RALEIGH, N.C. — Federal investigators have unraveled a massive scheme among dozens of insurance agents, claims adjusters, brokers and farmers in eastern North Carolina to steal at least $100 … more

Police, deputies and Highway Patrol troopers say they all will be out conducting extra patrols in northeast Wyoming during the St. Patrick’s Day weekend. Many of the extra miles will be paid for … more

CASPER, Wyo.— Rurika Odanaka traveled more than 5,000 miles to try on her first cowboy hat.She tilted the brown Stetson back on her head on a recent Friday and wrapped a yellow bandanna around … more

SALT LAKE CITY — The University of Utah will offer a master’s degree in a fast-growing field: video game design. The master’s program in entertainment arts and engineering will operate as an … more

LONDON — Margaret Thatcher was laid to rest Wednesday with prayers and ceremony, plus cheers and occasional jeers, as Britain paused to remember a leader who transformed the country — for the … more

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. — An Army sergeant pleaded guilty Monday to killing four other soldiers and a Navy officer in 2009 at mental health clinic in Baghdad during the Iraq War, describing … more

Joyce Brothers, the pop psychologist who pioneered the television advice show in the 1950s and enjoyed a long and prolific career as a syndicated columnist, author, and television and film … more

CHEYENNE — The next major power plant to be built in the nation’s top coal-mining state will be fueled by natural gas. Black Hills Corp. subsidiaries Cheyenne Light, Fuel & Power and Black … more

Teacher Mary Rose hasn’t been inside the last three new elementary schools built in Gillette.It was a matter of principle for the longtime instructional facilitator at Lakeview … more

CENTENNIAL, Colo. — A judge on Tuesday accepted James Holmes' plea of not guilty by reason of insanity, setting the stage for a lengthy mental evaluation of the Colorado theater shooting … more