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Tropical Storm Ida sloshed ashore with rain and gusty winds Tuesday before weakening to a depression, leaving weather-hardened Gulf Coast residents largely unscathed. Read More

A former student held a school administrator hostage for more than an hour Tuesday morning, then surrendered to police without firing a shot, officials said. No one was injured. Read More

John "Junior" Gotti's trial in New York City has been temporarily halted after he told U.S. marshals that he didn't want to attend. Read More

Former astronaut Lisa Nowak's attorneys will discuss the possibility of a plea deal with prosecutors during a courtroom appearance in Orlando. Read More

The mother of one of three U.S. hikers held in Iran says their families are trying not to get pulled into the tense relationship between the U.S. and Iran. Read More

A young girl and two adults were killed and at least five people were hurt in a drive-by shooting in a small town, the county coroner said Tuesday. Read More

The famed Navajo Code Talkers, the elite Marine unit whose unbreakable code stymied the Japanese in World War II, fear their legacy will die with them. Read More

Government official: Suspect in NY school hostage situation surrenders to police; no injuries. Read More

Oklahoma City police say a fire that swept through a home where four people were found dead was intentional. Read More

Forecasters say Ida has weakened to a tropical depression and is heading east toward the Florida Panhandle with winds near 35 mph (55 kph). Read More

The driver of a Boston subway train that came to a screeching halt just before hitting a woman who had fallen onto the tracks has been hailed as a hero. Read More

Oklahoma City police say a fire that swept through a home where four people were found dead was intentionally set. Read More

Tropical Storm Ida blew ashore with rain and gusty but weakening winds before dawn Tuesday as weather-hardened Gulf Coast residents rode out the rare late-season storm. Read More

The attorney for the Army psychiatrist accused in the mass shooting at Fort Hood says he's assured the suspect that all of his rights as a defendant in the military justice system will be respected. Read More

Unless Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine steps in, sniper mastermind John Allen Muhammad will be executed Tuesday for the attacks that terrorized the nation's capital region for three weeks in 2002. Read More

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Texas authorities are trying to figure out how a 16-year-old may have gotten a loaded handgun past officers at a juvenile detention center in Houston. Read More

Authorities called several times to check on a family's well-being in a rural Texas home eventually found the bodies of four people. Read More

The search for victims of a suspected serial killer is expanding far beyond his Ohio home and yard, where police have found the remains of at least 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