Video: Garbage truck fueled by natural gas explodes in New Jersey
HAMILTON, N.J. (AP) - Authorities say no one was injured when a garbage truck fueled by natural gas exploded "like a missile" in New Jersey.
View ArticleWho were they? Stories of Challenger crew members who died 30 years ago
The Challenger crew represented a cross-section of America in terms of race, gender, geography, background and religion.
View ArticleAttorneys challenge Chinese drug spy case involving Westlake Village woman
Federal prosecutors alleged Wednesday that corrupt officials in the Chinese government financially supported and may have benefited from a scheme to steal trade secrets worth billions from a...
View ArticleMan tied to Idaho pastor's shooting arrested at White House
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — A fugitive wanted by Idaho authorities for wounding a church pastor apparently wrote a manifesto contending that Martians controlled the Earth, police said.
View ArticleNancy Reagan laid to rest at Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
Mourners from the top ranks of Washington and Hollywood paid final tribute to Nancy Reagan on Friday, recalling at her funeral how the former first lady and her husband made up "two halves of a...
View ArticleUS bars Atlantic drilling; Obama builds environmental legacy
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a major reversal, the Obama administration said Tuesday it will bar oil drilling in the Atlantic Ocean, a move cheered by environmentalists and consistent with the president's...
View ArticleJustices divided over health law birth control plan
The Supreme Court seems deeply divided over the arrangement devised by the Obama administration to spare faith-based groups from having to pay for birth control for women covered under their health...
View Article30 years later, Chernobyl's searing legacy still crippling and killing
Thirty years later, 5 million people still live on heavily contaminated lands in Belarus, Russia and Ukraine, and hundreds of thousands of people are sick or suffering in different ways. The true...
View ArticleN.Y. counties expect huge primary turnout Tuesday
County election officials across the state are bracing for a huge turnout — and possible headaches — Tuesday when polls open on New York's presidential primaries.
View ArticleJared Fogle: Just when you thought it couldn't get any worse come these texts
The government responded to Jared Fogle's appeal of his prison sentence of almost 16 years by stressing text messages that the former Subway pitchman sent seeking sex with minors.
View ArticleRainbow-colored nooses on Tenn. campus 'disturbing'
Austin Peay State University is investigating six rainbow-colored nooses found Monday on campus that university officials call "deeply disturbing."
View ArticleOfficials: At least 28 dead, over 300 wounded in Kabul attack
At least 28 people were killed and more than 300 wounded Tuesday in a coordinated attack by the Taliban that included a suicide bombing in the Afghan capital of Kabul, Afghan officials said.
View ArticleMan charged with felony after filling McDonald's water cup with soda
An Arkansas man is facing felony charges after allegedly filling his free water cup with not-free soda Monday at a McDonald's in Springdale, KHBS/KHOG reports.
View ArticleOprah, Mick Jagger among celebs to react to Prince's death
Musicians, actors and other celebrities react to the death Thursday of music great Prince via interviews, statements and social media:
View ArticleWith millennials now outnumbering baby boomers, employers take notice
You don't necessarily need to be a great employer to grasp the importance of the millennial generation.
View ArticleGirl killed in bathroom 'didn't believe in fighting,' friends say
Amy Inita Joyner-Francis died Thursday morning at Howard High School in Wilmington, Del., during a violent attack in the girls bathroom
View ArticleRepublicans fight for Pennsylvania's free-agent delegates
Pennsylvania.'s unusual system for selecting GOP delegates to the convention could help decide whether billionaire businessman Donald Trump gets the 1,237 delegates he needs to secure the nomination....
View ArticlePhoto Gallery: Life on the edge of America
Welcome to the westernmost town on the mainland United States, where native Inupiat traditions are increasingly clashing with the modern world, where schoolchildren watch LOL videos on YouTube but...
View ArticleCost of Volkswagen emissions scandal balloons to $18B
The estimated cost of Volkswagen Group's emissions scandal has escalated to more than $18 billion, more than double the amount the company had previously set aside, the company said Friday.
View ArticleVIDEO: Watch dolphins stampede away from hungry killer whales
A whale watcher out of Monterey, California, recorded a huge pod of dolphins leaping away from several hungry orcas.
View ArticleEx-classmate: Wis. prom shooter was bullied about hygiene
The man who shot two students at Antigo High School's prom late Saturday had been bullied since at least middle school and had expressed an interest in guns, according to a former classmate.
View ArticleTed Cruz, John Kasich work together in hopes of stopping Trump
As if this election weren't interesting enough, Republican presidential hopefuls Ted Cruz and John Kasich announced a strategic alliance against front-runner Donald Trump.
View ArticleJohnny Manziel indicted on misdemeanor assault charge
A Dallas County grand jury has handed down a true bill of indictment against former Cleveland Browns quarterback Johnny Manziel, a person in the district attorney's office told WFAA-TV.
View ArticleMore than 500,000 boycott Target over transgender bathroom policy | Poll
A conservative Christian activist group has gained more than half a million signatures and counting from people pledging to boycott Target over its transgender bathroom policy.
View ArticleMeet the Army's first female infantry officer
Capt. Kristen Griest, one of the first women to earn the coveted Ranger tab, will once again make history by becoming the Army’s first female infantry officer.
View ArticleCruz picks Fiorina as running mate
Ted Cruz announced Wednesday that Carly Fiorina, a former rival in the GOP race, would join him on the Republican ticket if he wins the nomination, calling her a "woman of deep principle."
View ArticleReports: North Korea sentences U.S. citizen to 10 years in prison on...
North Korea on Friday sentenced a U.S. citizen to 10 years in prison, South Korea's Yonhap News Agency reported.
View ArticleFBI: Bombs found at home of Oregon man who threatened president
SALEM, Ore. — An Oregon man was arrested Thursday night and charged with threatening the president of the United States, the FBI said.
View ArticlePentagon: 2015 airstrike on Afghanistan hospital not war crime
The U.S. attack on a hospital in Afghanistan last year was not a war crime but was the result of a series of equipment failures and human errors that occurred during intense combat, a top commander...
View ArticleObama to deploy one of his most powerful rhetorical tools: Comedy | Video
The correspondents dinner has become a celebrity-fueled insider affair — "the night when Washington celebrates itself," as President Barack Obama said last year — but the audience has also grown to...
View ArticleClinton offers donors their own 'woman card'
Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump would be unique presidential nominees, but Clinton is now employing an age-old campaign tactic against the New York businessman: trying to turn his attack against him.
View ArticleSupreme Court won't block Texas photo ID law — yet | Poll
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court refused Friday to block Texas' photo ID law, the strictest in the nation, from remaining in effect for now, but it left open the possibility of doing so this summer if...
View ArticleEagle cam shows eagles feeding cat to young
Honey, where’s the cat? A live bald eagle cam of a nest in Pittsburgh caught some eye-raising activity on Tuesday when an Eagle brought its eaglets a cat home for lunch.
View ArticlePolice identify Apple employee who shot himself on campus | Video
A 25-year-old Apple employee took his own life on the company's campus Wednesday. On Thursday, Santa Clara County Sheriff's office identified the man as Edward Thomas Mackowiak.
View ArticleAlzheimer's Association 'appalled' over Will Ferrell's Reagan comedy
The outcry over Will Ferrell's proposed Ronald Reagan comedy is getting louder by the day.
View ArticleTarget brand perception falls, but it's not 'catastrophic' | Poll
More than 1 million people may be roaring against Target's transgender-inclusive bathroom policy, but the possibility of long-term negative effects is slim, experts say.
View ArticleSenate confirms first female chief of combat command
WASHINGTON — Senators confirmed Air Force Gen. Lori Robinson as the new head of U.S. Northern Command during wrap-up work, making her the first woman to serve as a combatant commander.
View ArticleMarine Corps investigating claims about iconic Iwo Jima photo
The photo was taken on Feb. 23, 1945, by Associated Press photographer Joe Resenthal, and showed a group of men raising the American flag atop Mount Suribachi, on the Japanese Island of Iwo Jima.
View Article100-year-old woman sets world record for 100-meter dash, celebrates with...
A centenarian celebrated setting a new world sprinting record with some push-ups.
View ArticleFBI nab man who sprayed poison on food at Whole Foods, Meijer
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — The FBI arrested a man suspected of contaminating food at three grocery stores with a liquid spray containing mice poison, hand cleaner and water.
View ArticleVIDEO: This man made a miniature 'Jurassic Park' for his pet tortoise
YouTube user Oliver Turpin spared no expense to recreate the island theme park from your favorite precautionary tale, Jurassic Park.
View ArticlePoll: Two-thirds of US would struggle to cover $1,000 crisis
Two-thirds of Americans would have difficulty coming up with the money to cover a $1,000 emergency, according to an exclusive poll released Thursday.
View ArticleDonald Trump: Litigator-in-chief
Exclusive USA TODAY analysis of legal filings across the U.S. finds that Trump and his businesses have been involved in at least 3,500 legal actions.
View ArticleCalifornia Baptist pastor praises Orlando massacre | Video
SACRAMENTO — In response to the shooting at an Orlando gay nightclub early Sunday morning, a California pastor praised the massacre, stating "they deserve what they got."
View ArticleHow the Pulse nightclub shooting unfolded | Video
A USA TODAY motion graphic detailing how America’s deadliest mass-shooting in history unfolded Sunday, June 12, 2016 in Orlando Florida.
View ArticleRochester officer rescues ducklings from storm drain | Video
In all, 11 ducklings had fallen down a drain. Mama duck frantically circling was nearby, quacking when Beh arrived.
View ArticlePulse owner vows to reopen nightclub. Is it a good idea? | Poll
Sandy Hook Elementary was demolished after 26 people were shot and killed there. After 14 people were killed at a conference center in San Bernardino, Calif., the building remains closed. But in...
View ArticleMany residents in path of California wildfirefire will 'come home to nothing'
A fast-moving, uncontrolled wildfire in the San Bernardino Mountains doubled in size overnight to about 30,000 acres, or about 46 square miles, destroying homes and businesses and forcing an...
View ArticleBlue Cut wildfire out of control, evacuation orders continue
In many ways, the Summit Inn at the top of the Cajon Pass was a basic gas station, convenience store and restaurant. But for the thousands who passed it each day driving along Interstate 15 between...
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