SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A 12-year-old Sacramento student who already has three community college degrees and has been accepted to two University of California campuses says he plans on... READ MORE »

BOSTON (AP) — Congressman Joe Kennedy is pushing legislation that would ban religious exemptions from laws that guarantee fundamental civil and legal rights. The Massachusetts Democrat says... READ MORE »

MOULTON, Ala. (AP) — Officials in northwest Alabama say a woman accused of killing a family dog to fake a miscarriage is facing criminal charges. Lawrence County Sheriff Gene Mitchell told... READ MORE »

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Colorado Springs police say a homeless woman was thrown from a ledge and beaten and repeatedly raped for three days where she landed, paralyzed and unable to... READ MORE »

TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — A court clerk was sentenced to about two years in prison for using court records to find underage girls to beat up and have sex with. The News Tribune reports (http://... READ MORE »

CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian air and naval forces have spotted a body part, passengers' personal belongings and other debris from EgyptAir flight 804 that crashed in the Mediterranean Sea, killing... READ MORE »

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma lawmakers have moved to effectively ban abortion in their state by making it a felony for doctors to perform the procedure, an effort the bill's sponsor said... READ MORE »

CARROLL, Iowa (AP) — Carrie Sapp teased her husband, Brad, about being afraid of ghosts when he said he heard someone whisper "get out of here" while he was sorting cans at his Iowa... READ MORE »

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The top lawyer for Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin urged prison officials to go forward with a planned execution even though they received the wrong drug, telling a deputy... READ MORE »

CAIRO (AP) — An EgyptAir jetliner bound from Paris to Cairo with 66 people aboard crashed in the Mediterranean Sea early Thursday after swerving wildly in flight, authorities said, and... READ MORE »