DALLAS – A former television news producer whose interest in the death of President John F. Kennedy helped launch a museum at the warehouse where Kennedy’s assassin opened fire has died. Gary Mack was 69. A statement issued by the Dallas museum says Mack died Wednesday after a prolonged illness. …

LONDON – A 15-year-old British boy pleaded guilty on Thursday to inciting terrorism by encouraging another teenager to kill police officers during a war memorial ceremony in Australia. The boy, who can’t be named because of his age, was arrested in northwest England in April. He was detained after Australian …

As a mom, feeling loved and appreciated sometimes comes in small ways. Mine came in the form of a pink post-it note on my bathroom mirror. After months of an intense workload, getting ready for the holidays and non-stop kids school activities, I crashed. Completely exhausted and grumpy, I felt …

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – A bronze bust of German literary giant Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (GUR’-tuh) has been stolen from its pedestal at a western New York park. Monroe County parks officials tell the Democrat and Chronicle of Rochester (http://on.rocne.ws/1CXAx0O ) that a member of a neighborhood group reported the theft …

MOSCOW – Russian investigators say lightning has killed a construction worker in Moscow. Russian news agencies on Monday quoted investigation spokeswoman Yulia Ivanova as saying that the man was stuck by lightning in a park in the west of the city earlier on Monday and died on the spot. The …

LOS ANGELES – It’s almost as if the dozens of exquisitely detailed, often perfectly intact bronze sculptures on display at the J. Paul Getty Museum disappeared into an ancient witness-protection program — and decided to stay there for thousands of years. “Power and Pathos: Bronze Sculpture of the Hellenistic World,” …

BERLIN – Munich’s city council has refused to lift a ban on so-called “stumbling stones,” tiny plaques embedded in sidewalks to commemorate Holocaust victims outside their former homes, which are a common sight elsewhere in Germany. The opposition Greens and a smaller group on the council had sought to clear …

RALEIGH, N.C. – U.S. wildlife officials want smartphone-owning outdoor lovers to use a downloaded app to report any endangered species they see in the wilderness. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Monday it’s teaming up with Sweden-based FishBrain, a social network and free-to-use mobile app for anglers. The mobile …

ROOSEVELT, Wash. – A fast-moving wildfire has forced the evacuation of an entire small town in southern Washington state, authorities said. The Klickitat County sheriff’s office issued the mandatory order for Roosevelt Tuesday afternoon. An estimated 300 people were evacuated. A shelter was set up in a local school. Several …

PRESTONSBURG, Ky. – A state judge has dismissed a wrongful death lawsuit alleging an eastern Kentucky lawyer contributed to a man’s suicide after he lost his federal disability benefits. WYMT-TV reports (http://bit.ly/1EbXgRT ) that Floyd County Circuit Judge Thomas Smith dismissed the case Friday. Emma Burchett sued attorney Eric Conn …