WARREN, Ohio ( AP) — Firefighters say a weekend fire at a northeast Ohio home killed two girls, their mother and a man who was staying with them. No one escaped the blaze early Saturday in Warren, about 50 miles southeast of Cleveland. No smoke detectors were found in the home. The cause remains under […]

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Authorities say an 11-yearold boy was killed as he tried to get help for his mother, who was fighting with her boyfriend on the side of an interstate in West Virginia. Charleston police say the woman, 30-year-old Lynitrah M. Woodson, was driving on Interstate 77 late Saturday when she got into […]

CARLSBAD, N.M. (AP) — A second hole is being dug in an effort to reach the body of a 4- year- old New Mexico boy trapped in a 30-foot hole near his Carlsbad neighborhood. Crews are using a large excavator along with metal shoring typically used in pipeline construction projects. Police spokeswoman Jennifer Moyers tells […]

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Some people in the San Francisco Bay area were awakened by an earthquake, though there have been no damage reports. A U.S. Geological Survey computer-generated report says the magnitude-4.0 quake struck at 5:33 a.m. today and was centered eight miles north of San Francisco in the El Cerrito area. Bay Area […]

BAGHDAD — A gang of gunmen disguised in military-style uniforms and carrying forged arrest warrants killed 25 police today, then hoisted the battle flag of al- Qaida in a carefully planned early morning shooting spree in western Iraq, officials said. The killings in Haditha highlight al-Qaida’s success in regaining a foothold in an area they once […]

MOSCOW (AP) — The head of the major international election observer mission in Russia says there were “serious problems” in the vote that returned Vladimir Putin to the presidency. Tonino Picula said in a statement today that “there was no real competition, and abuse of government resources ensured that the ultimate winner of the election […]

WASHINGTON ( AP) — President Barack Obama says he doesn’t want war but insists he would attack Iran if that was the only option left to stop that nation from getting a nuclear weapon. “Loose talk of war” only plays into Iran’s hands, Obama said Sunday. Today, he will try to persuade Israeli Prime Minister […]

BOSTON ( AP) — Eight more men have come forward to say they were abused by a now-dead former Boston Red Sox clubhouse manager. The men, including two former Baltimore Orioles bat boys, are in addition to two former Red Sox clubhouse attendants who said in December to say they were abused by Donald Fitzpatrick, […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Republican presidential candidate John McCain says it’s “totally unacceptable” for Rush Limbaugh to call a law student a “slut” in the political furor over requiring that women get birth control coverage free of charge. Speaking today on the CBS program ‘This Morning,’ the Arizona senator said Limbaugh’s statements were unacceptable “in […]