marlene Pinnock said she thought she was going to die as a California Highway Patrol officer straddled her, repeatedly punching her head on the side of a Los Angeles... READ MORE »

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- The husband of a jogger found strangled in a park has been charged with her murder, police said Sunday, days after they warned female runners to take extra precautions... READ MORE »