​Cowboys cut Michael Sam from practice squad

The NFL's first openly gay player is trying to make an active roster during the regular season for the first time

• Oct 21, 2014

Watch: Semi nearly plows into news crew in Seattle

KIRO news crew reporting on a truck accident nearly became the victims of another crash

• Oct 21, 2014

Wyoming grants first licenses for same-sex marriages

An often deeply conservative state saw a subdued response to its first-ever same-sex marriages, with relatively few couples lining up to marry

• Oct 21, 2014

Steve Ballmer: LA Clippers are "a damn good team!"

Former Microsoft CEO shows his love for basketball as he transitions into his new role as owner of an NBA franchise

• Oct 21, 2014

Purple Heart to be returned 2 decades after being found on playground

Medal awarded to New York soldier killed in Vietnam will be presented to his widow and daughter next month

• Oct 21, 2014

Jeffrey Fowle, American detained in North Korea, released

Two other Americans who have been tried and convicted of crimes in North Korea are still being held

• Oct 21, 2014

Pa. court justice suspended over role in porn scandal

Justice Seamus McCaffery apologizes for sending sexually explicit emails but blasts chief justice for trying to destroy his career

• Oct 21, 2014

Murder of Tasmanian devil raises fears at N.M. zoo

Jasper, a 4-year-old rare Tasmanian devil, was killed by a piece of concrete tossed at its head; Albuquerque offers reward in helping solve crime

• Oct 21, 2014

Teen dies after collapsing at Ohio haunted house

Coroner said it's difficult to determine whether fear played a role in death of 16-year-old

• Oct 21, 2014

Calif. mayor resigns after crashing car into cheerleaders

Accused of drunk driving, Murrieta mayor said he wanted to avoid "even one hint of impropriety" during legal process

• Oct 21, 2014

Commencement speech by convicted cop killer prompts new law

Mumia Abu-Jamal's address to Goddard College graduates earlier this month spurred outcry

• Oct 21, 2014

Cops: Calif. man killed father with sledgehammer

Santa Rosa police say 64-year-old man was found dead in his bedroom and his son was hiding behind a tree

• Oct 21, 2014

Ohio televangelist urged vasectomies and abortion, newspaper reports

Some of those interviewed by the Akron Beacon Journal described Ernest Angley's church as a cult

• Oct 21, 2014

Travelers from Ebola-hit countries now limited to 5 U.S. airports, DHS says

People arriving to the U.S. from three West African countries face increased travel restrictions

• Oct 21, 2014

Brit accused of planning terror camp in Oregon extradited to U.S.

Haroon Aswat taken from psychiatric hospital and escorted onto a plane by U.S. officials, London police say

• Oct 21, 2014

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