VASHON ISLAND, Wash. (AP) — A Washington state animal shelter says a dog dutifully stood guard for a nearly a week on Vashon Island to protect another dog that had fallen in a cistern.... READ MORE »

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A man who stole a cellphone from a business returned it four days later with a letter of apology, but police are not willing to forgive and forget. Surveillance video... READ MORE »

MOSCOW (AP) — When Gennady Kravtsov sent a cover letter to a Swedish company, he reasoned that, even if a job didn't come of it, he at least would know whether his engineering skills were... READ MORE »

SEATTLE (AP) — The Seattle Aquarium has diagnosed a sea otter with asthma and is training the animal to use an inhaler. KING-TV reports (http://kng5.tv/1iiQLrX ) Dr. Lesanna Lahner... READ MORE »

KUTZTOWN, Pa. (AP) — State police say two people were taken to a hospital following an accident involving a motor vehicle and a horse-drawn buggy in eastern Pennsylvania. Trooper David... READ MORE »

ROCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump has declined to correct a questioner at a town hall event who incorrectly stated that President Barack Obama is... READ MORE »

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The city's science museum already was hosting a blockbuster exhibit of Lego sculptures and preparing to unveil a huge display of Holy See treasures for the pope's visit... READ MORE »

FRYAZINO, Russia (AP) — The elderly former Soviet military officer who answers the door is known in the West as "The man who saved the world." A movie with that title, which hits theaters... READ MORE »

IRVING, Texas (AP) — Encouragement poured in from across the nation for a 14-year-old Muslim boy whose homemade electronic clock led to his detention and suspension from school, with... READ MORE »

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — An appeals court has upheld the 3½- to seven-year sentences imposed on a Philadelphia couple in the death of a second child who never saw a doctor despite being stricken... READ MORE »