Vicente Ogo, who has been raising and fighting roosters since he was a child, sold all of his birds during the past year because of a new federal cockfighting ban for the U.S. territories. It takes effect Dec. 20. Ogo, 38, of Maina, Guam, said some local cockfighters have been skeptical …

A Montana non-profit is removing parts of a tourism campaign being criticized as insensitive to Native Americans and the history of violence against tribes.  The Billings Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday ordered billboards reading “Onward Pioneers” be removed, one day after a local blogger said the campaign demonstrates the “racism that …

The search for a missing Southern California hiker has been suspended after a rescue volunteer died Saturday, authorities say. Timothy Staples, 32, was a nine-year veteran of the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department’s search-and-rescue team and part of the 126 people looking for hiker Sreenivas “Sree” Mokkapati near Mount Baldy in the San Gabriel Mountains. The department …

A woman is suing a Chicago nightclub and restaurant, alleging she was sexually assaulted while two security guards stood by and did nothing to intervene. Not only did the security guards fail to act, they escorted the woman out of the establishment with the “unknown individual” who allegedly assaulted her, according …

Officials of the Waste Management Phoenix Open took the high road Tuesday when asked about Phil Mickelson’s decision to skip their upcoming tournament in order to play in the Saudi International. Phil’s been a “great ambassador for us,” they said during a news conference to promote the 2020 tournament. Phil’s been …