An overheating, smoking Samsung smartphone forced the evacuation of a Southwest Airlines jet that was preparing to take off Wednesday from the Louisville airport. The incident raised fresh trouble for Samsung, which saw its new Galaxy Note 7 device recalled last month because of overheating batteries. Samsung, Southwest and federal… Read More

Carrying golf clubs, shovels and hockey sticks, several hundred University of Connecticut students gathered just before midnight in a cemetery, ready to do battle with menacing clowns they had heard might be lurking among the headstones. Police determined that Monday’s clown rumors were a hoax. But dozens of similar reports… Read More

The church where John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Bouvier got married is being restored to the appearance it had when they wed in 1953. St. Mary’s Church in Newport was the site of the wedding on Sept. 12, 1953, when Kennedy was a senator from Massachusetts. The couple often spent… Read More

Ryan Grassley discovered a perplexing charge on a hospital bill for the recent birth of his son: Nearly $40 for “skin to skin” contact after his wife gave birth via cesarean section. Amused by the bill, he posted a picture of it on Reddit this week and commented: “I had… Read More

Two Ohio college students have been shot in an apparent robbery at a house near campus. Police say the two male students were shot Tuesday night near the campus of Miami University. The victims told police that two other males shot them and then took off. The victims were taken… Read More

A New Hampshire man convicted of gunning down a Manchester police officer 40 years ago at age 15 has been granted parole. Cleo Roy has been serving a 50-year sentence for shooting Officer Ralph Miller as the officer approached his house to investigate a noise complaint, which stemmed from a… Read More

An East Texas man who pleaded guilty to killing a neighbor couple during a shooting rampage 13 years ago and who has said he wants to be put to death for the crime appeared headed for execution Wednesday. Barney Fuller Jr. has asked that all his appeals be dropped to… Read More

Detroit Red Wings forwards Steve Ott and Dylan Larkin made the best use of their time in the penalty box during a preseason game by smiling for a picture with a 4-year-old girl in the stands. A picture on the team’s Instagram account shows the girl, Lylah Almas, smiling with… Read More

A Pennsylvania man is recovering after he was stung by a scorpion that somehow got into his backpack while he was on vacation in the Caribbean. The 22-year-old Warminster resident had returned home from St. Thomas and reached into the pack to get his computer when he was stung. Buddy… Read More

A California man has pleaded guilty to the killing or harming of more than 20 cats he abducted from a San Jose neighborhood. The Santa Clara District Attorney’s office says 25-year-old Robert Ray Farmer entered his plea Tuesday. He faces more than 16 years in prison. Prosecutors say Farmer abducted… Read More