WASHINGTON (AP) -- The devastating wildfires scorching Southern California offer a glimpse of a warmer and more fiery future, according to scientists and federal and international reports... READ MORE »

HANOVER, Pa. (AP) -- Volunteers at an exotic animal rescue in southern Pennsylvania are still looking for a monkey that got loose and ran away during a fire that destroyed the facility.... READ MORE »

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Cardiologists taking part in the American Heart Association's annual Portland Heart and Stroke Walk saved a fellow participant who went into cardiac arrest on the... READ MORE »

CENTERVILLE, Pa. (AP) -- A Pennsylvania man has been charged with tattooing a smiley face and a derogatory word on a 12-year-old girl's arm. State police tell the Erie Times-News that... READ MORE »

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- In the wake of a botched lethal injection in Oklahoma last month, a Utah lawmaker says he believes a firing squad is a more humane form of execution. And he plans to... READ MORE »

DENVER (AP) -- Nick Auden didn't live to see the legislation, but the case of the Denver melanoma patient who died while seeking access to an experimental drug helped inspire a first-of-its... READ MORE »

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (AP) -- A family's cat captured in a viral video saving a Central California boy from a dog attack has another challenge ahead, but this time from the pitcher's mound.... READ MORE »

CARLISLE, Pa. (AP) -- A Pennsylvania woman accused of stealing more than $520,000 in her dead mother's Social Security checks over the span of 30 years has pleaded guilty. Court records... READ MORE »

HERSHEY, Pa. (AP) -- An employee at a Pennsylvania school established by the Hershey chocolate company's founder has been fired after a hidden video camera was found in the boys' bathroom... READ MORE »

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- A former federal air marshal has pleaded no contest to unlawful photography after being accused of taking photos underneath women's skirts as they boarded a plane... READ MORE »