A growth rate of 2.5 percent in the first quarter was most likely a result of unusually slow growth at the end of 2012, when the economy grew at an annual pace of just 0.4 percent.    

PLEASANTON, Calif. (AP) — Two sisters facing charges that they endangered the lives of infants at their Northern California daycare center by binding them too tightly in swaddling blankets didn't intend to hurt the babies and contend they didn't commit child abuse, their attorney said.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Two people will serve prison time for their roles in the fatal beating of a 23-year-old man who was trying to hail a cab in Philadelphia.

A sculpture planned for a school to be built where a Tiffany factory once stood in Corona, Queens, will unexpectedly be able to use real Tiffany glass — found on the site.    

Was beautiful Dagestan the launch pad for the Boston bombs?

An Ethiopian Airlines 787 Dreamliner is due to take off from Addis Ababa on Saturday morning, the first commercial flight by the Boeing aircraft since all 787s were grounded in January.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa's governor made a rare move Friday by commuting the life sentence of an inmate who has been in prison for 38 years for killing his neighbor, saying the man has an "extraordinary record" behind bars that included saving the lives of two guards during a hostage situation.

A week after a “white prom” was held in Wilcox County, Ga., the first integrated prom, organized by students, will take place.    

The Internal Revenue Service has recouped more than $5.5 billion under a series of programs that offered reduced penalties and no jail time to people who voluntarily disclosed assets they were hiding overseas, government investigators said Friday.

A self-described pimp was indicted Friday in Nevada state court on charges that could bring the death penalty if he is convicted in a fatal shooting and fiery crash that killed three people on the Las Vegas Strip in February.

A self-described pimp was indicted Friday in Nevada state court on charges that could bring the death penalty if he is convicted in a fatal shooting and fiery crash that killed three people on the Las Vegas Strip in February.

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The special regulatory restriction on First Financial Northwest of Renton has been lifted by the Federal Reserve, the company said.

Guitarist Bob Weir fell onstage while strumming his guitar at a concert in Port Chester, N.Y.

The price of soybeans rose Friday as traders anticipate greater demand from China. Wheat and corn futures fell.

Two sisters facing charges that they endangered the lives of infants at their Northern California daycare center by binding them too tightly in swaddling blankets didn't intend to hurt the babies and contend they didn't commit child abuse, their attorney said.

Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn has announced the hiring of a new police oversight director.

A state commission has approved the killing of gray wolves that are caught in the act of attacking livestock or pets.

A systemic pattern of suspected sexual abuse existed at an elite New York City prep school from the 1970s until the mid-1990s, but the statute of limitations to prosecute them has expired, prosecutors said Friday.