LAS VEGAS (AP) — As Oregon and Kentucky queue up to vote in the Democratic presidential nominating contest, the pall of a divisive state party convention in Nevada hangs over the race.... READ MORE »

WASHINGTON (AP) — Verizon and union officials representing about 39,000 striking landline and cable workers in nine eastern states and Washington, D.C., agreed to restart negotiations,... READ MORE »

PINEDALE, Wyo. (AP) — A woman and her four teenage daughters who were lured to a Utah house and tied up in the basement were thrilled and relieved to learn the father and son charged in the... READ MORE »

ASH FORK, Ariz. (AP) — Interstate 40 near here was closed in both directions Sunday afternoon after a tractor-trailer rig led police on a 100-mile chase. The Arizona Department of Highway... READ MORE »

ST. CLOUD, Minn. (AP) — A man arrested in St. Cloud for openly carrying an assault rifle is suing the city, claiming his constitutional rights were violated. Tyler Gottwalt, who has a... READ MORE »

NAMPA, Idaho (AP) — Slanted Rock Brewing Company's CEO and Brewmaster, Bob Lonseth, said that his rule with fruit in beer is that it still has to taste like beer. Lonseth recently crafted a... READ MORE »

KETCHIKAN, Alaska (AP) — Alaska wildlife was a factor in a weekend traffic crash but this time it wasn't a moose, caribou or bear. Alaska State Troopers say 75-year-old Myrna Losquadro of... READ MORE »

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Politicians in Texas, Arkansas and elsewhere vowed defiance — and other conservative states could follow suit — after the Obama administration told public schools... READ MORE »

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — When a venomous Eastern diamondback rattlesnake appeared in the backyard of a 7-year-old girl, her German shepherd came to her rescue, refusing to back down even when the... READ MORE »

Pharmaceutical company Pfizer said Friday it was blocking use of its drugs in lethal injections, which means all federally-approved drugmakers whose medications could be used for executions... READ MORE »