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PITTSBURGH — A gunman opened fire at a psychiatric clinic at the University of Pittsburgh on Thursday in a shooting that killed two people, including the gunman, and wounded seven others.

A man who was in a nearby waiting room when the gunfire erupted said people scrambled to hide and ...

HOUSTON (AP) — The jury that convicted former Texas tycoon R. Allen Stanford of operating a massive Ponzi scheme found Thursday that there is sufficient evidence that $330 million in frozen foreign bank accounts he controlled is money he stole from investors, clearing the way for U.S. authorities to go ...

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the pardons issued by former Gov. Haley Barbour during his final days in office, including those of four convicted killers and a robber who had worked at the Governor's Mansion.

Mr. Barbour, a Republican who once considered running for ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — They've long been known as devil dogs, leathernecks and "the first to fight." But U.S. Marines, with their self-described expertise in "killing people and breaking things," now want to promote their kinder side as well.

A new Marine Corps advertising campaign starting this weekend takes its cue ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States should customize emergency plans for each of the nation's 65 nuclear power plants, a change that in some cases could expand the standard 10-mile evacuation zone in place for more than three decades, an expert panel is recommending.

That's one of the lessons to ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly two years after President Obama signed landmark legislation to cover the uninsured, a new poll finds his health care overhaul is neither better liked nor better understood.

But as the Supreme Court prepares to hear arguments on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, an AP-GfK ...

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) — Prosecutors rested their case Thursday in the trial of a former Rutgers University student, setting the stage for lawyers to begin their defense of the young man accused of using a webcam to spy on his roommate's intimate encounter with another man.

Lawyers for defendant ...

LINCOLN PARK, Mich. (AP) — A Detroit-area woman who won a $1 million lottery prize but continued to get food stamps has been removed from the food assistance program, officials say.

The Michigan Department of Human Services said Wednesday the lottery winner no longer was getting benefits. It followed a ...