Thousands of teachers, classmates and neighbors filled a high school stadium Saturday to honor a 17-year-old girl whose body ...

An American woman and three others arrested in Ireland over an alleged plot to assassinate Swedish artist Lars Vilks have been ...

A Colorado woman has been detained in Ireland in connection with an alleged plot to assassinate a Swedish cartoonist whose sketch ...

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger ordered a review Friday of the way the state handled a molestation case involving a man who is now charged with murdering one California teenager and under investigation in another killing.

Authorities say a man tried to sexually assault a Malibu jogger who escaped by jumping off a cliff and sliding about 100 feet down a steep hillside.

Authorities say a 55-year-old woman died alone in a bedroom of her central Florida home after locking herself in the room for several weeks for a lengthy religious fast.

The U.S. Al Qaeda suspect detained in Yemen had persuaded his guard to unshackle him so the two could pray together and then snatched his unattended gun and killed him during the suspect's failed escape attempt, senior security officials said Saturday.

Duke University police say two officers were involved in a deadly shooting outside the school's hospital that left one person dead.

A Fort Wayne business that posted a sign barring Burmese immigrants from entering could face a civil rights complaint.

For the second time, an Idaho inmate has been sentenced to death for the abduction, rape and murder of Boise State University student Samantha Maher in 2000.

Delaware state police say someone broke into a car and stole a bridesmaid's dress just hours before a wedding.

A federal appeals court has upheld the conviction of a reputed Ku Klux Klan member accused in the kidnapping of two black men who were abducted and killed in rural Mississippi in 1964.

Law enforcement officers who worked near ground zero after the World Trade Center attacks seem to show early signs of heart problems ...

The 11,000 rescue and recovery workers sickened from their days toiling in the debris of the World Trade Center must be heard before a $657 million proposed settlement is put to a vote, the federal judge overseeing the case said yesterday.

Law enforcement officers who worked near ground zero after the World Trade Center attacks seem to show early signs of heart problems at a higher rate than would be expected for their age, a new study suggests.