Honeymoon ends in handcuffs: Wrong Louisiana woman arrested
A case of mistaken identity caused a Louisiana woman to leave her honeymoon in handcuffs and spend 36 hours in…
Man gets 1 year in case of dog left in cage with tide rising
A New Jersey man has been sentenced to a year in prison on an animal cruelty conviction after authorities said…
Mississippi braces for flooding amid cresting river
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves declared a state of emergency Saturday amid fears the Pearl River at Jackson could reach its…
DA deciding whether to investigate James Brown’s death
A prosecutor in Atlanta is deciding whether to open a formal investigation into singer James Brown’s death February 13, 2020,…
Sheriff: Texas man accused of hanging puppy `out of boredom’
A 21-year-old Texas man is accused of hanging a small puppy by the neck from a tree and posting a…
Lynn Cohen, who played Magda in ‘Sex and the City,’ dies
An actress best known for playing the nanny Magda in “Sex and the City” has died at age 86 February…
In Alaska, rural living complicates access to Real ID
JUNEAU, Alaska — For many Americans, going to a state motor vehicle office can be a tedious time suck. For…
Feds: Florida doctor stole $26M to fund political ambition
Federal authorities have accused a Florida vascular surgeon of bilking the government and health insurers of more than $26 million…
Missouri dad sues over crash that killed 3 of his children
A father has filed a wrongful death lawsuit in the deaths of three of his children last year in a…
Man hunts down alleged hit-and-run driver after wife killed
A California man who made it his mission to track down the hit-and-run driver who killed his wife and mother…
Puppy in crime: Deputies take man, dog into custody in theft
A Florida man and his furry “accomplice” were taken into custody by authorities who said the man shoplifted from a…
Colorado university to offer cannabis-related degree
University officials in Colorado have received state approval to offer a cannabis-related degree program February 8, 2020, 5:45 PM 2…
Purdue University to offer free tampons, pads in bathrooms
Purdue University will offer free tampons and other feminine hygiene products in campus bathrooms in response to student advocates who…
Man finds missing ashes of woman on Las Vegas bus stop bench
Nevada authorities have confirmed a missing box filled with the ashes of a woman was recovered by a passerby a…
Uber loses $1.1B investing in food delivery, driverless cars
Uber is still losing money as it invests in its food delivery business and developing technology for driverless cars By…
Tulsa searches for remains of victims of 1921 race massacre
Tulsa is continuing efforts to search for remains of victims of a 1921 race massacre February 4, 2020, 9:36 PM…
North Carolina police arrest man they say set woman on fire
Police in North Carolina have arrested a man accused of dousing a woman in flammable liquid and lighting her on…
Fight over public urination ends with Alabama man shot
A sheriff’s office in Alabama says a man confronted a neighbor for urinating in public and was shot in the…
Irish regulator probes Google, Tinder over data processing
Irish regulators have launched separate inquiries into Google and dating app Tinder over their processing of user data, in a…
Authorities: NC man stabbed dog to death, cut it half
Authorities say a North Carolina man stole and beat a dog named Tigger, stabbed it to death and used a…
2nd worker dies of injuries from Texas oil well blowout
A second worker has died of injuries from a Central Texas oil well blowout January 31, 2020, 10:18 PM 1…
UC Berkeley Law School strips itself of racist namesake
The University of California, Berkeley’s prestigious law school has stripped itself of a 19th century namesake who espoused racist views…
Priest gets 60 days in jail for bubble-wrapping boy
A Michigan priest accused of wrapping a teenager in bubble wrap has been sentenced to 60 days in jail By…
Vegas-area police: Baby boy found dead in trash bin
Police are investigating the death of an infant boy whose body was found in an alley trash bin in a…
Suspect in Hawaii officers’ deaths described as unhinged
HONOLULU — A Hawaii handyman with a history of run-ins with police and neighbors faced eviction when he stabbed a…
No jail time for distracted driver who killed 2 cyclists
A Florida woman who ran her car into a group of bicyclists, killing two people, will avoid jail time January…
US couple found dead in Tijuana, son-in-law charged
Mexican authorities say a United States couple missing for a week in Tijuana have been found buried on the property…
Man arrested in shooting of 13 people at Chicago house party
Chicago police say a man has been charged with attempted murder in a December shooting at a house party that…
Ex-Texas nurse pleads guilty in 1981 death of 11-month-old
A former Texas nurse suspected in the killing of dozens of children has pleaded guilty to the 1981 death of…
Pilot killed in Utah plane crash was founder of ski company
The pilot killed when his small plane crashed into a Utah neighborhood Wednesday was the founder of a company that…
911 calls reveal horror, chaos of Vegas fire that killed 6
Newly released audio recordings of 911 calls are revealing the horror that Las Vegas apartment complex residents faced last month…
12 shot, five dead, in single day of shootings in Baltimore
Authorities say 12 people have been shot, five of them fatally, in eight separate weekend shootings in Baltimore January 12,…
Uber driver charged with sexually assaulting passenger
Authorities say an Uber driver has been charged with sexually assaulting a drunk woman he picked up at a California…
Iran strikes back at US with missile attack at bases in Iraq
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran struck back at the United States for the killing of a top Iranian general early Wednesday,…
Men who ran $11M California investment scam sentenced
Three men who ran an $11 million investment scheme that bilked elderly Californians are going to prison January 4, 2020,…
Woman accused of using Muslim student’s hijab to attack her
A woman in Oregon is accused of trying to choke a Muslim student with her headscarf and then harassing her…
No bail for Chicago mom charged with killing 2 sons
A 20-year-old Chicago woman has been ordered held without bail on murder charges after police say she killed her two…
Thousands in Baghdad mourn Iranian general killed by US
BAGHDAD — Thousands of mourners gathered Saturday for a funeral procession through Baghdad for Iran‘s top general and Iraqi militant…
Police: Psychic said girl was possessed, scammed mom of $70K
Police say a Massachusetts woman claiming to be a psychic stole more than $70,000 from a client by telling the…
Foundation: Damage to historic copter hit by car exceeds $6M
A South Carolina aviation foundation says a Vietnam War-era helicopter hit by a car sustained millions of dollars in damage…
Boys killed in high-rise murder-attempted suicide identified
Investigators have identified two small boys allegedly killed by their mother, but a host of questions remain because Chicago police…
AP Exclusive: Sierra skeleton ID’d as ‘ghost of Manzanar’
LOS ANGELES — A skeleton found by hikers this fall near California’s second-highest peak was identified Friday as a Japanese…
New York education leader appears on child sex crime charge
A high-ranking New York City education official accused of arranging a sexual encounter in Wisconsin with someone he thought was…
Methodists propose split in gay marriage, clergy impasse
A group of United Methodist Church leaders from around the world and across ideological divides is proposing an amicable separation…
2 toddlers dead in Chicago after stabbing, high-rise plunge
Chicago police say two toddlers are dead after a woman believed to be their mother stabbed a 70-year-old man, left…
Governor fires 34 prison guard trainees who gave Nazi salute
West Virginia’s governor has fired 34 correction officer trainees who were photographed giving a Nazi salute, and he fired their…
After brain surgery, Jimmy Carter returns to hometown church
Former President Jimmy Carter publicly appeared at the Georgia church where he worships for the first time since undergoing brain…
New wife, 26, charged with exploiting husband, 77, for money
A newly married 26-year-old woman has been arrested on charges alleging she tried to cash almost $1 million in checks…
Woman, 2 kids die after found on sidewalk near Boston garage
A woman and two children have died after being found unconscious on a sidewalk near a Boston parking garage December…
Texas man to be exonerated after DNA leads to new arrest
Authorities say they will begin the process to exonerate a Houston man who was convicted in a 2010 fatal stabbing…
Brother of 49ers quarterback killed outside Nashville bar
Police say the brother of an NFL quarterback has been fatally stabbed along with another man in a fight outside…
Body found on Michigan property where woman went missing
A body has been found near a cabin in northwestern Michigan where a 47-year-old Detroit-area woman reportedly went missing in…
Police: Gunmen opened fire on crowd in Baltimore, injuring 7
Police say two shooters opened fire on a crowd outside a hookah lounge in Baltimore, wounding seven people December 22,…
3 recovering after North Dakota school bus-train collision
Three students are recovering from injuries suffered when their school bus was struck by a train in North Dakota and…
2 killed, dozens hurt, in snow squall wreck on interstate
A section of Interstate 80 remains closed in central Pennsylvania hours after a multi-vehicle wreck in snow squalls left two…
Ex-Miss Kentucky admits to trading sexual photos with teen
A former Miss Kentucky who worked as a teacher in West Virginia has admitted to exchanging sexual photos with a…
Winning Mega Millions ticket worth $372M sold in Ohio
A winning Mega Millions ticket worth $372 million was sold at a Giant Eagle supermarket in Mentor, a suburb of…