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Authorities are investigating whether the Cleveland man who owned the home where several bodies were found is connected to any killings in places he lived while in the military. Read More

Closing arguments have begun in the two-month-old Manhattan trial of John "Junior" Gotti. Read More

Somali pirates attacked on oil tanker Monday farther out at sea than any previous assault, suggesting that pirate capabilities are growing as they increase activity off East Africa. Read More

A man who fired gunshots at police after a home invasion robbery at an apartment in Syracuse, N.Y., has been found dead. Read More

Schools closed, residents of low-lying areas sought shelter and Florida's governor declared a state of emergency Monday as a rare late-season tropical storm churned toward the Gulf Coast. Read More

A trucker is dead after his big rig plummeted 200 feet off the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge early Monday and smashed onto an island below. Read More

Pvt. Joseph Foster took a bullet in the leg during the Fort Hood shooting rampage. He pauses when he's asked about the mayhem, then credits a stout heritage with bringing him through the ordeal and leaving him eager for his scheduled January deployment to Afghanistan. Read More

When James D. Martin was shot dead seven years ago in the parking lot of a grocery store in suburban Washington, it got little attention on the nightly news. Read More

A U.S. Army hospital spokesman says the man suspected in a deadly shooting spree at Fort Hood, Texas, is conscious and able to talk. Read More

Army hospital spokesman says Fort Hood, Texas, shooting suspect conscious, able to talk. Read More

A man who was in an Orlando office when a former employee came in and started shooting says the ordeal that left one dead and five injured lasted about a minute. Read More

Authorities called to check on a family's well-being in a rural southeast Texas home found the bodies of four people who had been shot to death. Read More

Trolleys, subways and buses were running again Monday and riders were trickling back to the city's transit system after an early-morning contract agreement ended a crippling six-day strike. Read More

Authorities in New York say a woman who had about 20 dead dogs buried in her backyard on Long Island faces a misdemeanor animal cruelty charge. Read More

Fire tore through a home in southwest Oklahoma City early Monday, killing all four people inside, authorities said. Read More

The man accused in the Halloween-night shooting death of a Seattle policeman remains hospitalized, and authorities were expected to talk more Monday about why they believe the suspect is a domestic terrorist who held a grudge against law enforcement. Read More

It was the roll of a lifetime. Hundreds of amateur sushi chefs at the University of California, Berkeley, got their hands fishy Sunday as they assembled a 330-foot California roll. Consul-General of Japan Yasumasa Nagamine proclaimed the roll a world record. Read More

The Supreme Court is considering whether sentencing a juvenile to life in prison with no chance of parole is cruel and unusual punishment, particularly if the crime is less serious than homicide. Read More

The 13 people killed when an Army psychiatrist allegedly opened fire on fellow soldiers at Fort Hood, Texas, included several people who shared the same profession as the alleged shooter, a father of three with ties to Laos whose family had a history of military service, a civilian who had returned to work a week after suffering a heart attack, and a psychiatric nurse who arrived at Fort Hood a day before the shooting. Here is a look at the victims. Read More

Hurricane Ida, the first Atlantic hurricane to target the United States this year, plodded early Monday toward the Gulf Coast with 105 mph winds, bringing the threat of flooding and storm surges. Read More