SEATTLE (AP) -- The man blasting away with a shotgun paused to reload, and Jon Meis saw his chance. The 22-year-old building monitor pepper-sprayed and tackled the gunman Thursday in... READ MORE »

BREMERTON, Wash. (AP) -- Police in Washington state say a man suspected of taking $9,200 worth of clubs and other merchandise from the pro shop at Gold Mountain Golf Course had no criminal... READ MORE »

WASHINGTON (AP) -- That feel-good moment in the Rose Garden seems like a long time ago. Just a week after the president announced that Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl had been freed in Afghanistan,... READ MORE »

HOUSTON, Pa. (AP) -- A western Pennsylvania man arrested for cursing in front of police has filed a lawsuit saying his right to free speech was violated. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette... READ MORE »

PHOENIX (AP) -- A Phoenix woman will have to keep both feet on the ground if she wants to speak at any public meetings. Sixty-five-year-old Dianne Barker told KSAZ-TV this week that she's... READ MORE »

MCKEES ROCKS, Pa. (AP) -- Police say a woman was found drinking at a western Pennsylvania bar while her 9-year-old twins were locked in a car outside and that she laughed when officers... READ MORE »

GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) -- A woman opened the door to her back yard in coastal Mississippi to find that a 5-foot alligator had taken up residence in her pool. The Sun Herald reported that... READ MORE »

MIDDLETOWN, Ohio (AP) -- An employee at a southwest Ohio skydiving business has died from head injuries she suffered when she walked into a spinning airplane propeller. Sarah Rhoads, 24,... READ MORE »

FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) -- The Department of Defense says an Army captain based at Fort Bragg has died in Afghanistan. Officials said Tuesday that 29-year-old Capt. Jason B. Jones of... READ MORE »

DAVISON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) -- A 60-pound runaway tortoise is back home in Michigan after disappearing for several days and making it about a half-mile during that time. The Flint Journal... READ MORE »