A law-enforcement official tells The Associated Press that tests show Prince died of an opioid overdose. The 57-year-old singer was found dead April 21 at his Minneapolis-area estate. The official, who is close to the investigation, spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the… Read More

An Alabama teacher is on leave after giving middle school students a test with math questions about prostitutes, drugs and guns, a school official said Wednesday. Rena Philips, a spokeswoman for Mobile County’s public schools, said the educator from Burns Middle School was placed on administrative leave after a parent… Read More

For nearly six decades, she was the wife of a famed military aviator. Nobody knew she was a hero in her own right, a spy who reported on Soviet troop movements from behind what came to be called the Iron Curtain. Now Stephanie Czech Rader is finally being recognized for… Read More

A burlesque dancer says JetBlue employees at Boston’s Logan International Airport forced her to change clothes before she was allowed to board a connecting flight to Seattle. The 26-year-old dancer uses the stage name Maggie McMuffin. She tells The Boston Globe she was waiting for her flight May 18 when… Read More

Marlon Byrd’s second strike with performance-enhancing drugs cost him a full season — and maybe his career. The Indians’ veteran outfielder was suspended 162 games without pay by Major League Baseball on Wednesday after testing positive for Ipamorelin, a growth hormone releasing peptide. Byrd said in a statement he won’t… Read More

Civil liberties groups are criticizing an FBI proposal that they say would make it harder for people to know if personal information about them such as fingerprints and iris scans is on file. The FBI is proposing to exempt a key identification databases from certain provisions of the federal Privacy… Read More

The body of a man accused of wounding two Northern California police officers has been found inside a home that caught fire after police tear gassed the place in an effort to force him out of the residence. His name and age were not released. No one else was injured… Read More

Surgeons repaired one massive bite wound from a shark that shredded a 52-year-old woman’s arm and torso in an attack that has shut down popular Southern California beaches for days, hospital officials said Tuesday. Doctors expected Maria Korcsmaros to survive but said it was too early to know whether she… Read More

A few police agencies in the U.S. have begun rewarding officers for showing restraint in the line of duty, putting the tactic on par with bravery. More than 40 Philadelphia officers have received awards since December for defusing conflicts without shooting, clubbing or otherwise using maximum force against anyone. The… Read More

Residents of some rural southeastern Texas counties were bracing for more flooding Tuesday along a river that had reached a record-high crest just two years after it had run dry in places because of drought. National Weather Service meteorologists predicted that the Brazos River would crest at 53.5 feet by… Read More