CHICAGO — Authorities in Chicago are naming a drug kingpin in Mexico as the city's Public Enemy No. 1 — a label first given to gangster Al Capone and one that hasn't been used since … more

OXFORD, Miss. — A Mississippi man charged with mailing ricin-tainted letters to national leaders wrote in online postings that he had uncovered a conspiracy to sell human body parts on the black … more

CHEYENNE, Wyo. — The Wyoming House of Representatives is set to hear a bill that would allow hunters to use silencers. Sen. Ogden Driskell of Devils Tower introduced the bill in the Senate after … more

RABAT, Morocco — As wildly contradictory accounts trickled out about a terror attack at an Algerian gas plant, one source of information proved to be the most reliable: announcements by the … more

RAWLINS — The Sinclair Oil refinery east of Rawlins is facing more safety violation citations and nearly $260,000 in fines. The Wyoming Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued … more

CHICAGO — Shootings and other traumatic events involving children are not rare events, but there's a startling lack of scientific evidence on the best ways to help young survivors and witnesses … more

CAIRO — Protesters and riot police clashed in Cairo and the riot-torn city of Port Said as Egypt's political violence stretched into a fifth day on Monday, despite efforts by the Islamist president … more

LOS ANGELES — A fourth-grade teacher who worked nearly 40 years in the Los Angeles Unified School District has been arrested on suspicion of sexually abusing 20 students, a year after another … more

WASHINGTON — Former Secretary of State Colin Powell says his own Republican Party is having "an identity problem." The former Joints Chief of Staff chairman who twice endorsed Democrat Barack … more

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. — A retired barber who told neighbors he blamed prostate surgery for his ill health is scheduled in court for the first time Wednesday on charges he shot a California … more