A report of armed men near an Arkansas elementary school led to a campus lockdown before police confirmed the three were actually pest control employees chasing squirrels. A teacher at Gardner STEM Magnet School in Hot Springs saw the men about 8 a.m. Wednesday and notified administrators. According to a… Read More

Police in Southern California are searching for a pair of thieves who stole Easter eggs meant for a toddler with Down syndrome from a family’s front yard. Home surveillance video shows a man and woman passing by the home in Chula Vista on Easter Sunday and stopping to pick up… Read More

At least seven people were injured after severe storms spawned multiple tornado touchdowns in northeastern Oklahoma, damaging homes and businesses, authorities said. National Weather Service meteorologist Amy Jankowski said a tornado touched down and lifted up numerous times Wednesday night as it swept through the northern Tulsa and Owasso areas…. Read More

A small plane crashed Tuesday off an island in eastern Quebec, killing seven people, Quebec provincial police said. Among those killed was former federal cabinet minister and political commentator Jean Lapierre. Other members of his family were also believed to be among the victims. They were traveling to the Iles-de-la-Madeleine… Read More

A teenager who toured an Ohio high school while posing as a state senator has pleaded guilty to impersonating a peace officer. Prosecutors say they’ll recommend probation for Marion resident Izaha Akins. The 18-year-old pleaded guilty Monday to the felony charge. Authorities say Akins spoke to a government class at… Read More

A partial skull and two tusks of a prehistoric Columbian mammoth have been found in northwest Oklahoma. Oklahoma Archeological Survey archaeologist Lee Bement said Monday that a Woods County employee found the remains last week near Alva, about 150 miles northwest of Oklahoma City. Bement says the elephant-like animal with… Read More

A decorated Los Angeles police captain has sued Elton John, claiming he was repeatedly groped by the singer while he was working off-duty on the Grammy winner’s security detail. The lawsuit filed Monday by Capt. Jeffrey Wenninger alleges the groping and sexually suggestive comments by John occurred in early 2014…. Read More

Patty Duke, who won an Oscar as a teen for “The Miracle Worker” and maintained a long and successful career throughout her life, has died at the age of 69. Duke’s agent, Mitchell Stubbs, says the actress died early Tuesday morning of sepsis from a ruptured intestine. She built on… Read More

An Indiana man drank whiskey with the uncle of a 1-year-old girl and then waited until the family fell asleep before abducting, raping and killing the toddler, prosecutors said Monday in court documents. Kyle Parker faces murder, rape, kidnapping and other charges in the death of Shaylyn Ammerman, whose body… Read More

A drone has successfully delivered a package to a residential location in a small Nevada town in what its maker and the governor of the state said Friday was the first fully autonomous urban drone delivery in the U.S. Flirtey CEO Matt Sweeney said the six-rotor drone flew about a… Read More