(OAK ISLAND, N.C., AP) — Two young people were vacationing in the beach town of Oak Island, swimming in shallow, waist-deep water, when they were severely injured in shark attacks,… Read more »

By DAVID WARREN (DALLAS, AP) — A white Texas police officer was not targeting minorities when he wrestled a black teenage girl to the ground and brandished his gun outside… Read more »

By DAVID WARREN and TERRY WALLACE (McKINNEY, Texas, AP) — A white police officer in suburban Dallas has resigned after he was recorded on video pushing a black teenage girl to… Read more »

(RICHMOND, Va., AP) — The Civil War Trust has surpassed its $40 million goal in a campaign to protect 64 battlefields in 16 states, raising $52 million over four years…. Read more »

(FORT SCOTT, Kan., AP) — A southeast Kansas sheriff is considering whether to sell a piece of history to help fund other needs, or keep it for its nostalgic value…. Read more »

(PORTLAND, Ore., AP) — An effort to use a fake, life-sized orca to scare off hundreds of sea lions crowding docks off the Oregon coast ended, at least temporarily, with… Read more »

By JEFF KAROUB (DETROIT, AP) — Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary in Michigan is rolling out the buoys and starting another season of work on Lake Huron — the highlight… Read more »

By KEN DILANIAN (WASHINGTON, AP) — President Barack Obama has signed into law the USA Freedom Act, which extends three expiring surveillance provisions of the 9/11-era USA Patriot Act. It… Read more »

By GEORGE M. WALSH (ALBANY, N.Y., AP) — Two days before President Barack Obama announced a posthumous Medal of Honor for black World War I soldier Henry Johnson, a family… Read more »

(LOS ANGELES, AP) — William Shatner will boldly travel across the U.S. on a three-wheeled motorcycle. The “Star Trek” star announced plans Monday for the cross-country mission to promote his… Read more »