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The five-year-old boy being held hostage in an underground bunker in Alabama by a suspected killer asked for Cheez-Its and a red Hot Wheels car, according to authorities.

Police in South Los Angeles are trying to figure out why someone left a pair of old military grenades in the backyard fire pit of a house.

A 25-year-old Iraq war veteran charged with killing former Navy SEAL and "American Sniper" author Chris Kyle and his friend turned his semi-automatic handgun onto the pair while they were at a North Texas shooting range, authorities said Sunday.

South Korean and U.S. troops began naval drills Monday in a show of force partly directed at North Korea amid signs that Pyongyang will soon carry out a threat to conduct its third atomic test.

Pressure is mounting on the Pentagon to change that notification policy — and the other gaps in same-sex spousal benefits — that are in place because of the Defense of Marriage Act.

San Francisco police reported minor flare-ups of violence in the Mission District as disappointed San Francisco 49ers fans reacted to their team's loss to the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday during the Super Bowl.

Eight people were killed and 38 injured on Sunday when a tour bus that apparently had brake problems collided with a truck and a second vehicle on a mountain road east of Los Angeles.

Nebraska Lt. Gov. Rick Sheehy resigned abruptly Saturday in a scandal involving thousands of calls to four women on his state-issued cellphone, including one woman who said she had a romantic relationship with the politician.

Nebraska Lieutenant Governor Rick Sheehy, once favored to replace the current governor in 2016, resigned Saturday after newspaper reporters approached his office about thousands of late-night phone calls he had made to women with his state-issued cell phone.

Several people died and 27 people were injured on Sunday when a tour bus collided with a truck on a mountain road near Yucaipa. Details were sketchy, but firefighters from multiple agencies responded to an area off Highway 38 and Bryant Street about 6:30 p.m.