NEW YORK (AP) -- Apple wants the plastic credit card to become as rare as the paper check. On Tuesday, the company announced Apple Pay, a digital payment system that lets people pay for... READ MORE »

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Star Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson has been indicted in Texas on a charge of child abuse after using a branch to spank his son, and was swiftly benched... READ MORE »

ATLAS (AP) -- Four Pennsylvania police officers have been suspended indefinitely after authorities say they threw a firework at a patrolman from a neighboring town. Mount Carmel Township... READ MORE »

LIMA, Ohio (AP) -- Criminal and internal investigations were underway Friday to determine how three Ohio inmates including a convicted killer of three students were able to escape from... READ MORE »

PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) -- A South African judge on Friday found Oscar Pistorius guilty of culpable homicide in the shooting death of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp but declared him not... READ MORE »

LIMA, Ohio (AP) -- Ohio police say the convicted killer of three students at a high school cafeteria has escaped from prison and a search is underway. Police say 19-year-old T.J. Lane... READ MORE »

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Yahoo said Thursday the government threatened to fine the company $250,000 a day if it did not comply with demands to go along with an expansion of U.S. surveillance by... READ MORE »

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Picture the fearsome creatures of "Jurassic Park" crossed with the shark from "Jaws." Then super-size to the biggest predator ever to roam Earth. Now add a crocodile... READ MORE »

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- An elementary school teacher who was carrying a concealed firearm at work accidentally shot herself in the leg when the weapon discharged in a faculty bathroom... READ MORE »

NEW YORK (AP) -- A solemn reading of the names. Moments of silence to mark the precise times of tragedy. Stifled sobs of those still mourning. As the nation pauses Thursday to mark the... READ MORE »