Reports from the North Dakota Fire Marshal’s office say flares from natural gas at oil wells sparked two North Dakota wildfires earlier this fall. ConocoPhillips and Hess Corp. operate the oil wells.

About 222,000 adult bed assistance rails are under recall due to entrapment and asphyxia hazards, following one death in a residential care facility. According to a Thursday recall notice published by ...

Slovakia’s presidential office says has stopped sending pension payments to former President Andrej Kiska because of his tax fraud conviction. Kiska says he’ll challenge the move. The presidential off ...

More human remains from a 1985 police bombing on the headquarters of a Black liberation group in Philadelphia have been found at the University of Pennsylvania. The remains are believed to be those of ...

AP Film Writer Richard Curtis is known for his contributions to romantic comedies with “Four Weddings and a Funeral,” “Notting Hill” and “Love, Actually.” But writing and directing some of modern ...

The Democrat looking to unseat an incumbent Republican in a close Iowa congressional race has asked for a recount. Democrat Christina Bohannan is requesting the recount in her bid against incumbent ...

Ford Motor Co. will pay a penalty of up to $165 million to the U.S. government for moving too slowly on a recall and failing to give accurate recall information. The National Highway Traffic Safety Ad ...

Katie Gavin is self-proclaimed “gay famous.” The frontwoman of the pop band Muna, Gavin burst onto the scene three years ago with “Silk Chiffon,” an anthem to queer joy. She goes on tour Nov. 18 with ...

Just eight monkeys remain free from the group who more than a week ago broke out of a South Carolina compound that breeds the primates for medical research, authorities said. Three more Rhesus ...

Meet Dora, our Pet of the Week! Dora and her brother are part of a litter of six found wandering on Old Stage Road in ...

President-elect Donald Trump and Elon Musk have big ambitions for making the federal government leaner and more efficient by reviewing its budget and operations from top to bottom. Musk, the world’s ...

California has seen its share of bears breaking into cars. But bears caught on camera entering luxury cars tipped off insurers that something wasn’t quite right. In what it’s dubbed “Operation Bear ...