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The matriarch of a small New York church where two brothers were beaten for hours during a counseling session has been sentenced to two years in jail.

Orders to U.S. factories rose in October by the largest amount in 16 months but a key category that tracks business investment posted an anemic gain.

A Washington Post report says the Defense Department disregarded an internal study that found it had a bloated bureaucracy and could cut $125 billion in administrative costs over five years.

The matriarch of a small New York church where two brothers were beaten for hours during a counseling session has been sentenced to two years in jail.

Officials say an Ohio firefighter was shot and wounded while in a firetruck at the scene of a house fire.

Federal prosecutors say an inmate's killing of a guard at a federal prison in Pennsylvania was a calculated slaying during which the inmate paused to chew a piece of gum he took from the dying guard's pocket.

The U.S. trade deficit climbed in October from its lowest monthly level in nearly three years.

The productivity of American workers rose in the July-September quarter at the fastest pace in two years while labor costs slowed after a big jump in the spring.

Authorities in Alabama say a man charged with burglary was naked when he was taken into custody.

Authorities in central Florida say officers fatally shot a man after he pointed a gun at them.

An Ohio firefighter was shot and wounded while on the scene of a house fire late Monday night.

Relatives of Walter Scott, the black motorist fatally shot while fleeing a traffic stop, say they are confident justice will prevail even though a South Carolina jury could not reach a verdict in the murder trial of a white former police officer charged in his death.

Police say one person has been arrested in a shooting that happened during a Christmas parade in central North Carolina.

The threat of a terror attack against a busy commuter rail station in the Los Angeles area has prompted authorities to increase security throughout the region and urge commuters to report any suspicious behavior they see.

Georgia is preparing to execute a man convicted of killing his father-in-law in March 1990.

Bizarre rumors that began with a leaked email referencing Hillary Clinton and sinister interpretations of references to pizza parties morphed into fake news stories about a child sex trafficking ring run by prominent Democrats operating out of a Washington, D.C., pizza joint.

Turkey's military says the country's military chief has held talks with his U.S. counterpart during a previously announced visit to an air base in southern Turkey.

A utility company says a transformer issue is to blame for causing white foam to seep out of a downtown Philadelphia substation and onto a side street this past weekend.

Administrators at Tufts University say the Massachusetts school has suspended all social activity at its fraternities for the rest of the semester after receiving several reports of hazing and sexual misconduct.

Relatives of Walter Scott say they're confident justice will prevail even though a South Carolina jury couldn't reach a verdict in the murder trial of the former police officer charged in his death.