CHICAGO – Adults who play a lot of action video games may be improving their eyesight, U.S. researchers said on Sunday. They said people who used a video-game training program saw significant improvements in their ability to notice subtle differences in shades of gray, a finding that may help people …

People who get fewer than six hours of sleep at night are prone to abnormal blood sugar levels, possibly putting them at risk for diabetes, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday. They said people in a study who slept less than six hours were 4.5 times more likely to develop abnormal …

The National Weather Service says it believes North Dakota’s Red River crested Saturday at lower-than-predicted levels and a day earlier than expected, as residents of Fargo and nearby towns were bracing for devastating flooding. Forecasts Saturday showed the river would rise to its highest level of 42 feet on Sunday. …

GENEVA – The U.N. human rights office will examine whether Sudan’s decision to expel aid groups constitutes a breach of basic human rights and possibly a war crime, a spokesman said Friday. Rupert Colville said the Sudanese decision to expel relief workers from 13 of the largest aid groups constitutes …

HARTFORD, Conn. – A claim that implicates two men in a 1975 murder that sent Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel to prison is “pretty compelling,” a Connecticut Supreme Court justice said Thursday, but justices also expressed skepticism. Justice Richard N. Palmer pressed prosecutors about why they didn’t grant Gitano “Tony” Bryant …

CORTEZ, Colo. – Authorities say a 12-year-old Colorado boy accidentally shot himself in the leg while playing with a loaded pistol his parents had hidden behind the family Christmas tree. Montezuma County Sheriff Gerald Wallace says the boy was shot in the calf on Monday morning but the injury wasn’t …

NEW YORK – Authorities on Friday said a machine pistol used by a street hustler shot dead in a Times Square gunfight was purchased in October at a Virginia gun shop whose business card was found in the aspiring rapper’s pocket, and they were looking for the woman who bought …

FORT PIERCE, Fla. – A St. Lucie County man has been accused of trying to teach a boy a lesson by shooting him with a pellet gun. According to a St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office arrest report, 39-year-old Christopher Fred Cady shot the boy in the chest with the pellet …

INDIANAPOLIS – Ruth Lilly, a prolific philanthropist who was the last surviving great-grandchild of pharmaceutical magnate Eli Lilly, has died at age 94. A family spokesman says Lilly died Wednesday in Indianapolis. Over the course of her life, the Indianapolis native gave away much of her inheritance from the Eli …

SAN FRANCISCO – A controversial measure that dictates how San Francisco police deal with underage illegal immigrants goes into effect Thursday. The law, approved by the city’s Board of Supervisors in October, prohibits law enforcement from turning over minors to federal authorities unless they are felons. Mayor Gavin Newsom vetoed …