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Darrell Royal, a former all-American player who became one of college football’s most celebrated coaches, died on Wednesday in Austin, Texas. He was 88.

Jared Lee Loughner, the man who went on a shooting rampage in Arizona in 2011 that left six people dead and 13 others wounded, including former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, is due to be sentenced Thursday.

San Diego Padres catcher Yasmani Grandal has been suspended 50 games because of a positive test for testosterone.

Ellen Douglas, a Mississippi native whose novel "Apostles of Light" was a 1973 National Book Award nominee, died Wednesday in Jackson. She was 91.

Forecasters are reporting that a nor'easter is expected to could cause a tidal surge of 2 to 41/2 feet when it peaks Wednesday night. The heightened surge is said to be enough to cause fresh flooding.

Nearly one year after model and fashion blogger Lauren Scruggs walked off an airplane and into a spinning propeller, she has seemingly made a full recovery

Patrick Boivin scored a viral hit this week with his Dragon Baby video, a short film filled with CGI, Kill Bill inspired action sequences, and his infant son.

After deliberating for two days, a jury on Monday found Lyn Vijayendran, 36, guilty of failing to report suspected sexual abuse of a child by a teacher.

A Pakistani girl was allegedly killed by her parents after she disgraced the family by looking at a boy.

An Idaho scientist shrugging off skeptical fellow scholars in his quest for evidence of Bigfoot has turned his sights skyward, with plans to float a blimp over the U.S. mountain West in search of the mythic, ape-like creature.

Pittsburgh Steelers defender Ryan Clark delivered a viscous hit to Victor Cruz with a little more than seven minutes remaining in the second quarter of his team’s game on Sunday, sending the wide receiver down hard to the turf.

A helicopter with two officers on board crashed late Saturday night, just miles from downtown Atlanta. It was flying low to enable the officers to conduct a thorough search for a missing boy, according to Atlanta Police Chief George Turner.

Police say a mother's attempt to give her 2-year-old son a better view of wild African dogs turned into a "horrific" tragedy at the Pittsburgh Zoo.

An enormous pyramid-shaped hotel which has stood half-built for decades in North Korea's capital is on track to open its doors next year

George Smith, one of the Navajo code talkers who helped the U.S. military outfox the Japanese during World War II by sending messages in their obscure language, has died, the president of the Navajo Nation said.

George Lucas will not have a heavy hand in creation of "Star Wars: Episode 7."

The Air Force Academy said 27 cadets were injured in a brawl during an unofficial ritual marking the first snowfall of the season.

At least 56 people in the United States and one in Canada died during the storm, raising Sandy's overall death toll to 124 after earlier claiming 67 lives in the Caribbean.

President Obama will deliver a statement after his White House Situation Room briefing on Hurricane Sandy.

The U.S. East Coast continued a slow recovery from Hurricane Sandy Thursday, New York City's vast mass transit system partially re-opened, but about 5 million are still without power. Check back with this live blog for the latest update.

Sandy's winds may have died down early Friday, but its system remains huge, and it is predicted to join with a winter storm front, turning into a "Frankenstorm," as the National Weather Service calls it, over the Northeastern United States, right around Halloween.

A nasty mix of a hurricane and a winter storm that forecasters are now calling "Frankenstorm" is likely to blast most of the East Coast next week, focusing the worst of its weather mayhem around New York City and New Jersey.

NBA commissioner David Stern will retire on Feb. 1, 2014.

Emanuel Steward, one of the most famous trainers in the history of boxing, passed away this morning, according to TMZ

Hurricane Sandy churned over eastern Cuba early Thursday as a Category 2 storm with winds of 105 mph, the National Hurricane Center in Miami said.

Tropical Storm Sandy has strengthened into Hurricane Sandy over the Caribbean Sea.