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NEWARK, N.J. – An actor shot in the head and partly paralyzed when live ammunition was mistakenly used during a theme park’s staged gunfight sued Wild West City, its owner and others on Thursday, charging their negligence and recklessness led to his injuries. “It’s reckless misconduct in operation of the …

A levee on the Illinois side of the Mississippi River broke Tuesday in a region already battered for days by severe flooding. The breach happened just across the river from Burlington, Iowa, in Henderson County, Ill. Police subsequently shut down a bridge six miles to the south. • Click here …

CAIRO, Egypt – Offering a cigarette is as common as a handshake in Egypt, where the culture of smoking is so entrenched that patients sometimes light up in hospital rooms. But now the government is getting serious about the health risks, launching a new campaign of stark visual warnings about …

OKLAHOMA CITY – A federal judge on Wednesday blocked parts of an Oklahoma law targeting illegal immigration, saying the measures are probably unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge Robin J. Cauthron issued a preliminary injunction prohibiting enforcement of provisions of the law that subject employers to penalties for failing to comply with …

The human papillmovirus vaccination Gardasil could become available for young men as soon as next year, according to a report from The New York Times. If boys could be vaccinated, the spread of the virus would slow considerably, according to public health officials. HPV is the No. 1 cause of …

SAN`A, Yemen – A Yemeni-American, one of the FBI’s 26 “most wanted” for terrorism, appeared at a session of his trial in a Yemeni court Saturday with bodyguards and then walked free, apparently not subject to any form of incarceration, eyewitnesses said. • Click here for video. The 41-year-old Jaber …

PHOENIX – U.S. Rep. John Shadegg, R-Ariz., announced Thursday that he will postpone retirement plans and seek an eighth term in Congress. Shadegg, 58, had announced last week that he would leave the House despite raising more than $1 million for another run. The decision surprised many Republicans, and 146 …

COTTONWOOD, Minn. – A school bus and several other vehicles crashed in southwestern Minnesota Tuesday, killing four students and forcing the first-arriving motorists to rush some of the injured to nearby hospitals. The bus was hit by a van around 3:25 p.m. on a highway north of Cottonwood. The bus …

A photograph in a Times-Picayune report Wednesday on the New Orleans Police Department’s new crime-fighting equipment has set off a wave of controversy. In the photo, Mayor Ray Nagin is smiling and seems to be aiming an assault rifle at Police Superintendent Warren Riley. The picture has sparked debate amongst …

Encino, Calif., residents were nervous after a water leak caused a hilltop home to crack in half and a dozen people to be evacuated over fears the damaged structure might collapse on other homes below, MyFOXLosAngeles reports. The Los Angeles Fire Department said it suspected that seepage from a broken …