A giant alligator is getting worldwide attention after golfers took a video of it strolling across a Florida course. The Bradenton Herald reports the estimated 15-foot alligator has roamed the Buffalo Creek Golf Course in Palmetto for years. But this week people from around the world have been asking about… Read More

Proud veterans in their 90s and families of fallen soldiers are commemorating the epochal D-Day invasion of Normandy 72 years ago that helped the Allies defeat Hitler. They’re holding small ceremonies and moments of remembrance along the wide beaches and cliffs where thousands of U.S., British, Canadian and French troops… Read More

Tropical Storm Colin was gaining speed and strength Monday on its way to strike Florida, threatening rains forecasters said could cause some serious flooding along much of the state’s Gulf coast. A large portion of Florida’s western and Panhandle coast was already under a tropical storm warning when the National… Read More

Star cornerback Aqib Talib will miss the Denver Broncos’ trip to the White House on Monday after getting shot at a Dallas nightclub early Sunday morning. Talib, who was shot in the lower right leg, wasn’t expected to be released from a Dallas hospital until Monday, team spokesman Patrick Smyth… Read More

The newly crowned Miss USA is a 26-year-old Army officer from the District of Columbia who gave perhaps the strongest answer of the night when asked about women in combat. “As a woman in the United States Army, I think … we are just as tough as men. As a… Read More

A Phoenix woman stabbed her three young sons to death and put their partially dismembered bodies in a closet before she tried to kill herself at their home, police said Thursday. Officers found the dead boys — ages 2 months old and 5 and 8 years old — in a… Read More

Police in Connecticut say they were able to apprehend a suspect they were running after thanks to a passing motorist who saw the foot pursuit and offered an officer a ride. The Bulletin of Norwich reports that two Norwich officers on Wednesday pulled over a vehicle that was suspected of being… Read More

A 19-year-old Indianapolis man has been charged with killing three people over four days, and authorities say he was inspired by the horror movie “The Purge.” A witness told detectives that Jonathan Cruz told her he had been “purging” by shooting and robbing people, according to court documents filed Wednesday…. Read More

Stephen Curry realizes every last man on the bench can mean so much to winning a championship. As he and Klay Thompson endured rare off nights that even featured Curry tossing his mouthpiece in frustration, the MVP’s “Strength In Numbers” supporting cast made all the timely shots and all the… Read More