DALLAS (AP) — A former 41-pound cat dubbed Skinny has lost more than half of his weight to become the darling of a Dallas veterinary clinic.   Dr. Brittney Barton says the orange tabby she... READ MORE »

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration has decided that the National Security Agency will soon stop examining — and will ultimately destroy — millions of American calling records it... READ MORE »

MANCHESTER, N.J. (AP) — A hiker trying to escape from coyotes in a wooded area of southern New Jersey has gotten stuck in a tree for nearly five hours. The Asbury Park Press (http://on.app.... READ MORE »

NEW YORK (AP) — The Boy Scouts of America on Monday ended its blanket ban on gay adult leaders while allowing church-sponsored Scout units to maintain the exclusion for religious reasons.... READ MORE »

DETROIT (AP) — Fiat Chrysler must offer to buy back from customers more than 500,000 Ram pickup trucks and other vehicles in the biggest such action in U.S. history as part of a costly deal... READ MORE »

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — A Boulder County sheriff's deputy got into a face-off with an owl with an attitude, and the owl won. Deputy Sophie Berman came across the raptor on a dirt road on... READ MORE »

LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) — The tour bus pulls up at Amish Farm and House, and the guests file into the benches: women on the right, men on the left. They get a crash course on Amish history and... READ MORE »

BELLVUE, Colo. (AP) — Authorities in Larimer County are scratching their heads over the case of a man who bought an antique toy decorated with a Confederate flag, then shot it nine times in... READ MORE »

FARMINGTON, Utah (AP) — Electronic eavesdropping charges will stand against a woman accused of bugging a diaper bag to monitor conversations between her ex-husband and children, a 2nd... READ MORE »

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Residents wanting to shut down a mega dump fed by daily East Coast trash trains gained new momentum this week when leaders in the northeastern Kentucky county urged... READ MORE »