HIROSHIMA, Japan (AP) — John Kerry said Hiroshima's horrible history should teach humanity to avoid conflict and strive to eradicate nuclear weapons as he became the first U.S. secretary of... READ MORE »

HONOLULU (AP) — The men rescued in this tale of three castaways were not named Tom Hanks, or Gilligan, or Robinson Crusoe. Though they might as well have been. In a scene straight from... READ MORE »

MORRO BAY, Calif. (AP) — A man who had to be rescued when he climbed a California cliff to propose to his girlfriend via cellphone video later was acting erratically and was found to be... READ MORE »

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — The capture of a man found hiding under debris in the woods after he escaped from a psychiatric hospital where he was held because he was found too mentally ill to... READ MORE »

NEW YORK (AP) — E Street Band guitarist Steven Van Zandt said Bruce Springsteen and the band canceled their North Carolina concert because of the state's new law blocking anti-... READ MORE »

MORRO BAY, Calif. (AP) — As marriage proposals go, Michael Banks' was a cliff-hanger. Banks, 27, scaled 600-foot Morro Rock just off California's Central Coast early Thursday morning to... READ MORE »

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Apple farmers in the East worry the late-season Arctic blast could take a big bite from their budding crops. "It definitely was cold enough so that there could be some... READ MORE »

SHREWSBURY, Pa. (AP) — A trooper shot and wounded a man armed with a shotgun at a busy Pennsylvania Wal-Mart after the man robbed the pharmacy for prescription drugs, state police said.... READ MORE »

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A Texas woman says her 12-year-old daughter was suspended fromschool following an altercation with another student that ended with a police officer body-slamming the girl... READ MORE »

AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — The first Syrian family to be resettled in the U.S. under a speeded-up "surge operation" for refugees left Jordan on Wednesday and arrived in Kansas City, Missouri, to... READ MORE »