Last Slide  —  Ohio Gov. John Kasich, who is seeking the Republican presidential nomination, said while campaigning in Iowa on Monday that he had no knowledge about a standoff in eastern Oregon where armed anti-government protesters have taken over a federal wildlife refuge.

In Oregon, frustration over federal land rights has been building for years  —  BURNS, Ore. — B.J. Soper has seen the frustration building for years in this rural corner of Oregon.  —  The federal government owns more than half the land in the state, as it does across much of the West.

How the Leader of the Oregon Armed Protest Benefited From a Federal Loan Program  —  Ammon Bundy decries federal “tyranny,” but he sought aid from the government to help his company.  —  As one of the leaders of a band of armed, anti-government activists who have taken over a National Park Service building …

Authorities plan to cut off power to militia at occupied Oregon refuge  —  Armed militants will begin their third day at the wildlife refuge and have vowed to remain for months in protest at over the treatment of two local cattle ranchers  —  Federal authorities are planning to cut off …

Woman, 11 kids held hostage in motel standoff  —  DEKALB, Ga. — A woman and 11 children are being held hostage at a motel on Snapfinger Woods Dr.  —  The stand off is underway after a domestic dispute call that came in around the two o'clock hour.  The SWAT team is on the scene negotiating …

11 kids safe after hostage situation at DeKalb motel  —  DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. —  Police said a SWAT standoff ended at a DeKalb County motel at about 7:30 a.m. Tuesday.  —  Police said a suspect had held 11 children hostage at Rite4Us Inn and Suites on Snapfinger Woods Drive.