By MARTHA BELLISLE and GENE JOHNSON (SEATTLE, AP) — A 16-year-old girl survived a small-plane crash in the rugged mountains of north-central Washington state and then hiked through thick forest to… Read more »

(WATERBURY, Conn., AP) — A Connecticut woman is recovering from fractured ribs suffered during an unexplained explosion on a Rhode Island beach over the weekend. Sixty-year-old Kathleen Danise’s family says… Read more »

By JEFFREY COLLINS MEG KINNARD (COLUMBIA, S.C., AP) — The Confederate flag was lowered from the grounds of the South Carolina Statehouse on Friday, ending its 54-year presence there and marking… Read more »

(ST. LOUIS, AP) — U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill of Missouri says she supports efforts to have President Barack Obama revoke Bill Cosby’s Presidential Medal of Freedom. The Promoting Awareness Victim… Read more »

(MARS, Pa., AP) — This hungry Labrador has some unusual taste buds. A Pennsylvania veterinarian retrieved 62 hair bands, eight pairs of underwear and a bandage from the dog’s stomach… Read more »

By ERIC TUCKER (WASHINGTON, AP) — Federal law enforcement officials are pressing their concerns about encryption before Congress, where they will argue to senators on Wednesday that the right to… Read more »

By JEFFREY COLLINS (COLUMBIA, S.C., AP) — The push to remove the Confederate flag from the grounds of the South Carolina Statehouse is about to clear its first hurdle. But… Read more »

(VERLOT, Wash., AP) — Ice caves popular with hikers northeast of Seattle partially collapsed, killing one person and leaving at least four other injured, officials said. Monday’s collapse came after… Read more »

By FENIT NIRAPPIL (SACRAMENTO, Calif., AP) — A bill that would allow California physicians to help terminally ill patients end their lives is struggling to muster enough support ahead of… Read more »

(WASHINGTON, AP) — President Barack Obama is making a rare visit to the Pentagon to get an update from military leaders on the campaign against the Islamic State. Obama’s meetings… Read more »