A man who served 37 years in prison for a 1984 double murder conviction in New York has been released after his conviction was overturned last week, officials say.
Two former youth counselors have been sentenced to 18 months of probation in connection with the death of 16-year-old Cornelius Fredericks at Lakeside Academy in Michigan.
California's top prosecutor will not pursue criminal charges against a police officer who fatally shot 22-year-old Sean Monterrosa in 2020 outside a pharmacy in San Francisco.
During the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, U.S. states rushed to secure masks and protective gear, but many are now grappling with excess supplies.
A major natural gas company in Pennsylvania is set to resume drilling in Dimock Township, a rural community where it was banned for polluting the water supply.
A former Alabama correctional officer has been sentenced to 87 months in prison and three years of supervised release for assaulting an inmate and attempting to cover it up.
New dashcam video shows a Vermont State Trooper arresting a man for disorderly conduct after a heated exchange ended with the man flipping him off during a traffic stop in St. Albans.
A local news helicopter crashed in a wooded area in New Jersey Tuesday night, killing a pilot and a photographer who worked at the news station for years.
Suspected killer Bryan Kohberger, convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh and New York City architect Rex Heuermann named in most high-profile crime stories of 2023.
Here are five moments when police officers' quick thinking during shootings, tragedies and accidents helped save lives across the country throughout 2023.
A Wisconsin father-daughter are likely to have discovered the wreckage of a ship that sank more than 152 years ago while fishing together on Lake Michigan.
Here are some of the biggest religious freedom cases of 2023 from the mailman who refused to work on Sundays to the Catholic apple orchard ousted from a farmer's market.
The rise of artificial intelligence has also led to a proliferation of fake news across the internet, a problem hard to combat without infringing on free speech.
More than 900 faculty at the University of Pennsylvania signed a letter opposing influence from trustees and donors following Liz Magill's resignation.
About 60 anti-Israel protesters were arrested at the U.S. Capitol building on Tuesday after a demonstration broke out inside the rotunda, making the protest illegal.
