WASHINGTON (AP) — Eight days after blocking it, Senate Republicans have agreed to begin debate on a House bill that would overhaul the National Security Agency's handling of American... READ MORE »

CASTALIA, Ohio (AP) — A mother goose that was badly burned by a fire outside an Ohio government building has been given a second chance at motherhood. The News-Herald of Port Clinton (http... READ MORE »

LA PINE, Ore. (AP) — A sheriff's officer says four central Oregon residents were rushed to a hospital after they used a phone app to identify wild mushrooms but ended up consuming mushrooms... READ MORE »

PRAIRIE GROVE, Ark. (AP) — The decision by Arkansas authorities to detonate an unearthed Civil War artillery shell has some historians upset about the loss of the artifact. The 14-pound... READ MORE »

WASHINGTON (AP) — Even for a world getting used to wild weather, May seems stuck on strange. Torrential downpours in Texas that have whiplashed the region from drought to flooding. A heat... READ MORE »

ALLENTOWN (AP) — A 15-year-old boy is being charged with sexually assaulting a girl in the basement of an eastern Pennsylvania high school. Lehigh County District Attorney Jim Martin tells... READ MORE »

WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) — A man from El Salvador will spend 30 years in prison for killing his cellmate at a federal prison in Pennsylvania over the theft of postage stamps. Javier Oswaldo... READ MORE »

SUNBURY (AP) — A newspaper apologized Thursday for publishing a letter to the editor that suggested President Barack Obama should be executed. In an editorial headlined "We bungled the... READ MORE »

OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — For the second straight year, the Scripps National Spelling Bee ended with co-champions each holding onto one side of the golden trophy while they were showered with... READ MORE »

CHICAGO (AP) — A newly unveiled indictment against former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert accuses the Illinois Republican of agreeing to pay $3.5 million in hush money to keep a person... READ MORE »