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A minivan packed with 13 children and two adults was likely overweight and not designed to carry so many, police said Sunday, a day after the vehicle crashed on a highway, killing five. Read More

A man with an extensive criminal past _ whose 95-year prison sentence was commuted in Arkansas nearly a decade ago _ was being sought Sunday as a "person of interest" in a deadly ambush on four police officers who were gunned down inside a coffee shop. Read More

A man with an extensive criminal past _ whose 95-year prison sentence was commuted in Arkansas nearly a decade ago _ was being sought Sunday as a "person of interest" in a deadly ambush on four police officers who were gunned down inside a coffee shop. Read More

A former city official from Missouri who lost his job after he was charged with assaulting his wife was accused Sunday of fatally shooting her and their teenage daughters in eastern Kansas. Read More

For the third time since his arrest in 2003, a court will hold a competency hearing for the man charged in the 2002 abduction of Elizabeth Smart. Read More

Hawaii, California and Las Vegas are among American tourist destinations vying fiercely for a vast and largely untapped new market segment. Read More

Police say a Virginia woman was struck and killed while taking flowers to a roadside memorial for her granddaughter who died in a crash at the same spot a week ago. Read More

A car raced through a red light and slammed into a minivan broadside, killing four family members including both parents and their two young children in Northern California, authorities said Sunday. Read More

Police say eight workers have been injured in an explosion at a middle school in southeastern Virginia. Read More

Police say a gunman who killed his young son and injured his wife and other son in northern New Jersey was separated from his wife and had a restraining order issued against him. Read More

A New Jersey blogger about to stand trial on charges he made death threats against federal judges apparently was paid by the FBI in its battle against domestic terrorism, according to a published report. Read More

Gina Borromeo is well-versed in ancient artifacts, but one recent question from a museum curator caught her off-guard: "Do you want a sarcophagus?" Read More

Winds have blown clouds of ash and dust from the vast area of Southern California's San Gabriel Mountains that burned in a summer wildfire. Read More

Authorities say an aerialist performing during a holiday show at the Beverly Center in Los Angeles has been hospitalized after falling three stories to the shopping mall floor. Read More

A Federal Aviation Administration official says a small plane approaching Phoenix Deer Valley Airport was forced to make an emergency landing on a city street about three miles west of the airport. Read More

A police spokesman in Wisconsin says one of the four people wounded Saturday in a domestic shooting in Madison pulled the trigger. Read More

A wealthy investor has sold two of his prized stamp collections to help pay for an expansion of the Smithsonian's National Postal Museum. Read More

The father of a man who died trapped in a Utah County cave says the rescue workers who fought to save his son are now part of his family. Read More

Officials say a Washington Metro subway train crashed into the back of another at a rail yard, injuring three workers. Read More

A man with an extensive criminal past — whose 95-year prison sentence was commuted in Arkansas nearly a decade ago — was being sought Sunday as a "person of interest" in a deadly ambush on four police officers who were gunned down inside a coffee shop. Read More