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Fidel Lopez, a Florida man, accused of fatally disemboweling girlfriend with his hands

A Florida man self-described as a "monster" was charged with first-degree murder after admitting that he fatally disemboweled his girlfriend with his hands Sunday after she uttered her ex-husband's name twice during sex, police said.

September 22, 2015

Bernie Sanders leads Hillary Clinton by 9 points in N.H. poll, catching up in Iowa

Vermont Sen. Bernard Sanders is leading by 9 percentage points over former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton in New Hampshire and catching up to her in Iowa, two new NBC/Marist polls said Sunday.

September 7, 2015

Pope Francis: Even abortion can be forgiven if women are contrite

Pope Francis said Tuesday that priests will be allowed to absolve women who have had abortions if they ask for forgiveness with a "contrite heart" as part of the Holy Year of Mercy, which begins on Dec. 8.

September 1, 2015

Mei Xiang’s surviving panda cub is a male, fathered by Tian Tian

Mei Xiang's surviving panda cub is an active, healthy male and "overall looks great," National Zoo said Thursday, a day after her smaller twin cub had died.

August 28, 2015

Mei Xiang won’t alternate panda twins for care, but National Zoo is intervening

Mei Xiang, the panda who gave birth to twin cubs on Saturday, has not been "a willing participant" in swapping out the cubs for nursing and care, National Zoo officials posted Tuesday in a Facebook update to fans.

August 25, 2015

Glendon Scott Crawford, purported Klansman, guilty of plotting to target Muslims with X-ray weapon

A jury convicted a New York man, 'a self-professed member of the Ku Klux Klan," Friday on charges related to plotting to develop a weapon of mass destruction -- an X-ray machine modified into a lethal radiation device -- to be used against Muslims in the U.S.

August 24, 2015

Annapolis home invasion suspect shot with his own gun

Anne Arundel County police arrested a suspect involved in an Annapolis home invasion Thursday after he was shot with his own gun, which was taken in a struggle with the victim, who was also shot.

August 21, 2015

Yvonne Craig, Batgirl, dies at 78

Yvonne Craig, best known for her role as Batgirl in the iconic TV show "Batman," died of cancer Monday at age 78.

August 19, 2015

Shinzo Abe, Japanese P.M., stops short of apology, voices ‘profound grief’ for WWII victims

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday stopped short of an apology but acknowledged the "immeasurable damage and suffering" his nation caused during World War II.

August 14, 2015

29 indicted on drug-related charges in North Dakota, California

The Justice Department on Wednesday indicted 29 people in North Dakota and California based on its organized crime task force investigation into the trafficking of methamphetamine and heroin from Bakersfield to the Bakken region.

August 12, 2015

Irek Ilgiz Hamidullin, former Russian fighter, convicted of terrorism charges for Afghan battle

A former Russian army tank commander was convicted of conspiring to provide material support to terrorists, conspiring to shoot down American helicopters and to kill U.S. and Afghan soldiers, conspiring to use a weapon of mass destruction and other charges related to an attack he led on U.S. and Afghan forces in Afghanistan in November 2009.

August 10, 2015

Donald Trump praises Carly Fiorina, calls Rand Paul a ‘better doctor’

Real estate businessman Donald Trump said Friday morning that he would have bumped Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul down to the earlier lower-tiered debate of GOP 2016 presidential candidates Thursday and brought up former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina to the 9 p.m. debate.

August 7, 2015

Senate confirms the next members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

The Senate recently confirmed the nominations of the next members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff -- Gen. Mark Milley to be chief of staff of the Army, Adm. John Richardson to be chief of Naval Operations, and Lt. Gen. Robert Neller to be general and commandant of the Marine Corps.

August 6, 2015

Russia demanding ownership of the North Pole

Russia, while still digesting its meal of Crimea, is taking another bite at expanding its sovereignty by laying claim Tuesday to the North Pole and a large area of the Arctic Ocean -- an area involving oil and gas drilling as well as fishing.

August 5, 2015

Tucson man, 2 Mexicans accused of smuggling nearly $1.2M in drugs in separate incidents

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers arrested a Tucson man and two Mexicans recently who were accused in separate incidents of smuggling 264 pounds of cocaine and marijuana worth nearly $1.2 million at the Port of Nogales.

August 4, 2015

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton lead One America News Network national poll

Real estate mogul Donald Trump and former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton remained in the lead Friday in the latest national poll by One America News Network (OAN).

August 1, 2015

Phoenix man accused of beheading wife and hacking off own arm in ‘horrific scene’

A Phoenix man with a history of mental illness is accused of beheading his wife, mutilating her two dogs, hacking off his own forearm and plucking out his eyeball.

July 29, 2015

John Houser, Alabama drifter, named as gunman in Lafayette theater shooting; 3 dead

Police in Lafayette, Louisiana, identified an Alabama drifter as the suspect who killed three people, including himself, and wounded at least nine others in a mass shooting Thursday night at a movie theater.

July 23, 2015

NORAD to fly aircraft over D.C. Wednesday morning, test intercept systems

Civil Air Patrol aircraft and a military helicopter will be flying over D.C. between midnight and 2 a.m. Tuesday night into Wednesday morning as part of an exercise designed to hone NORAD's intercept operations.

July 20, 2015

Colorado bear breaks into bakery, gorges on 24 pies

A "picky" bear with a hankering for sweets broke a window at a Colorado family bakery and gorged himself on 24 pies, leaving one flavor behind -- strawberry rhubarb.

July 17, 2015