LOS ANGELES (AP) — In an underdog win for a movie about an underdog profession, the newspaper drama "Spotlight" took best picture Sunday at an Academy Awards riven by protest and outrage,... READ MORE »

NAPLES, Fla. (AP) — A Florida woman says an e-cigarette exploded as she took a puff, knocking her teeth loose and catching her rental car on fire. Cassandra Koziol told the Naples Daily... READ MORE »

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — Purdue University's student government has suggested expanding alcohol sales at sporting events could fund a needed increase in student mental health services.... READ MORE »

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Kentuckiana parents concerned their kids might be using drugs now have the option of hiring their own drug dog. The Last Chance K9 Service opened in New Albany,... READ MORE »

NEW YORK (AP) — Zika infections have been confirmed in nine pregnant women in the United States, including one who gave birth to a baby with a rare birth defect, health officials said... READ MORE »

BELFAIR, Wash. (AP) — A police officer who received a call from a someone saying he had shot his family went to a rural Washington state home with backup and found the man armed — the... READ MORE »

MADERA, Calif. (AP) — The calls coming into a California Highway Patrol office were alarming: A tiny unicorn was running down a road. KSEE-TV reports more than three hours later the suspect... READ MORE »

ORONO, Maine (AP) — A University of Maine graduate student's picture of a colorful tiny larval lobster has won a National Science Foundation award. Jesica Waller is in her second year of a... READ MORE »

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military has launched a newly aggressive campaign of cyberattacks against Islamic State militants, targeting the group's abilities to use social media and the... READ MORE »

HESSTON, Kan. (AP) — A gunman armed with an "assault-style" weapon drove through a south-central Kansas town, taking shots at people, before storming the factory where he worked.... READ MORE »