On 15th anniversary of 9/11, 'the grief never goes away'
NEW YORK (AP) -- The U.S. marked the 15th anniversary of 9/11 on Sunday, with victims' relatives reading their names and reflecting on a loss that still felt as immediate to them as it was indelible for the nation....

After 15 years, last artifacts of 9/11 have been given away
NEW YORK (AP) -- Behind the barbed wire, the minivan's busted windows and crumpled roof hint at its story. But forklifted to this windblown spot on the John F. Kennedy International Airport tarmac, between a decommissioned 727 and an aircraft hangar, it's doubtful passing drivers notice it at all....

Obama calls on Americans to embrace diversity on 9/11
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama on Sunday marked the 15th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks by calling on Americans to embrace the nation's character as a people drawn from every corner of the world, from every religion and from every background. He said extremist groups will never be able to defeat the United States....

Ex-swimmer in rape case joins thousands in Ohio sex database
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- A former Stanford University swimmer whose six-month jail sentence for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman sparked a national outcry has registered as a sex offender in Ohio, where he is living with his parents....

Jails, prisons still trying to meet federal anti-rape rules
HOUSTON (AP) -- Miguel Moll knew the risk of rape when he was thrown into a Texas jail in 1989 after joyriding in a stolen car....

Police: 30 hurt in off-campus deck collapse in Connecticut
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- A pair of crowded decks collapsed during a party at an off-campus house near Trinity College in Connecticut, injuring about 30 people, Hartford police said Sunday....

US nuclear plant up for sale at fraction of cost
HOLLYWOOD, Ala. (AP) -- After spending more than 40 years and $5 billion on an unfinished nuclear power plant in northeastern Alabama, the nation's largest federal utility is preparing to sell the property at a fraction of its cost....

Hitchhiker's grisly tale to be told again at new sentencing
BOSTON (AP) -- The families of two Massachusetts murder victims listened to weeks of gruesome testimony about how a hitchhiker carjacked them, tied them up, stabbed them and slit their throats....

Hanjin cargo ship stranded off California finally unloads
LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) -- A Hanjin container ship that was stranded off the California coast for more than a week began unloading Saturday after a judge protected the global shipping giant from having its assets seized in the U.S. as it struggles to avoid bankruptcy....

Hop growers look to new parts of US to slake thirst for crop
GORHAM, Maine (AP) -- Geoff Keating grows a prized plant at the northeastern edge of the country, some 3,000 miles away from the region of America most associated with his crop - hops....