Ferguson officer shot; police say no protest link
FERGUSON, Missouri (AP) -- Authorities searched Sunday for two men suspected of shooting and wounding a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, the St. Louis suburb where there have been angry protests since a white officer fatally shot an unarmed 18-year-old black man last month....

Police: 15 hurt in Miami nightclub shooting
MIAMI (AP) -- A shooting sent terrified patrons scrambling from a Miami nightclub early Sunday and left 15 people wounded, including an 11-year-old child, authorities said....

Bodies of 2 parents, 3 children found in Utah home
SPRINGVILLE, Utah (AP) -- Two parents and three of their children were found dead in a home near Provo, and authorities said early Sunday they were trying to determine the cause of the deaths....

Madoff son was under scrutiny until day he died
NEW YORK (AP) -- Bernard Madoff's last surviving son was under investigation for possible involvement in his father's multibillion-dollar Ponzi scheme until the day he died from cancer earlier this month, but scrutiny over his $16 million estate lives on....

Storms drench parts of Arizona, Nevada
PHOENIX (AP) -- Residents of the Phoenix area were greeted Sunday morning by toppled trees and debris-littered streets....

Tech-friendly cities struggle with new biz rules
BOSTON (AP) -- A renowned technology hub that is home to some of the country's top universities, Boston is emerging as an unlikely battleground for web-based businesses like Airbnb and Uber, with some saying more regulations are needed to prevent the upstarts from disrupting communities and more established industries....

Sen. Durbin to seek probe of air center sabotage
CHICAGO (AP) -- U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin said Sunday that he will seek an investigation into how a contract employee was able to sabotage a regional control center and bring Chicago's two international airports to a halt....

Police: Truck driver says distracted before crash
The driver of an 18-wheel tractor-trailer that collided with a bus and killed four members of a Texas community college softball team told investigators he had been distracted by something in his cabin before the accident, authorities said Sunday....

Search for trooper killing suspect shifts slightly
CANADENSIS, Pa. (AP) -- The delicate search for a survivalist charged with killing a trooper more than two weeks ago shifted slightly over the weekend in the dense woods that authorities fear may be booby-trapped, state police said Sunday....

US doctor exposed to Ebola virus admitted to NIH
WASHINGTON (AP) -- An American doctor who was exposed to the Ebola virus while volunteering in Sierra Leone has been admitted for observation at The National Institutes of Health near the nation's capital....