ROSEVILLE, Calif. – Rescue crews found three bodies Monday in the charred remains of a suburban house where a small airplane crashed a day earlier, a city spokesman said. Two people aboard the single-engine plane were reported killed Sunday when it hit the house, sparking a fire that gutted the …

BOLIGEE, Ala. – Flames were visible near the pulpit of Morning Star Baptist Church and smoke was pouring out its windows when Johnny Archibald arrived to a grimly familiar scene in Alabama. Archibald, who lives near the Boligee church, said that when he saw his church in flames Tuesday he …

BAGHDAD, Iraq – Iraq’s most influential Shiite political leader called Friday for Sunni-Shiite unity and condemned killings of Iraqis in a bid to pull the nation from the brink of civil war after the bombing of a Shiite shrine and a wave of deadly reprisal attacks. Abdul-Aziz al-Hakim, head of …

Below is a declassified memorandum written on October 7, 1940, by Lt. Commander Arthur McCollum, then communications routing officer for President Roosevelt and head of the Far East desk of naval intelligence. The content includes tactics to overcome public opposition to entering World War II by provoking Japan to strike …

ONITSHA, Nigeria – Christians in this southern Nigerian city burned Muslim corpses and defaced wrecked mosques Thursday, showing little repentance after days of sectarian violence that has killed more than 120 people across the country. Onitsha has borne the brunt, with at least 80 of the deaths. The violence followed …

Hey there, creepy — smile, you’re on street-harasser cam. The New York women of Holla Back NYC take photos of harassing men all over the city using their camera phones and put their drooling mugs on the Internet for everyone to see, according to The New York Post. “The other …

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ATLANTA – More than a third of breast cancer survivors gradually stop getting annual mammographies, according to a new study. The results may indicate women grow complacent about medical screening once they get past the medical scare, said the study’s lead author, Dr. Chyke Doubeni of the University of Massachusetts. …

STEELTON, Pa. – A 6-year-old girl who escaped a house fire early Tuesday died after running back inside to find her mother, authorities said. The youngster did not realize that her mother had jumped to safety from a second-floor window. Firefighters found the body of little Da-Onah Watts under a …

MIRAN SHAH, Pakistan – Pakistani attack helicopters on Tuesday pounded suspected Islamic militant hideouts near the Afghan border as clashes killed three militants and two soldiers, officials said. The fighting began late Monday when militants fired a barrage of rockets at an army convoy near Imalkhel, a village in the …