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Santa Ana winds gusted out of the mountains of Southern California on Wednesday, driving up temperatures and fanning several small brush fires that erupted in the drought-stricken region.

Wisconsin's attorney general has asked a federal appeals court to let stand the conviction of a man found guilty in a case profiled in the popular "Making a Murderer" series on Netflix.

A man convicted of sexually assaulting a teenager pulled a razor blade and slashed his throat in an Orange County courtroom Wednesday moments after the verdict.

The Latest on the shooting of an Alaska police officer (all times local): 3:15 p.m.

The final cleanup is underway in Anchorage, Alaska, after the 1964 Good Friday earthquake helped turn a sea-side bluff into an auto junkyard.

Thick smoke from a fire set to reduce wildfire risks blinded motorists Wednesday on the main highway across northern Arizona near the Grand Canyon, causing numerous accidents as haze clouded the freeway for hours and reduced visibility to 20 feet, officials said.

California's attorney general is leading a criminal investigation into the sales practices scandal that has rocked San Francisco-based Wells Fargo bank.

A heat expert testified that temperatures peaked around 125 degrees inside the SUV where 22-month-old Cooper Harris died after being left there all day in June 2014.

The Latest on the scheduled execution of Georgia inmate Gregory Paul Lawler (all times local): 5:25 p.m.

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Several people were injured Wednesday when scaffolding fell from a construction site in downtown Miami, authorities said.

Prosecutors say two men have been indicted on assault charges in connection with an explosion at a marijuana grow house in the Bronx that killed a fire battalion chief.

Police say a fourth person has been charged in connection with the shooting death of Olympic sprinter Tyson Gay's 15-year-old daughter.

Phoenix police trying to catch a serial killer who has shot seven people dead and wounded two others have released 911 calls about two shootings in an effort to generate tips about the suspect.

Two top Republican congressmen are claiming that Russia's violation of a key nuclear arms control treaty has become more egregious.

Kim Johnson Flodin, a veteran photo-news journalist and editor at The Associated Press, has been named news editor for Texas, Arkansas and Oklahoma.

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A medical examiner says a bullet damaged several organs of a prominent Atlanta businesswoman who died from a gunshot wound to the back as she rode in a car near Piedmont Park.

Officials say the federal trial of a man accused of causing the evacuation of two buildings at Ohio's largest military base did not begin Wednesday as scheduled after the defense filed notice it is planning an insanity defense.

A heat expert testified the temperatures peaked around 125 degrees inside the SUV where 22-month-old Cooper Harris died in the heat.