Crews prepare to seal California dam spillway that forced evacuations
OROVILLE, Calif. Operators of the nation's tallest dam prepared on Monday to shore up a crumbling emergency spillway with bags of rock while bleeding off excess water from a rain-swollen lake to ease the threat of inundating the Northern California communities under evacuation orders downstream. | Video
Ex-Penn State coach Sandusky's son charged with child sex abuse
A 41-year-old adopted son of Jerry Sandusky, the former Penn State University assistant football coach convicted in 2012 of sexually abusing young boys, was charged in Pennsylvania on Monday with sexually abusing two teenage sisters. | Video
Travel snarled, two dead, as winter storm pummels New England
BOSTON Close to 1,000 flights were canceled and hundreds of vehicle crashes reported as a winter storm hit New England on Monday, dropping as much as two feet of snow (0.61 m) on parts of Maine and leaving two dead in Massachusetts. | Video
Courts likely to probe Trump's intent in issuing travel ban
NEW YORK Washington state’s attorney general has promised to uncover "what truly motivated" President Donald Trump's executive order on immigration, an approach that could prompt a rare public examination of how a U.S. president makes national security decisions.
California lawmaker makes push for health warning labels on soda
NEW YORK A California state senator is taking another stab at introducing a law that would require sugary drink manufacturers to put a warning label on their products, the latest effort in the "War on Sugar."
Over 680 arrested in U.S. immigration raids: homeland security secretary
WASHINGTON U.S. immigration officers have arrested more than 680 people in recent operations, 75 percent of whom have criminal records, the homeland security chief said on Monday of actions that have alarmed immigrant rights groups.
Judge denies tribes' request to block final link in Dakota pipeline
WASHINGTON A U.S. federal judge on Monday denied a request by Native American tribes seeking to halt construction of the final link in the Dakota Access Pipeline, the controversial project that has sparked months of protests by activists aimed at stopping the 1,170-mile line.
U.S. suit seeking $100 million from Lance Armstrong heads to trial
A federal judge on Monday cleared the way for a U.S. government lawsuit seeking nearly $100 million in damages from disgraced former professional cyclist Lance Armstrong to go to trial, according to court papers.
Peruvian woman can be deported from U.S. for voting illegally: court
A Peruvian woman who voted illegally in two U.S. elections in 2006 can be deported as a result, a federal appeals court ruled Monday, despite her claim that she registered to vote only after a motor vehicle department clerk said she was free to do so.
Justice Department asks Seattle judge to defer action on Trump order
The U.S. Justice Department said on Monday a U.S. appeals court should fully review the suspension of President Donald Trump's temporary travel ban from seven-Muslim majority countries before any more proceedings take place before a Seattle federal judge.
