3 dead in Montana casino shooting, suspect killed by police
An overnight shooting at a Montana casino has left three people dead and another person injured December 17, 2019, 11:46…
US finally giving boot to official foot measurement
The United States is abandoning the definition of the foot used to measure big things and replacing it with the…
Florida officer charged with violating women’s civil rights
A Florida police officer has been indicted on federal charges following allegations that he sexually assaulted several women December 13,…
Missouri sex offender expert charged with abusing 2 boys
A Missouri forensic psychologist who has worked with national groups on management of sex offenders is facing sexual abuse charges…
Shooting at suburban Atlanta mall injures 1 as shoppers flee
A shooting in a mall food court in suburban Atlanta has left one man wounded and sent shoppers fleeing in…
Recording devices found in downtown Minneapolis hotel rooms
Police are investigating after recording devices were found in guest rooms at the Hyatt Regency hotel in downtown Minneapolis December…
Mom wanted for crashing car into son’s barber turns self in
Police say a San Francisco Bay Area mother who allegedly rammed her car into her son’s barber following a haircut…
Funeral home owners sentenced after decomposing body found
The former co-owners of a South Carolina funeral home have been sentenced to a year’s probation in connection with a…
Utah police: Body was in freezer 10 years before discovery
Utah police say a man found dead in his wife’s freezer last month had been there 10 years December 12,…
Stolen pit bull to make cross-country trip back home
A pit bull that was stolen from its owner in Montana and taken across the country to West Virginia is…
PGA golfer arrested in Florida prostitution sting
A professional golfer was one of 124 people arrested in Florida in a prostitution and human-trafficking sting December 12, 2019,…
Runner apologizes for slapping reporter’s rear on live TV
A Georgia man says he’s sorry for slapping a news reporter’s rear end on live TV while she was covering…
Mom charged after police say she abandoned special needs son
Police charged a mother with cruelty to children after a special needs teenager was found abandoned at a downtown Atlanta…
2 Russian nationals indicted by DOJ in alleged massive hacking and bank fraud scheme
Two Russian nationals have been indicted on bank fraud and international computer hacking charges over an alleged decade-long scheme that…
911 supervisor played Netflix movie as caller sought help
A South Florida 911 dispatch supervisor was watching “I Am Mother” on Netflix while a caller unsuccessfully tried to get…
Demonstrators demand halt to killings of women in Mexico
Relatives of women and girls murdered or missing in Mexico marched through the capital Sunday carrying over 100 purple crosses…
White nationalists seen filming at lynching victim memorial
Men carrying a white nationalist flag were caught on security cameras trying to film in front of a new memorial…
North Carolina police arrest man pretending to be officer
Police say a North Carolina man has been arrested for impersonating a law enforcement officer after he got himself involved…
Coroner: Skeletal remains may be man missing for decade
A coroner says remains found in Mississippi are likely those of a man who disappeared more than a decade ago.…
Florida man fatally shot while charging at deputy
Authorities in Florida say a man was fatally shot after he charged at a deputy with a sword yelling, “Shoot…
Assistant scoutmaster charged with sexually abusing boy, 12
An assistant scoutmaster on Long Island has been charged with sexually abusing a 12-year-old boy at several Boy Scouts of…
‘Wizard Rock’ that disappeared from Arizona forest returns
A boulder that mysteriously disappeared two weeks ago from a national forest in Arizona is back, and forest officials aren’t…
Airbnb CEO says company is banning “party houses”
Airbnb Inc. says it’s banning “party houses” in the wake of a deadly shooting at an Airbnb rental in California.…
Man surrenders after authorities edit photo to add costume
All it took for one fugitive in Illinois to turn himself in was a little photo manipulation. WBBM-TV in Chicago…
Man wins lottery prize on way for cancer treatment
A North Carolina man won a $200,000 lottery prize while on the way to his last round of chemotherapy. WTVD-TV…
Frustrated Democratic governors find ways to sidestep GOP
Wisconsin Democratic Gov. Tony Evers tried for months to get the Republican-controlled Legislature to take up a pair of gun…
Kentucky gov’s race stirs clash over casino suicide claims
Entering the final days of Kentucky’s bitter race for governor, Republican incumbent Matt Bevin exposed himself to a new attack…
Maryland police sentenced for assault of handcuffed suspect
A white Maryland police officer has been sentenced to spend six months in jail after he was convicted of assault…
Vehicle plunges from parking garage, killing 2
Firefighters say a car plunged from the fourth floor of a downtown Indianapolis parking garage, killing a man and a…
2 Proud Boys members sentenced to 4 years over NYC melee
Two members of the far-right Proud Boys were sentenced Tuesday to four years in prison for their roles in a…
Indiana police shoot man after high-speed chase ends in fire
Northern Indiana police say officers shot a man following a high-speed pursuit that ended when his vehicle and a police…
Study points to virus as culprit in kids’ paralyzing illness
Scientists have found the strongest evidence yet that a virus is to blame for a mysterious illness that can start…
Man sprays bear repellent during California Trump protest
Authorities in Southern California say a supporter of Donald Trump was arrested after spraying bear repellent on a small crowd…
Pelosi leads congressional delegation in Afghanistan visit
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has led a congressional delegation on a visit to Afghanistan. Her office said in a statement…
Horse injured in race at Santa Anita; 34th to die at track
A 3-year-old gelding was fatally injured in the fifth race at Santa Anita on Saturday, becoming the 34th horse to…
Fort Worth police shooting shatters community trust
Yashunn Hale isn’t sure he would call the police to report a crime. Not since an officer killed Hale’s neighbor…
Chicago teachers say pay bump can’t fix deeper problems
Chicago teachers beginning a massive strike Thursday have rejected offers that would increase their pay, hoping that will keep pressure…
Trump portrays Mideast as a bloody sandbox, maligns Kurds
President Donald Trump is surfacing cultural stereotypes as he depicts the Middle East as a blood-soaked sandbox where people “play”…
School district backtracks on transgender student policy
A Georgia school district says it won’t let transgender students use bathrooms aligning with their gender identity, reversing a previous…
Prosecutors seek life for New Mexico man who killed family
A New Mexico man convicted of killing his parents and three younger siblings when he was 15 apologized to the…
Officials: Man who shot transgender woman in US illegally
Authorities say a Mexican national who committed a hate crime last month when he repeatedly shot a transgender woman in…
Official: Spitting incident at museum not racially motivated
A Connecticut school official says she doesn’t believe race was a factor when a white student spat on a black…
Teenager stabbed aboard train near US Capitol dies
A teenage boy who was stabbed aboard a Metro train near the U.S. Capitol has died. Police say 15-year-old Jaquar…
Empire State Building shows off new $165 million observatory
The observatory atop the Empire State Building has a dizzying new look with floor-to-ceiling, 360-degree windows 102 floors above New…
Woman shot when dog jumps onto car console, causes gunfire
An Oklahoma woman was shot in the thigh when a dog inside the vehicle with her jumped onto a back…
Man loudly cheering on-screen murders in ‘Joker’ NY screening sends many to exit
Extra layers of security, intense on-screen action and a frightening incident inside a New York theater combined to create an…
Toddlers wander from daycare unnoticed, stopped by drivers
A suburban Phoenix preschool is under investigation after several toddlers wandered away and onto a street without notice. The Arizona…
Texas wife calls lawyer before spouse reports suspect death
The wife of a Dallas man charged in the fatal shooting of someone they thought was a burglar contacted a…
Harvard president sorry 13th Amendment comment offended some
Harvard University President Lawrence Bacow is saying he regrets the controversial comments he made invoking the 13th Amendment in referring…
NYPD officer arrested on sex charges involving young girl
A New York City police detective who monitors sex offenders has been arrested on sex abuse charges involving a 12-year-old…
Large chunk of border wall funding diverted from tiny Guam
President Donald Trump is raising a large chunk of the money for his border wall with Mexico by deferring several…
LAPD investigates after ad put up on right-wing website
The Los Angeles Police Department has launched an investigation after a recruitment ad went up on the right-wing website Breitbart,…
Chinese parade a glimpse into military ambitions
A parade Tuesday by China’s secretive military will offer a rare look at its rapidly developing arsenal, including possibly a…
Man pleads guilty in kidnap, torture plot of plastic surgeon
A Florida man has pleaded guilty to kidnapping a plastic surgeon who was tortured with a blowtorch in an extortion…
Pit bull dies of snake bites while protecting Florida boys
A man in Florida says his family’s 8-month-old pit bull Zeus died of snake bites as it was trying to…
Woman linked to chef’s overdose death denies another
A woman pleaded not guilty Friday to charges she supplied the fentanyl-laced drug that caused the fatal overdose of a…
Kremlin says it hopes US wouldn’t release Trump-Putin calls
Ukraine’s top anti-corruption official said Friday his agency hasn’t launched an investigation into former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden or…