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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- A Northern California man was rescued after his 50-foot boat was struck by a whale while he sailed alone about 40 miles off the western coast of Mexico, authorities said....

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- After his beating by police stunned the nation and a jury's decision not to hold them responsible sparked a deadly race riot that left Los Angeles smoldering, Rodney King in a quavering voice pleaded on national television for peace while the city burned....

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- After his beating by police stunned the nation and a jury's decision not to hold them responsible sparked a deadly race riot that left Los Angeles smoldering, Rodney King in a quavering voice pleaded on national television for peace while the city burned....

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- After his beating by police stunned the nation and a jury's decision not to hold them responsible sparked a deadly race riot that left Los Angeles smoldering, Rodney King in a quavering voice pleaded on national television for peace while the city burned....

CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) -- Drawing on memories of her childhood and early career, Michelle Obama told Oregon State University graduates Sunday to live life for themselves, not for anyone else....

CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) -- Drawing on memories of her childhood and early career, Michelle Obama told Oregon State University graduates Sunday to live life for themselves, not for anyone else....

Twenty years later, Rodney King's simple yet profound question still lingers, from the street where Trayvon Martin died all the way to the White House:...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- Two Alaska State Troopers were shot in a remote town north of the Arctic Circle Sunday morning and a standoff with an armed suspect continued into the afternoon, authorities said....

Passing the bar isn't the meal ticket it used to be.

Once the surest path to a six-figure salary and a life of luxury, a law degree in the aftermath of the Great Recession comes with far fewer guarantees, leaving many graduates with mountains of debt while confronted by a ...

Twenty years later, Rodney King's simple yet profound question still lingers, from the street where Trayvon Martin died all the way to the White House:...

PHOENIX — Police agencies that would enforce the most controversial part of Arizona's 2010 immigration law are expected to get squeezed by legal challenges from opposite sides if the U.S. Supreme Court upholds the law in the coming days.

Opponents of the Arizona law, known as S.B. 1070, are likely ...

DENVER — Crews in northern Colorado are facing powerful winds as they battle a blaze that has scorched about 86 square miles of mountainous forest land and destroyed at least 181 homes, the most in state history.

Meanwhile, local authorities are focusing on another concern looting.

The destructiveness of the ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A shallow avalanche on Alaska's Mount McKinley may not have killed four Japanese climbers, but the slide pushed them into a crevasse more than 100 feet deep and beyond the reach of any possible rescue, the National Park Service said Sunday.

Spokeswoman Kris Fister said Sunday that ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- His beating stunned the nation, left Los Angeles smoldering and helped reshape race relations and police tactics. And in a quavering voice on national television, Rodney King pleaded for peace while the city burned....

BELLEFONTE, Pa. — After a gripping, emotionally charged four days of testimony that saw eight men ranging in age from 18 to 28 tell jurors that Jerry Sandusky sexually abused them as children, the former Penn State assistant football coach soon will get to tell his side of the story.

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House is congratulating the Greek people for holding that country's election in difficult times....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House is congratulating the Greek people for holding that country's election in difficult times....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House is congratulating the Greek people for holding that country's election in difficult times....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House is congratulating the Greek people for holding that country's election in difficult times....

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Rodney King, the black motorist whose 1991 videotaped beating by Los Angeles police officers was the touchstone for one of the most destructive race riots in the nation's history, was declared dead early Sunday after being pulled from the bottom of his swimming pool. He was 47....