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Authorities say a Houston-area mother who fatally shot her two daughters did not target her estranged husband because she "wanted him to suffer" the memory of their deaths.

ORO VALLEY, Ariz. (AP) -- Two Tucson, Arizona, TV personalities pleaded not guilty to drug and child abuse charges after tests revealed there was cocaine in their baby's system. 

(CNN)-- New study offers hope for patients with a mutation in the breast cancer gene.

The Latest on the explosions at Istanbul's Ataturk airport (all times local).

A new memo from the nonpartisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau estimates that 11 taxpayers earning more than $35 million in 2017 will claim about $21 million in tax breaks from a program targeted manufacturers and farmers.

 LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Hugh Hefner's attorneys are asking a judge to dismiss the Playboy founder from a lawsuit filed by a woman who accuses Bill Cosby of abusing her at the Playboy Mansion in 2008.   

(ABC) -- The U.S. has accused Russia of intentionally interfering with its Navy operations.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- Pennsylvania State Police say a motorcycle driver crashed after getting a blanket stuck in his rear wheel, then was killed when several tractor-trailers ran over him. 

FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) -- A former police officer in Virginia has been released from jail, days after he was sentenced in the fatal shooting of a man who was holding his hands up. 

TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) -- Arizona State University says researchers have found pieces of a small asteroid that left a fiery trail in the sky over eastern Arizona earlier this month. 

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- A northern Minnesota man is accused of decapitating another man after his girlfriend told him that the man had sexually assaulted her. 

A federal prosecutor says the FBI still has months of translation work to do before a case against a man accused of plotting to shoot up a Milwaukee Masonic temple can move forward. 

Democratic legislative leaders are promising to do away with new partisan commissions overseeing Wisconsin elections and ethics laws if they gain majority control of the Legislature. 

The Latest on Tuesday's freight train crash in West Texas (all times local).

Toyota is recalling 1.4 million cars worldwide for a problems with exploding airbags.

There are plenty of ways to get into Summerfest for free or with discounted admission tickets. 

The Shawano-Menominee County Health Department is investigating an outbreak of an infectious disease called shigella (shih-GEL'-ah).

Federal health officials want to know whether hand sanitizers used by millions of Americans work as well as manufacturers claim -- and whether there are any health risks to their growing use.

The minimum age in Chicago for buying cigarettes and other tobacco products goes up to 21 at the end of the week.

A Reeseville man has life threatening injuries after getting caught in a machine.