NORTH HAVEN, Conn. (AP) -- A Connecticut woman's call to police to report domestic violence led to a standoff and explosion in a barn behind her home that left one person dead and nine officers injured, officials said Thursday....

NAPPANEE, Indiana (AP) -- The Latest on a freight train derailment in northern Indiana (all times local):...

PHOENIX (AP) -- Arizona lawmakers pulled an all-nighter Thursday to enact a budget that provides big raises for many of the state's striking teachers, potentially ending the five-day walkout that kept more than a million public school students out of the classroom....

NEWTON, Kan. (AP) -- Authorities say an extremely intoxicated man who was attempting to have sex with the tailpipe of a car in central Kansas was subdued with a stun gun after he refused to stop....

STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) -- Police say a 3-year-old girl survived with just minor injuries after falling as far as five stories from a window and landing in freshly spread mulch....

NEW YORK (AP) -- Storms and the tides are unearthing the long-hidden bones of Hart Island, creating eerie scenes of skulls, femurs and collarbones on this sliver of land where New York City's destitute dead have for 150 years been sent off to be unceremoniously buried and forgotten....

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- A bill to allow adults to carry guns without a permit has passed the Oklahoma state Senate....

NEW YORK (AP) -- An appeals court in New York says a former Wall Street trader can be released from prison because he was improperly convicted of taking advantage of a government bailout program....

NORTH HAVEN, Conn. (AP) -- The Latest on an explosion during a standoff in Connecticut (all times local):...