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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Two law officers have reportedly been wounded in a gunfight in the mountains east of Los Angeles with a person believed to be a former Los Angeles police officer.

Fake news fools again. Another journalist fell prey to a fake story on a satirical website, and reported it as news. This time, a blogger for the Washington Post reported—wrongly—that Sarah Palin, the former Republican candidate for vice president who recently parted way with Fox News, had moved on to the Al-Jazeera network …

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — Defying U.N. warnings, North Korea on Tuesday conducted its third nuclear test in the remote, snowy northeast, taking a crucial step toward its goal of building a bomb small enough to be fitted on a missile capable of striking the United States.

KRTV in Montana is investigating how an apparent hacker commandeered its Emergency Alert System on Monday and informed viewers that a zombie apocalypse was underway. "Dead bodies are rising from their graves," a voice calmly stated during the station's broadcast of the "Steve Wilkos Show." Fortunately for residents of north …

A graduate of Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pa. has sued the school for $1.3 million because she is unhappy that she got a C+ in a class in 2009.

BIG BEAR LAKE, Calif. (AP) — A fugitive ex-Los Angeles cop sought in three killings was barricaded in a cabin in the San Bernardino Mountains on Tuesday after a shootout with authorities that wounded two officers.

SINALOA DE LEYVA, Mexico (AP) — An indigenous Mexican woman put on display in Victorian-era Europe because of a rare genetic condition that covered her face in thick hair was buried in her home state on Tuesday in a ceremony that ends one of the best-known episodes from an era when human bodies were treated as collectible …

Esquire's upcoming cover story profiling the U.S. Navy SEAL who killed Osama bin Laden is being questioned by critics who say the magazine falsely claims the former SEAL Team 6 member has been denied health care since leaving the military. In the 15,000-word story (“The Man Who Killed Osama bin Laden ... Is Screwed”) posted …

AP law enforcement source: Fugitive ex-cop exchanges fire with S. California authorities.

The shopworn formula to attack the president is well past its expiration date

If the ancient sport wants to get back into the 2020 Games, it will reportedly have to compete with wakeboarding, roller sports, and wushu

Everything you need to know before tuning in to President Obama's last big shot to set the agenda in Washington

Ukrainian TV journalist (and avowed Adele fan) Vitalii Sediuk managed to sneak through security and end up on stage with his idol — and most viewers failed to notice

The state-run media outlet has yet to update its site, offering a glimpse of the world before the Hermit Kingdom shifted the geopolitical calculus

Combed, curled, and ready to strut their stuff…

A model of government bloat? Not to the companies made more efficient by the USPS

A writer for the venerable newspaper falls for a "report" at a satirical website

The response to the State of the Union is a trap