LAKE ISABELLA, Calif. – A vast and voracious wildfire that has bu ed at least 80 homes in central Califo ia killed an elderly couple as they tried to flee, authorities said. The two were outside their house when they were overcome with smoke, Ke County Sheriff Do y Youngblood said at a Friday evenin...

Donald Trump cast Britain’s decision to leave the European Union as a revolt against unfettered immigration into the West, as Thursday's vote emboldened both the billionaire’s anti-establishment bid for president and other break-away efforts across Europe. From the Netherlands to France, political p...

At least 23 people have died from flooding in West Virginia, and officials fear that number will continue to climb. Earlier Friday, Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin told a news conference that at least 14 people had died. However, a spokesman for the West Virginia Division of Homeland Security confirmed the hi...

Cuba is refusing to approve visa applications for members of the U.S. House Homeland Security Committee, according to the committee's chairman. Members were hoping to leave on Friday afte oon to examine lagging security in the country's airports, which are set to begin making flights to the U.S. thi...

Army Capt. Paul “Buddy” Bucha faked out the enemy while leading a motley crew in Vietnam. The Medal of Honor recipient was hailed as a hero after he made North Vietnamese fighters believe his 187th Infantry Regiment was much bigger than it really was. The combination of bravery and cu ing helped him...

Donald Trump cast Britain’s decision to leave the European Union as a revolt against unfettered immigration into the West, as Thursday's vote emboldened both the billionaire’s anti-establishment bid for president and other break-away efforts across Europe. From the Netherlands to France, political p...

Army Capt. Paul “Buddy” Bucha faked out the enemy while leading a motley crew in Vietnam. The Medal of Honor recipient was hailed as a hero after he made North Vietnamese fighters believe his 187th Infantry Regiment was much bigger than it really was. The combination of bravery and cu ing helped him...

A foul-mouthed parrot may provide key evidence in the murder trial of a Michigan woman accused of killing her husband more than a year ago. Gle a Duram, 48, was charged Thursday with first-degree murder in the death of Martin Duram, who was found shot five times in May 2015 at their home in Sand Lak...

Army Capt. Paul “Buddy” Bucha faked out the enemy while leading a motley crew in Vietnam. The Medal of Honor recipient was hailed as a hero after he made North Vietnamese fighters believe his 187th Infantry Regiment was much bigger than it really was. The combination of bravery and cu ing helped him...

– At least 20 people have died from flooding in West Virginia, and officials fear that number will continue to climb. Earlier Friday, Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin told a news conference that at least 14 people had died. However, a spokesman for the West Virginia Division of Homeland Security confirmed the ...

DEVELOPING: At least one suspect is in custody after a Pe sylvania police officer was shot multiple times Friday, authorities said. Folcroft police officer Christopher Dorman, 25, was shot numerous times Friday mo ing near railroad tracks in Folcroft in Delaware County, about 13 miles south of Phila...

An Arizona Democratic lawmaker who once voted against welfare fraud protections in her state has been indicted on felony charges of defrauding the food stamp program. According to the indictment unsealed earlier this week, state Rep. Cecilia Velasquez was charged with three felony counts: unlawful u...

Donald Trump cast Britain’s decision to leave the European Union as a revolt against unfettered immigration into the West, as Thursday's vote emboldened both the billionaire’s anti-establishment bid for president and other break-away efforts across Europe. From the Netherlands to France, political p...

A West Virginia official says multiple fatalities have been reported in flooding that has devastated parts of the state as the desperate search for a 4-year-old boy who was swept away by floodwaters was expected to resume Friday. Rescue crews said the boy jumped into the water outside his home in Ra...

An Associated Press review of the official calendar Hillary Clinton kept as secretary of state identified at least 75 meetings with longtime political donors, loyalists, Clinton Foundation contributors and corporate and other outside interests that were not recorded or were listed without the names ...

European politics and world financial markets were thrown into disarray Friday, after Britain voted to leave the European Union in a move hailed by nationalists as the country's own version of Independence Day. The so-called "Brexit" from the 28-nation bloc, designed half a century ago to promote tr...

The desperate search for a 4-year-old boy who was swept away by floodwaters in West Virginia is expected to resume Friday as the dangerous weather has already claimed the lives of two others. Rescue crews said the boy jumped into the water outside his home in Ravenswood. According to WCHS-TV, his gr...

Hawaii signed a bill Thursday to become the first state to enter gun owners into an FBI database that will automatically notify police if an island resident is arrested anywhere else in the country. Gov. David Ige said in a statement that the legislation is about community safety and responsible gun...

Sperm whales breaching in the waters off the coast of Dana Point, Calif. (AP Photo/Capt. Dave Anderson/ DolphinSafari.com) While investigating samples of toxic levels of heavy metals found in sperm whales, researchers stumbled upon a surprising discovery: All of today's sperm whales appear to have d...

Interim UM Systems President Mike Middleton, left, with filmmaker Spike Lee in April. (Mikala Compton/Missourian via AP) Last fall, the University of Missouri was rocked by race protests that helped topple the president and chancellor, and sparked a backlash that included drops in enrollment and a r...