CREVE COEUR, Mo. (AP) -- Fifty-one years ago, Arthur Lampitt of Granite City, Illinois, smashed his 1963 Thunderbird into a truck. This week during surgery in suburban St. Louis, a 7-inch... READ MORE »

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) -- A relative of the woman who was accidentally shot and killed by her 2-year-old son in an Idaho Wal-Mart says the child unzipped the special compartment in the woman's... READ MORE »

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- A South Korean activist said Wednesday that he will launch balloons carrying DVDs of Sony's "The Interview" toward North Korea to try to break down a personality... READ MORE »

If you're wondering what had our attention in 2014, look no further than Google: The Internet search giant released its year-end tallies about what Americans were looking for on the web.... READ MORE »

HAYDEN, Idaho (AP) -- A 2-year-old boy accidentally shot and killed his mother after he reached into her purse at a northern Idaho Wal-Mart and her concealed gun fired, authorities said... READ MORE »

BENSALEM, Pa. (AP) -- A suburban Philadelphia burglary suspect shot by a neighbor after allegedly masturbating and stealing a dog is a successful horse-racing jockey. The Daily News... READ MORE »

WASHINGTON (AP) -- House Republican leaders rallied around one of their own, Whip Steve Scalise, on Tuesday after he said he regrets speaking 12 years ago to a white supremacist... READ MORE »

The recent deaths at the hands of police that have sparked protests across the U.S. are also drawing commentary from abroad -- and some of the sharpest is coming from dictators known for... READ MORE »

UNIONTOWN, Pa. (AP) -- Police say they matched a would-be pizza shop robber to a roll of toilet paper in his Pennsylvania home. Uniontown police say 29-year-old Eric Frey tried to rob... READ MORE »

BRASSTOWN, N.C. (AP) -- For most of the past 20 years, a live animal has been used in a small North Carolina town's annual New Year's Eve Possum Drop. But this year, following challenges... READ MORE »