ATLANTA (AP) — Kik Messenger, a smartphone app popular among younger teens, is on the defensive following the stabbing death of a 13-year-old girl in Virginia who told friends she was using... READ MORE »

WASHINGTON (AP) — Campaign money from shadowy sources is back this election. More than $4 million of it channeled to outside groups helping presidential candidates has come from unknown or... READ MORE »

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Officials at Somalia's civil aviation authority said Wednesday they had found no evidence so far of a criminal act in an explosion in an airliner which took off... READ MORE »

DALLAS (AP) — Health officials on Tuesday reported that a person in Texas has become infected with the Zika virus through sex in the first case of the illness being transmitted within the... READ MORE »

NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (AP) — The beat goes on outside the Niagara Falls bistro, Wine on Third. And on and on and on and on. What sounds to be a marching band rendition of the University of... READ MORE »

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A man who allegedly posed as a priest and officiated at Masses, funerals, confessions, and at least one marriage was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of selling thousands of... READ MORE »

DIXFIELD, Maine (AP) — A Maine town and a group of cat caretakers have sued estate trustees in a long-running dispute over a woman's wishes that her life savings go to care for abandoned... READ MORE »

MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — A victorious Ted Cruz and buoyant Marco Rubio emerged from Iowa with compelling claims to the outsider and mainstream mantles in the fractured Republican primary, as... READ MORE »

GILLETTE, Wyo. (AP) — Like a trusty pickup truck, Gillette has bounced through tough times before and pulled through, thanks to coal. Lately the bumps for an industry that's brought wealth... READ MORE »

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Iowa caucuses are finally here. A few things to watch for on Monday as the nation gets its first glimpse of where the 2016 candidates really stand in the race for the... READ MORE »