Four Marines were killed Wednesday in an accident at Camp Pendleton in Southern California, base officials said.
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Putting a statistic on disappointment, the Obama administration revealed Wednesday that fewer than 27,000 people signed up for private health insurance last month in the 36 states relying on a problem-filled federal website.
A southern Michigan school district has reversed its decision to bar students from wearing T-shirts honoring a 12-year-old classmate who died over the weekend following a long battle with cancer
Pittsburgh police say they’ve taken four people into custody for questioning about a shooting that wounded three students outside a city high school.
Ohio’s governor on Wednesday delayed a condemned child killer’s execution to study the feasibility of allowing the man to donate his organs to ailing relatives.
After tracking down a small alligator skulking in a baggage claim area at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport, authorities are now hunting for its traveling companion.
A camera trap in a forest in central Vietnam has managed to snap a photo of one of earth’s rarest mammals, the saola, which hadn’t been seen in 15 years.
The mother of a boy with nonverbal autism says she witnessed a miracle recently when her son spontaneously put words together for the first time by singing part of Katy Perry’s “Roar.”
A teen faces charges of intimidation and terroristic threats after an Instagram account revealed names of victims and witnesses in criminal cases. Police said a 17-year-old owned the “rats215” account — a reference to Philadelphia’s area code — that posted affidavits and photos of victims and complainants.
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has admitted to the City Council that he has bought illegal drugs in the past two years. The mayor made the confession under direct questioning by councilors who are debating a motion that would ask him to take a leave of absence.