Wildfires are tearing through some hot, droughtstricken areas of the West, including a massive blaze in Northern California. A look at the latest hotspots and what crews are doing to control them: NORTHERN CALIFORNIA A wildfire that has grown to more than 25 square miles and is burning in hazardous and inaccessible terrain and approaching […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Authorities say the prison employee charged with helping two murderers escape from a New York prison smuggled tools to them by hiding the items in frozen hamburger meat. Clinton County District Attorney Andrew Wiley has told reporters that Joyce Mitchell told investigators she put hacksaw blades and a screwdriver in the […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A spokesman says ExxonMobil has temporarily ceased oil production on three platforms off the coast of Santa Barbara because an oil spill last month crippled the pipeline it used to transport crude to refineries. Richard Keil said Tuesday the company was forced to shut down the platforms last week after the […]

NEW YORK (AP) — New details have emerged in the case of a New York City police officer charged with fatally shooting an unarmed man in a Brooklyn public housing complex. Court papers released Tuesday say Officer Peter Liang stood in a hallway arguing with his partner about who should call their supervisor to report […]

TARPON SPRINGS, Fla. (AP) — Police have arrested an 85-year-old man after an explosion in suburban Tampa Bay damaged a home and rattled residents. Authorities say Tarpon Springs residents reported a loud bang at a home early Monday morning. The Tampa regional bomb squad was called in to investigate and found a hand grenade had […]