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‘Divine intervention’: How a young plane crash survivor found safety

May 21, 2019 at 2:53 p.m.

Flying wasn't something that filled Marty Gutzler with fear, if the photos the pilot had posted to Facebook last week were any indication.A father and husband, he'd taken a grinning...

Darren Wilson says his conscience is clear in Michael Brown’s killing

May 23, 2019 at 5:16 a.m.

Darren Wilson is not haunted by Michael Brown's death. Wilson does not think he did anything wrong. His conscience is clear. If the Ferguson police officer had to do it...

No-fly zones over Disney parks face new scrutiny

May 12, 2019 at 4:53 a.m.

The "Happiest Place on Earth" has some of the strictest airspace in America. One day last month, an odd pair of security alerts appeared on the Federal Aviation Administration's website,...

A troubled veteran at the White House’s door

June 24, 2019 at 1:17 a.m.

Omar Gonzalez was always popular along this quiet cul-de-sac of neat suburban homes near Ft. Hood. "Omar, Omar!" children would shout as they ran to his front door. But at...

Manhunt for Eric Frein intensifies as slain trooper laid to rest

June 23, 2019 at 7:22 p.m.

SCRANTON — With snipers watching from the rooftops, hundreds of state troopers from Pennsylvania and as far away as Alaska converged in downtown Scranton on Thursday to mourn the death...

Louis Wilson holds up a sign during the Ferguson city council meeting on September 9, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri. The meeting was held at Greater Grace Church to accommodate the large crowd. Most residents used the meeting to express their anger at how the police and city council handled the shooting of teenager Michael Brown and the unrest that followed.

Ferguson plan for police oversight board is derided as ‘insulting’

June 21, 2019 at 2:12 p.m.

A proposal for greater citizen oversight of the Ferguson Police Department has been criticized as "weak" and "insulting" by police experts and St. Louis-area officials who examined the plan Thursday,...

Demonstrators in Ferguson, Mo., scatter Monday night after police fired tear gas.

‘Hands up, don’t shoot,’ protesters chant at police near St. Louis

May 21, 2019 at 12:58 p.m.

On a small hill overlooking an area of Ferguson where rioters ravaged stores Sunday night, a crowd of youths stared down police and reveled in the confrontation late Monday. Little...

Pregnant woman strangled, boyfriend beheaded in Craigslist sex meeting

March 30, 2019 at 1:39 a.m.

When Michigan police found the body of a 25-year-old man in a park last week, they had a macabre mystery on their hands. The man's name was Charles Gerard Oppenneer,...

Johns Hopkins settles case of gynecologist who took secret photos

June 17, 2018 at 12:15 p.m.

Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore will pay $190 million to settle a class-action lawsuit over a gynecologist who secretly photographed his patients, a spokeswoman for the plaintiffs' attorney confirmed Monday....

Prominent AIDS researcher Joep Lange among dead on Malaysian jet

June 22, 2019 at 9:30 a.m.

A prominent AIDS researcher and others en route to the 20th International AIDS Conference in Melbourne, Australia, are among the victims in the crash of a Malaysia Airlines jet shot...

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