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A newspaper in Virginia is removing the word "Democrat" from its name because having it in such partisan political times is no longer a very astute business decision, the newspaper said.

A homeless woman has been convicted of second-degree murder in the death of an 84-year-old woman who was pushed off a Los Angeles train platform.

A judge is aiming for a late summer proceeding to meet the speedy trial rights of an Ohio man accused of kidnapping three women and holding them in his home for roughly a decade.

A Maine man accused of using a phony Facebook profile to lure a 15-year-old girl into a deadly encounter has pleaded not guilty to murder and kidnapping charges.

Archaeologists said Wednesday that a wooden beam found embedded in the floor of Lake Michigan doesn't appear to have been attached to what they believe could be a sunken ship that disappeared in the 1600s.

Fire officials in California say an unattended campfire near a main route into Yosemite National Park has grown into a blaze that has led to the evacuations of 800 homes and 1,500 people.

Game 3 drew the most viewers for the NHL on NBC Sports Network since the cable channel started televising the league in 2006

Scientists are predicting a big summer "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico, while it will be smaller than average in the Chesapeake Bay

Lil Wayne says he wasn't intentionally stepping on the American flag when shooting his latest video.

An East Texas man has pleaded guilty to smuggling snakes on several planes from South America to the United States