Paul Derek Treaster says his Vietnam-veteran father, whose ashes were discovered beside a south Alabama road, must have been looking down from above, helping to guide him back to the remains. The ashes had posed a mystery for police in the town of Florala when they were found by a… Read More

An 86-year-old man is charged with first-degree murder after he allegedly shot his wife in the head, saying she was ill and they couldn’t afford medication. Local media says William Hager was arrested Monday after he called the St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies say Hager led investigators to a… Read More

Police say four central Pennsylvania volunteer firefighters called in five false alarms earlier this year because they enjoyed the thrill of riding in fire trucks. The Logan Township Volunteer Fire Department has suspended the men and police have charged them with making the false alarms. Online court records don’t list… Read More

A baby sitter is accused of using two children she was watching to help her rob a bank — a heist allegedly planned to help her pay back money stolen from her employers. Rachel Einspahr, 28, went to the drive through at the Colorado East Bank & Trust in Severance… Read More

New York would be the first state to ban the declawing of cats under a legislative proposal that has divided veterinarians. Several vets — along with a spokescat named Rubio — came to the state Capitol on Tuesday to lobby for the ban. They say the declawing procedure, which involves… Read More

A south Alabama police chief says he has a few leads but still no answers to explain how a box of human ashes was abandoned, along with a neatly folded, framed American flag, beside a highway near the Florida line. A power line crew found the small pine box with… Read More

For more than 11 years, die-hard parishioners of St. Frances X. Cabrini church maintained a constant vigil there in hopes of reversing a decision by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston to close it as part of a broad restructuring plan. Those hopes ended on Monday, though, when the U.S…. Read More

A man suspected of shooting a police officer in the arm during a traffic stop has been shot and killed in southern Illinois after a search that lasted for more than a week, Illinois State Police said. An FBI agent was wounded but the agency said Monday he was expected… Read More

A 1,000-pound “domesticated” bison that was allowed to roam in her owner’s Dallas-area home has moved on to pastures new. Bullet the bison was transported Saturday from Karen Schoeve’s home in Argyle to her new home, which she will share with two cows, 15 miles away in Flower Mound. Schoeve says… Read More

A chance discovery by two divers uncovered Israel’s biggest find of underwater Roman-era artifacts in three decades, archaeologists said Monday as the priceless objects were showcased for the first time. The treasures were found last month by divers Ran Feinstein and Ofer Raanan when they came across an ancient shipwreck… Read More