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5 bodies found in Tennessee, suspect captured after manhunt

WESTMORELAND, Tenn. - An officer in rural Tennessee shot the suspect in the investigation into the discovery of five bodies in two homes, capping an hours-long manhunt Saturday that ended with his cap...

Apr 29, 2019

Ex-TCU receiver Turpin pleads guilty in girlfriend's assault

FORT WORTH, Texas - Former TCU receiver and returner KaVontae Turpin has been granted probation after pleading guilty to assaulting his girlfriend last October. A judge in Fort Worth sentenced Turpin ...

Apr 29, 2019

Emperor Akihito to abdicate, Japan embraces end of era

TOKYO - Emperor Akihito is set to abdicate, as Japan embraces the end of his reign with an emotion mixed with reminiscence and hopes for a new era. Akihito, 85, in a palace ritual Tuesday, will announ...

Apr 29, 2019

A daunting task begins: Reducing lobster gear to save whales

PORTLAND, Maine - Fishing managers on the East Coast began the daunting process Monday of implementing new restrictions on lobster fishing that are designed to protect a vanishing species of whale. A ...

Apr 29, 2019

US officials: Army veteran's plan to bomb Nazi rally stopped

LOS ANGELES - An Army veteran who converted to Islam and discussed launching various terror attacks throughout Southern California was arrested as he plotted to bomb a white supremacist rally as retri...

Apr 29, 2019

Rabbi says gun 'miraculously jammed' in California attack

POWAY, Calif. - In the minutes after the gunman fled the scene of a shooting that killed a woman inside a Southern California synagogue, a wounded Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein wrapped his bloodied hand in ...

Apr 29, 2019

Cover-up: Students deck out dome with Captain America shield

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Student pranksters at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have struck again, this time drawing inspiration from America's hottest movie. MIT students over the weekend draped t...

Apr 29, 2019

Tony Award nominations Tuesday promise plenty of nail-biting

NEW YORK - Unlike in previous years, Tony Award nominations will be announced Tuesday morning amid plenty of uncertainty, at least in the top category for the best new musical. Will the exuberant but ...

Apr 29, 2019

Under fire from all sides, NRA considers leadership changes

INDIANAPOLIS - Under fire from inside and out, the National Rifle Association is holding a closed-door meeting of its board of directors to decide whether it's time for a change in leadership and dire...

Apr 29, 2019

Courthouse evacuated ahead of hearing for militia leader

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - A detention hearing for the leader of an armed group that stopped asylum-seeking families near the U.S.-Mexico border was delayed Monday after the federal courthouse was abruptly e...

Apr 29, 2019