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Police rescued seven people from an apartment building after exchanging gunfire in an overnight standoff with an armed intruder who was later found dead, apparently killed by officers' bullets. Read More

The attorney for a man suspected in a deadly shooting spree at Fort Hood, Texas, says he's heading to San Antonio to meet his client. Read More

Gulf Coast residents hunkered down at home and in shelters Monday as a rare late-season tropical storm headed their way, bringing with it the potential for high winds, flooding and up to 8 inches of rain in some places. Read More

A Cleveland man has been indicted on rape and attempted murder charges in the investigation that led to the discovery at his home of the remains of 11 people. Read More

Defiant and unapologetic, a man accused of shooting a Kansas abortion provider confessed to the slaying Monday, telling The Associated Press that he killed the doctor to protect unborn children. Read More

Ever since he was laid off in March, Frank Beil has been on the lookout. Read More

Firefighters found four people dead in a burning southwest Oklahoma City home early Monday, and homicide detectives were looking for clues about what had happened. Read More

A 16th century Hebrew Bible looted by the Nazis six decades ago was returned to Vienna's Jewish community Monday. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials turned over the two-volume Bible to two Austrian emissaries during a repatriation ceremony at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in Manhattan. Read More

Authorities in eastern Pennsylvania say a Maryland man is dead after a weekend shooting at an illegal bar that also injured six people. Read More

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A judge tasked with unraveling an alleged $2.8 million kickback scheme involving two Pennsylvania judges says they presided over a juvenile justice system "run amok." Read More

Man accused of shooting George Tiller tells AP he killed the abortion provider, has no regrets. Read More

Advocates for same-sex marriage are hitting New York's state capital hard, trying to sway the few votes needed for final legislative approval of the bill in a special session Tuesday. Read More

A coalition of environmental and American Indian groups sued two federal agencies Monday to stop the mass slaughter of bison that migrate outside Yellowstone National Park in search of food. Read More

Defense attorneys for the man charged in the abduction of Elizabeth Smart argued Monday testimony by experts in Mormon fundamentalism and religious extremism is irrelevant and should not be allowed at a hearing to decide the suspect's mental competency. Read More

Don't believe a defense lawyer's argument that John "Junior" Gotti quit organized crime with a sudden epiphany more than a decade ago, a prosecutor told a jury Monday during closing arguments in Gotti's fourth trial on racketeering charges in as many years. Read More

The families of three American hikers accused of espionage by an Iranian prosecutor say the allegations are untrue and that their loved ones should be freed. Read More

Authorities say a suspicious object found outside an East Los Angeles courthouse was not a bomb. Read More

An NYPD lieutenant who committed suicide was treated by his superiors as if he had done something wrong and was afraid he might be prosecuted for ordering officers to use a stun gun on a man who fell to his death, the lieutenant's widow said Monday. Read More

Two videos produced by Osama bin Laden's al Qaida terrorist network have been found in the home of a Chicago man accused of plotting an armed attack on a Danish newspaper, federal prosecutors said. Read More