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2:54 PM on Friday, April 3

It rained marshmallows at two Detroit-area parks as kids raced to collect thousands of the gooey treats dropped from a helicopter

2:31 PM on Friday, April 3

The Supreme Court's spokeswoman says Justice Samuel Alito fell ill at an event in Philadelphia last month and was treated for dehydration before returning home to suburban Washington

2:07 PM on Friday, April 3

State police troopers came to the rescue of a bear cub found in a ditch along the side of a major interstate highway in northern New Jersey

1:36 PM on Friday, April 3

Nuchi Nashoba has worked for decades to honor the legacy of the Choctaw code talkers, a group of 19 Native American soldiers, including her great-grandfather, who used their language to transmit encrypted messages during World War I

1:31 PM on Friday, April 3

United Airlines is raising checked bag fees starting Friday, as higher fuel costs ripple through the airline industry

1:25 PM on Friday, April 3

A California producer of raw milk and cheese products is recalling some of its products under pressure from federal officials

1:22 PM on Friday, April 3

A former guitarist for Grammy-winning Baltimore hardcore band Turnstile has been charged with attempted murder after authorities say he chased down and struck a former bandmate’s father with his car, badly injuring him

1:09 PM on Friday, April 3

Mississippi officials are moving closer to creating a state home mitigation program to help protect residents from natural disasters

1:08 PM on Friday, April 3

A new Tennessee law has eased up on two longstanding financial hurdles for people with felony sentences who want their voting rights back

12:28 PM on Friday, April 3

Tigers Woods’ second arrest on charges of driving under the influence has put golf on hold for one of the game's most important figures

12:05 PM on Friday, April 3

Duke freshman forward Cameron Boozer is The Associated Press men's college basketball national player of the year

11:36 AM on Friday, April 3

10:28 AM on Friday, April 3

The Las Vegas Review-Journal will no longer print its rival the Las Vegas Sun for the first time in decades, sharpening a longtime legal dispute between the southern Nevada newspapers

9:53 AM on Friday, April 3

First she wore something old

9:06 AM on Friday, April 3

WKRP is coming to Cincinnati — for real this time, according to the current owner of that call sign

6:45 AM on Friday, April 3

Russian strikes on Ukraine have killed at least eight people across the country

3:57 AM on Friday, April 3

The Georgia General Assembly has ended its annual session without a plan for new equipment to overhaul the state’s voting system by a July deadline

5:29 PM on Thursday, April 2

The president of the 165,000-student University of Wisconsin system is fighting attempts by the board of regents to force him to retire or face being fired

4:02 PM on Thursday, April 2

Some college basketball fans are hoping for more than national titles at the NCAA Final Four

12:04 PM on Thursday, April 2

After crashing his SUV last week in Florida, Tiger Woods took out his phone and told a deputy, “I was just talking to the president."