NAMPA, Idaho (AP) -- Police say they're on the lookout for a 9-foot Colombian boa constrictor named Trinity. The big snake last was seen around 4 p.m. Friday, before it escaped from its... READ MORE »

BLOOMING GROVE, Pa. (AP) -- A late-night ambush outside a state police barracks in Pennsylvania's rural northeastern corner left one trooper dead and another critically wounded, and... READ MORE »

NEW YORK (AP) -- Apple wants the plastic credit card to become as rare as the paper check. On Tuesday, the company announced Apple Pay, a digital payment system that lets people pay for... READ MORE »

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Star Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson has been indicted in Texas on a charge of child abuse after using a branch to spank his son, and was swiftly benched... READ MORE »

ATLAS (AP) -- Four Pennsylvania police officers have been suspended indefinitely after authorities say they threw a firework at a patrolman from a neighboring town. Mount Carmel Township... READ MORE »

LIMA, Ohio (AP) -- Criminal and internal investigations were underway Friday to determine how three Ohio inmates including a convicted killer of three students were able to escape from... READ MORE »

PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) -- A South African judge on Friday found Oscar Pistorius guilty of culpable homicide in the shooting death of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp but declared him not... READ MORE »

LIMA, Ohio (AP) -- Ohio police say the convicted killer of three students at a high school cafeteria has escaped from prison and a search is underway. Police say 19-year-old T.J. Lane... READ MORE »

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Yahoo said Thursday the government threatened to fine the company $250,000 a day if it did not comply with demands to go along with an expansion of U.S. surveillance by... READ MORE »

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Picture the fearsome creatures of "Jurassic Park" crossed with the shark from "Jaws." Then super-size to the biggest predator ever to roam Earth. Now add a crocodile... READ MORE »