No credit for 'dead'; bedbugs close library; pot for autism

DES MOINES, Iowa — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit by seven Iowa residents who claimed the city of Des Moines violated their constitut…

BISMARCK, N.D. — A 19-year-old Bismarck man has been cited for speeding after the state Highway Patrol clocked him driving 137 mph on Interstate 94.

OMAHA, Neb. — A local group of professional and amateur clowns took their acts to the streets of Omaha to help bring laughter and meals to the…

TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas won't bar single people from serving as foster parents for abused and neglected children but hasn't decided whether to a…

INDIANAPOLIS — Two leading sponsors of many recent Indiana education overhaul measures now want the Legislature to consider steps for possibly…

LANSING, Mich. — Michigan would become the first state to allow medical marijuana for children with severe autism if a senior official follows…

ST. LOUIS — A 40-year-old St. Louis woman isn't dead, but she says she spent months trying to convince credit reporting agencies that she's alive.

FRANKFORT, Ind. — State police say a 43-year-old Indianapolis man died from injuries sustained after he crashed his motorcycle while he was texting.

CHICAGO — Chicago aldermen have taken a big step to make the city's O'Hare and Midway airports among the most breast-feeding friendly airports…

MADISON, Wis. — Madison's mayor says he has a way to deal with the city's growing transient population. Paul Soglin would limit the time one c…

OMAHA, Neb. — The Nebraska Department of Correctional Services says that of 390 prisoners who have or will be released between June 10 and Aug…

MILWAUKEE — Authorities say a 4-year-old Milwaukee boy suffered fatal injuries when he climbed on a dresser causing a TV to fall on his head.

CHICAGO — A cardiologist who worked at a Chicago-area Veterans Affairs hospital says the facility had a yearlong backlog of unread heart tests.

BISMARCK, N.D. — Highway patrol troopers in the four states bordering western South Dakota are paying extra attention to traffic flocking to t…

PORT HURON, Mich. — The Michigan appeals court has upheld the conviction and sentence of a woman who was charged with falsely accusing two men…

LAKE MILTON, Ohio — Travelers on a northeast Ohio highway say they found themselves acting as wranglers and makeshift veterinarians after a tr…

SAGINAW, Mich. — A Michigan zoo is removing an image of the Confederate flag from a carousel horse at the attraction.

DETROIT — Officials say Wayne State University's Shiffman Medical Library is closed through Monday as exterminators clean because of possible …

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A multi-state highway patrol crackdown on distracted driving yielded hundreds of citations for reckless or careless driving o…

WILLARD, Ohio — A northern Ohio man is being held with a $1 million bond after deputies say he fatally shot a neighbor while she was mowing he…