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MODESTO, Calif. (AP) -- Federal and local law officers are combing through the ruins of a Modesto apartment complex where a suspect died in a fiery police standoff, seeking evidence on the blaze and what led to the fatal shooting of a deputy and a locksmith....

MODESTO, Calif. (AP) -- Federal and local law officers are combing through the ruins of a Modesto apartment complex where a suspect died in a fiery police standoff, seeking evidence on the blaze and what led to the fatal shooting of a deputy and a locksmith....

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A strong spring storm lashed California with rain, fierce winds and blinding snow in the mountains and gave new life to some ski resorts that had closed for the season....

CARTAGENA, Colombia (AP) -- President Barack Obama's challenge as he rubs shoulders with CEOs and political leaders from the Americas this weekend is convincing U.S. business that he's serious about expanding trade while persuading Latin American leaders to once again look northward....

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- Law officers are reassuring residents of Alaska's Kodiak Island that they're not in immediate danger following the shooting deaths of two workers at a Coast Guard communications station, but no reports of any arrests have left people on edge....

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- Law officers are reassuring residents of Alaska's Kodiak Island that they're not in immediate danger following the shooting deaths of two workers at a Coast Guard communications station, but no reports of any arrests have left people on edge....

CARTAGENA, Colombia (AP) -- President Barack Obama's diplomatic mission to Latin America this weekend threatened to be overshadowed by alleged misconduct by a dozen Secret Service agents sent to provide security for him in Colombia....

CARTAGENA, Colombia (AP) -- President Barack Obama's diplomatic mission to Latin America this weekend threatened to be overshadowed by alleged misconduct by a dozen Secret Service agents sent to provide security for him in Colombia....

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) -- One of the world's foremost experts on mine safety - from gold mines in Chile to the coal mines of southern West Virginia - stands accused by a NASA fraud investigator of conspiring with the Catholic college where he now works to use millions of federal grant dollars for personal gain and the school's benefit....

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) -- One of the world's foremost experts on mine safety - from gold mines in Chile to the coal mines of southern West Virginia - stands accused by a NASA fraud investigator of conspiring with the Catholic college where he now works to use millions of federal grant dollars for personal gain and the school's benefit....

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) -- One of the world's foremost experts on mine safety - from gold mines in Chile to the coal mines of southern West Virginia - stands accused by a NASA fraud investigator of conspiring with the Catholic college where he now works to use millions of federal grant dollars for personal gain and the school's benefit....

GREENLAND, N.H. (AP) -- Greenland Police Chief Michael Maloney had one final drug bust planned before retiring from the small-town New Hampshire department after more than a quarter-century in law enforcement....

GREENLAND, N.H. (AP) -- Greenland Police Chief Michael Maloney had one final drug bust planned before retiring from the small-town New Hampshire department after more than a quarter-century in law enforcement....

NEW YORK (AP) -- It's official: Brangelina is engaged....

CARTAGENA, Colombia (AP) -- CARTAGENA, Colombia (AP) - A dozen Secret Service agents sent to Colombia to provide security for President Barack Obama at an international summit have been relieved of duty over alleged misconduct....

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) -- Federal documents filed by a NASA fraud investigator indicate a former head of the Mine Safety and Health Administration and the Catholic college in West Virginia where he works conspired for six years to misuse millions of grant dollars from the space agency for personal gain and the school's benefit....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A yellowfin tuna product used to make dishes like sushi and sashimi sold at restaurants and grocery stores has been linked with an outbreak of salmonella that has sickened more than 100 people in 20 states and the District of Columbia, federal health authorities said Friday....

CARTAGENA, Colombia (AP) -- A dozen Secret Service agents sent to Colombia to provide security for President Barack Obama at an international summit have been relieved of duty because of allegations of misconduct....

MODESTO, Calif. (AP) -- The body of a man suspected of gunning down a deputy and a locksmith when they tried to serve eviction papers was discovered Friday in the rubble of an apartment that was gutted by fire during a standoff with authorities....

GREENLAND, N.H. (AP) -- Michael Maloney was only a few days from retirement as chief of a small-town New Hampshire police department. After more than a quarter-century in law enforcement, he was eager to begin the next chapter of his life....