LOS ANGELES — Hawaii's governor signed a bill making it the first U.S. state to place its residents who own firearms in a federal criminal record database and monitor them for possible wrongdoing anywhere in the country, his office said.
LAKE ISABELLA, Calif. — A wildfire roared through the bone-dry mountains of central California and gave residents little time to flee as it burned dozens of homes to the ground and killed two people, authorities said today.
PARIS — The British vote to leave the European Union and not the clothes were the talk of the front row crowd at menswear shows in Paris on Friday.
DALLAS — More than 30 people who attended an event with motivational speaker Tony Robbins have been treated for burns after Robbins encouraged them to walk on hot coals as a way of conquering their fears, Dallas fire officials said.
WASHINGTON — An Associated Press review of the official calendar Hillary Clinton kept as secretary of state identified at least 75 meetings with longtime political donors, Clinton Foundation contributors and corporate and other outside interests that were not recorded or omitted the names of those she met.
COLUMBUS — John F. Wolfe cherished this city and cheered for its success, but mostly from behind the scenes. He never sought personal attention and preferred to support others who were more comfortable in the limelight.
CLEVELAND — The city of Cleveland and a civil rights organization have reached a settlement in a lawsuit over the city’s rules governing protests and marches during Republican National Convention next month, according to court documents Friday.
LONDON — Of all the possible consequences of a British decision to leave the European Union, many Conservative party members worried most about the impact on the Prime Minister David Cameron.
LEONI TOWNSHIP, Mich. — The sound from a private gun range in southern Michigan has some neighbors up in arms.
LONDON — The United Kingdom’s historic vote to exit the European Union is dominating the conversation online as well as global headlines.
WASHINGTON — President Obama created the first national monument to gay rights on Friday, designating the site of the Stonewall riots in Manhattan where the modern gay rights movement took root nearly five decades ago.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A storm system dumped 9 inches of rain on parts of West Virginia, trapping 500 people in a shopping center when a bridge washed out, and dozens of other people had to be plucked off rooftops or rescued as waters quickly rose during the deluge.
A Toledo man was found guilty today in Lucas County Common Pleas Court in the shooting death in February of Darnell Mitchell at a Nebraska Avenue bar.
PORTLAND, Ore. — Authorities say a homeowner in Portland, Oregon, shot an intruder who turned out to be former Detroit Lions cornerback Stanley Wilson II.
CHICAGO — United Airlines has tentatively negotiated a new contract for its 25,000 flight attendants, who will hold a ratification vote.
RIVERSIDE, Calif. — A new lawsuit against Fiat Chrysler prominently mentions “Star Trek” actor Anton Yelchin, who was killed last weekend by an SUV under recall.
BRUSSELS — European Union nations urged Britain today to quickly exit the bloc and end uncertainty about the future, as Prime Minister David Cameron said he would leave the departure negotiations to his successor, possibly until sometime in October.
NEW YORK — Stocks are plunging in the U.S. and worldwide today after Britain voted to leave the European Union. The result stunned investors, who reacted by rushing to the safety of gold and U.S. government bonds as they wondered what will come next for Britain, Europe and the global economy.
Area law enforcement plan two sobriety checkpoints late today through early Saturday.
COLUMBUS — Federal court documents say a central Ohio couple who ran a home-health-care agency plan to plead guilty in a Medicaid fraud scheme after authorities say they used $1 million in bogus claims to buy a high-end home.
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Baseball fans are being encouraged to bring their guns to a Michigan ballpark as part of a promotional event.
AYRSHIRE, Scotland— Presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump, visiting Scotland the day after the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union, hailed the move, saying voters “took back their country.”
YANCHENG, China — Teacher Guo Haimei said the ferocious wind, blacked with dust and debris, seemed to descend out of nowhere onto her kindergarten and its 120 pupils.
WAUSEON — The Ohio Turnpike in Fulton County remains closed in both directions today after a tanker in the eastbound lanes became engulfed in flames in a fatal traffic crash, the last in a series of crashes in a two-hour span Thursday night, authorities said.
