COLUMBIA, S.C. – A Florida teenager died after falling from a high ropes course at a camp on the South Carolina-North Carolina border, officials said Tuesday. Olivia Paige Grimes, 16, of Lakeland, Florida, died about 6 p.m. Monday after falling out of a zip line swing at Carolina Point Camp …

MEXICO CITY – The Uber ride-sharing app praised Mexico City’s decision to become the first city in Latin America — and the largest in the world — to issue official regulations for such smartphone-based services. Uber’s spokesman for Mexico and Central America says the company doesn’t mind paying 1.5 percent …

MITCHELL, S.D. – Three new domes have been put in place atop the Corn Palace tourist attraction in Mitchell. The domes are part of a $7.2 million makeover of the building that’s billed as the world’s only palace dedicated to the grain. The installation of the domes was delayed when …

If Christmas is to be “the most wonderful time of the year” then it’s going to cost big bucks to make it happen, right? Have you ever sat down and calculated the cost of Christmas? If you do, just be careful that you don’t end up pinching your pennies like …

VANCOUVER, British Columbia – A former Canadian law enforcement officer who was in charge when police used an electroshock weapon on a Polish immigrant, causing his death has been given a two-year jail term for perjury during a public inquiry into the incident. Former corporal Benjamin Robinson was found guilty …

HONOLULU – The military plans to exhume more caskets containing the unidentified remains of USS Oklahoma crew members killed in the 1941 bombing of Pearl Harbor. The National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu and the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency plan to dig up the remains Monday. They are …

The following list represents the most viral tracks on Spotify, based on the number of people who shared it divided by the number who listened to it, from Monday, Dec. 10, to Sunday, Dec. 16, via Facebook, Tumblr, Twitter and Spotify. UNITED STATES 1. Matisyahu, “Happy Hanukkah” (Fallen Spark Records) …

Russia Wednesday vetoed the Western-backed U.N. Security Council resolution that would have established a tribunal to prosecute those responsible for downing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 over Ukraine last year. The foreign ministers of Netherlands, Australia, and Ukraine have been attending a meeting over the shooting down of the plane on …

FRANKFORT, Ky. – Two northern Kentucky women have sued a county sheriff and one of his school resource officers for placing their two disabled elementary school children in handcuffs. The 8-year-old boy and the 9-year-old girl and their mothers are identified in the lawsuit only by their initials. The children …

WASHINGTON – A hemp shop in the nation’s capital is reopening after three years now that possession of small amounts of marijuana is legal in the District of Columbia. The Washington Post (http://wapo.st/1N9QWzu) reports that The Capitol Hemp shop is having its grand reopening Wednesday. In 2012, Capitol Hemp agreed …