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Creeks from old wood floors echo down the halls of one of Georgia’s most luxurious and historic resorts. Paired with Spanish Moss brushing against old glass windows and sea breezes swirling through the rooms, the Jekyll Island Club Resort seems like a hotel ripe with history and dedication to preserving …

Two bald eagles were found in a jam on Monday after the predators got stuck together while fighting over what appeared to be a scrap of food in a Texas family’s yard, authorities said. Police and fire personnel in Tomball responded and found the two “quarreling” bald eagles clasping each …

TUCKER, Ga. – Authorities say a police officer fatally shot a naked man on Monday afternoon outside a suburban Atlanta apartment complex who doesn’t appear to have been armed. Chief of Police Cedric Alexander in greater Atlanta’s DeKalb County says the officer responded to reports of a suspicious person knocking …

SAN FRANCISCO – Hands torn and bleeding, the second of two men attempting a grueling climb up a half-mile of sheer granite in California’s Yosemite National Park cleared one of the ascent’s most difficult stretches after days of failed attempts and waiting. Growing crowds of onlookers at the foot of …

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Alaska State Troopers say an Oregon man died while climbing Mount Yukla. Troopers say Dasan Marshall of Portland, Oregon, was climbing with a friend on Sunday when he fell about 1,000 feet. Because of the terrain in the Chugach Mountains about 6 miles from the Eagle River …

RALEIGH, N.C. – Luke Martin Jr., whose father was an ex-slave and Civil War Union soldier, has died — 179 years after his father was born. Martin was 97 when he died Sunday at his home in New Bern, North Carolina, said his daughter, Fannie Martin-Williams. Her father, who suffered …

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Inspector General says a lack of managerial oversight at Los Alamos National Laboratory led to improper disclosures of sensitive information. In a summary of a report released last week, the inspector general says the lab’s classification officer at times misclassified …

BOSTON – A judge has rejected a request from lawyers for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (joh-HAHR’ tsahr-NEYE’-ehv) to bar demonstrations near courthouse entrances by people who believe the bombings were part of a government plot. Tsarnaev’s lawyers argued that the fairness of his trial could be harmed by …

AUSTIN, Texas – Bill Arhos, who founded “Austin City Limits” and helped propel the public television show into a mecca for music’s biggest influences, has died. He was 80. His death was announced Monday by the show, which is now in its 41st season. Spokeswoman Maureen Coakley said Arhos died …

BOSTON – The transit police officer almost killed during a shootout with the Boston Marathon bombers has returned to work — with a promotion. Richard Donohue Jr. returned to work Friday after more than two years of recovery. He was one of four Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority officers promoted to …