ATLANTA – Measles outbreaks in several states have led to more than 70 cases so far this year, the worst in six years, health officials said Thursday. Most of the cases have been traced to outbreaks overseas and are mainly in children who were not vaccinated for religious or other …

NEW YORK – Health officials are warning New Yorkers to stay away from an illegal aphrodisiac made from toad venom after the product apparently killed a man. The city’s poison control center issued the warning Friday after receiving a hospital report that a 35-year-old man who ingested the hard, brown …

COLUMBIA, S.C. – A federal report on a furniture store blaze that killed nine Charleston firefighters almost a year ago says crews responding never had enough water. The draft report from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health released late Thursday says firefighters had too few hoses and not …

Once a child advocate for neglected and abused children, a Texas man has been accused of sexually assaulting an 8-year-old girl, and police say there may be more victims. Billy Dan Carroll, 53, of Austin was arrested Sunday after the alleged victim, who was staying overnight at Carroll’s home on …

BOSTON – Boston police are acknowledging that a mistake by a 911 dispatcher delayed the response to an elderly man who had been robbed and beaten. It took 35 minutes for officers to reach the 76-year-old man, who was bleeding from the head after being attacked April 20 in the …

IRVING, N.Y – Police say a tuxedo-clad western New York man was drunk when he took a riding lawn mower out for an early morning spin. Chautauqua County Sheriff Joseph Gerace said deputies got a report of an intoxicated person at a home in Irving around 1 a.m. Monday. When …

It’s been called “the forgotten attack” but it’s one of the worst terrorist attacks in U.S. history. Eight years after the USS Cole was attacked by a motorboat packed with explosives, all of the six men convicted of the strike have escaped from prison, or been freed by Yemeni officials. …

AUSTIN, Texas – A former Wal-Mart employee was arrested in the crowded store he once worked at, armed with a 9 mm handgun and an “unreasonable amount of ammunition” that police believe he intended to use, according to arrest affidavits. The wife of Edward William Eberle, 51, called 911 around …

IN THE EVERGLADES, Fla. – Around South Florida’s vast sugar cane fields, where turtles grow to the size of basketballs and alligators own the marsh, the silence of the swamp is broken by the sound of rumbling trucks and explosions. The earth-moving equipment and high explosives are laying the foundation …

WASHINGTON – Despite an intensive $4 billion drive to protect U.S. embassies, at least 150 American missions abroad fall short of security standards put in place after deadly bombings, The Associated Press has learned. It will cost twice that amount to replace or renovate just the most vulnerable ones, according …