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Firefighters in Portland, Maine, responded to a dryer fire when a report came in of smoke at their station. They'd been cooking dinner when they got called away — somebody left the stove on.

The smartphone app Nurx is available in 15 states and Washington, D.C., but it’s under fire from anti-abortion activists who say there should be stricter telemedicine laws.

Fifty years ago today, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr . was assassinated on the balcony of a hotel in Memphis, where he’d gone for a march to support...

Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York says he'd wear a Kansas City Royals jersey if he loses. Missouri's Jay Nixon would wear a Mets jersey. That's nothing compared to what Rep. Adam Schiff of California did.

She was worried the toy would tell Santa she'd been naughty. The police officer who came to her house promised to tell Santa it was an accident, if she promised to use 911 only for emergencies.

Buzz Aldrin, the second man to walk on the Moon, and the Florida Institute of Technology are working on a plan to colonize Mars. He'd like it to happen by the 70th anniversary of his Moon landing.

In Washington, D.C., a man had to be rescued after he accidentally dropped a cellphone into an apartment building's trash chute. Rescuers eventually hauled him out using a harness.

Gov. Mike DeWine signed an executive order that extends protections and access to resources for victims of domestic violence. The order includes…

Protests against proposed changes to immigration law take place in Washington, D.C., and other cities. A march to the National Mall is among the largest. Michele Norris spoke with demonstrators as they boarded buses in Maryland, headed for Washington.

President Bush on Friday attached a dollar figure to the economic stimulus package he's been talking about this week. He says he'd like to see $150 billion in tax rebates and other measures to keep the economy from slowing any further. But questions remain about who would get the rebates — and who would not.