A man accused of murder in the shooting death of rapper Dolla at a Los Angeles mall has pleaded not guilty. Aubrey Berry entered the plea to murder and assault charges in a Los Angeles courtroom Friday morning. The 23-year-old Atlanta resident remains jailed on $5 million bail. His attorney, …

SPOKANE, Wash. – A sports car spinning out of control at Spokane County Raceway has killed a 68-year-old north Idaho man. Spokane County sheriff’s Sgt. Dave Reagan says the man, a contractor, had been standing off the track, behind chainlink fencing, and was talking with General Manager Jay Livingston when …

The world’s swine flu death toll reached 100 as two more New Yorkers died while infected with a virus that has sickened more than 12,000 people. The deaths of 83 people in Mexico, 14 in the United States, two in Canada and one in Costa Rica have now been linked …

The hunt for a sniper shooting at cars along a northern California freeway intensified as fresh clues emerged in the case, according to police. The California Highway Patrol said Wednesday they have uncovered new evidence connected to the nighttime shootings along Interstate 680 that have been reported over the last …

SAN FRANCISCO – An unknown number of people were cut off from Google Inc.’s search engine, e-mail and other online services Thursday, sparking a flurry of frustrated venting that served as a reminder of society’s growing dependence on Google’s technology. Without providing specifics, Google said technical problems had prevented a …

INGLEWOOD, Calif. – California police say a 4-year-old girl walking down a street was wounded by a stray bullet in a shooting outside a preschool. Lt. Michael McBride says several men got into a confrontation with a driver at about 12:45 p.m. Thursday and shots were fired. The girl was …

KABUL – A strong earthquake centered in the towering Hindu Kush mountains shook a wide area of eastern Afghanistan and Pakistan early Friday, swaying buildings in the Afghan and Pakistani capitals. There were no initial reports of damage or casualties from the quake, which struck about 12:21 a.m. Afghan time. …

Dominic Osorio is fighting brain cancer, but he doesn’t know that. Instead the 7-year-old boy from Bel Air, Maryland, thinks he is the main character in a superhero story and he is fighting evil every time he has to undergo a procedure or treatment, the Baltimore Sun reported. Dominic’s mother …

MINNEAPOLIS – The family of a college student who died on a spring break trip to Mexico has filed a lawsuit alleging it happened after a struggle with a traveling companion who has competed in ultimate fighting competitions. University of St. Thomas freshman Josh Gunderson died March 24 after he …

SAN FRANCISCO – San Francisco police are investigating the death of a man whose body was found inside a city bus that had been parked in a transit yard for hours after a rush-hour shift. Authorities say a cleaning crew discovered the body of 37-year-old Christopher Feasel of San Francisco …