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An Idaho prosecutor is seeking the death penalty against a woman charged with murder in the deaths of her twin toddlers last year
Federal prosecutors announced they have broken up a fraudulent marriage ring in Massachusetts that conducted dozens of bogus ceremonies with immigrants over the past decade and netted participant millions of dollars
The Supreme Court has rejected a Trump administration appeal seeking to immediately enforce medical care restrictions for transgender people in prison
A chemical tank exploded in Toledo, Ohio, forcing hundreds of residents to evacuate or shelter in place due to fears of a toxic release
Conservatives are banding together to grow classical Christian schools by leveraging new taxpayer-funded scholarships
Kyle Francis Kennedy, the granddaughter of Sen. Robert F
Federal prosecutors say a Guatemalan man who was extradited to the U.S. to face charges related to a smuggling attempt that left 53 migrants dead was sentenced to 30 years in prison Tuesday
Justice Elena Kagan says decisions by her conservative Supreme Court colleagues have increased political polarization and weakened democracy in the U.S. She spoke Tuesday, two weeks before the midterm elections, criticizing rulings that weakened the Vo...
The FBI is investigating reports of an incendiary device being thrown at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in downtown Atlanta
California state workers will launch a one-day strike Wednesday, urging Gov. Gavin Newsoms administration to agree to a new contract that increases workers pay, ensures affordable healthcare access and allows more flexibility for remote work
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has commuted the death sentence of Toforest Johnson to life in prison without parole
A New Jersey food importer filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging President Donald Trumps power to invoke a Depression-era law to levy a 50% tariff on $20 billion worth of Canadian goods
Polymarket has removed a contract from its prediction market platform that allowed users to wager on whether any of the seven men accused of raping a Cornell student in 2024 will be charged with a felony sex crime
A battery system that stores excess energy when its plentiful will power an apartment building in Buffalo, New York, when the grid is strained and electricity is costly
The relationship between the United States and Ukraine is careening toward a possible breaking point
Florida is set to carry out its 18th execution this year under Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis aggressive use of the death penalty
The parents of one of three children killed in last weeks shooting at an elementary school in Bend, Oregon, have hired attorneys to investigate the schools protocols and how the teenage gunman got his weapon
A federal judge has ruled that a teen accused of planning a terror attack on the Mall of America in Minnesota will remain in custody
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case about race in middle school admissions
Mississippis attorney general says a Senatobia police officer was justified in using force during a June shoplifting call that ended in the fatal shooting of 1-year-old Kohen Wiley
A federal appeals court has paused a court-ordered takeover of healthcare operations in Arizonas prisons
Prosecutors say a visitor from Canada maliciously harmed a flamingo at an iconic Las Vegas hotel when he removed the bird from its enclosure earlier this year and brought it to his room
Former Cuban President Ral Castro is facing more charges in Florida related to the 1996 downing of civilian planes flown by Miami-based exiles after the U.S. government indicted the former leader earlier this year
Members of the University of Michigan mens and womens cross country teams regularly run past the schools prized peony garden as part of their training
The Supreme Court has rejected an effort to revive a plea deal for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the accused mastermind of the September 11 attacks
The Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal in a disputed adoption case involving an Afghan child orphaned in a U.S. Army raid
Federal authorities are arresting more than two dozen foreign nationals in California who authorities said have illegally registered and voted in U.S. elections
Jackson Ramsay's family ranch in southwest Wyoming is embracing beavers as nature's engineers
Authorities in Kansas say a woman drove a truck through a soccer field during a youth game, killing two people and hospitalizing 11 others
Police say a woman who drove a pickup truck onto a soccer field during a weekend youth game in Kansas, killing two people and injuring several others, has been released as the investigation continues
House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries says the election climate is holding firm for Democrats as they race to retake the House
Officials say a private jet went off the end of a runway during a planned takeoff at the main airport in Las Vegas and hit a perimeter fence
President Donald Trump says he plans to close a historic golf course in the nation's capital for 15 months and redevelop it despite an ongoing court challenge to his long-ought renovation
A semitractor-trailer plunged off a highway overpass in Kansas City.
A service member was injured and later died after an incident at the University of Texas at San Antonio football game on Saturday
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has left Washington on his 31st trip abroad as Americas top diplomat, heading to Uzbekistan and India amid rumblings that hes ignoring pressing matters in favor of more politically safe visits and meetings
A special-needs teacher and student wounded in a deadly shooting at an Oregon elementary school remained hospitalized Saturday, but friends said their survival was a spot of hope in a community in mourning
Auburn beats No. 1 Georgia 27-24 on Alex McPherson's last-second 34-yard field goal
Fire crews in Southern California are working to contain a wind-driven blaze that has charred hills and burned at least six large coastal homes
Authorities are searching for 11 people missing after a boat from Mexico capsized off Baja California
The presence of other active alligators complicated any chance of rescuing him.
Typhoon Champi becomes a dangerous Category 4 storm as it approaches Guam
Pope Leo XIV has brought an American style of governing to the Vatican, including in the way it handles health crises
A driver, a dad and a teacher are among at least three people who tried to stop a 16-year-old gunman who attacked an Oregon elementary school this week
Democrats and aligned advocacy groups are hitting the airwaves with a flood of campaign ads on the Iran war as they seek to win back in the House and Senate
Authorities have arrested a 19-year-old man on suspicion of attempting a mass shooting at a Hindu temple in Aurora, Illinois
The aunt of the youngest child killed in a shooting at an Oregon elementary school said he was a fast runner and a fearless climber who loved reading
The U.S. Department of Justice announced Friday it reached a settlement forcing reforms for a Mississippi city and its police department, which the DOJ found discriminated against Black people, used excessive force and retaliated against critics
A draft environmental assessment finds that President Donald Trump's plan to paint a 19th-century landmark office building next to the White House could harm its historic character
Attorneys for Rep_ Ilhan Omar are asking the Justice Department to immediately return property that federal agents seized from her home this week, arguing that the search stemming from an investigation into her citizenship status was neither justified...

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