California volunteer divers are taking part in a pilot project to crush purple urchins, which have contributed to the destruction of 96% of the state's bull kelp forests.
Hannah Payne, 25, was convicted of murder in a Georgia court on Tuesday for following 62-year-old Kenneth Herring from a traffic crash and shooting him in a citizen's arrest.
Virginia authorities have determined that a Tesla involved in a fatal crash last July was operating on Autopilot and speeding moments before colliding with a tractor-trailer.
A Russian man has been federally charged after arriving in Los Angeles on a flight from Denmark in November without a passport or ticket. He has pleaded not guilty.
A Michigan teenager flew to Texas where he plead guilty for allegedly encouraging a fellow gamer to commit suicide while they were talking over Discord.
Several stores in New York City were damaged on Wednesday after a fire erupted in a deli in the Kingsbridge section of the Bronx. The fire happened at approximately 3:30 a.m.
Pedro Martinez, a former Southern California elementary school janitor accused of sexually abusing students, has been acquitted by a jury after spending years in jail.
Attorney Steven Bertolino will not have to testify about his private conversations with Brian Laundrie in a Florida lawsuit from Gabby Petito's parents.
Georgia and Alabama have proposed a deal after a prolonged water dispute over the Chattahoochee River. The settlement is led by Republican governors Brian Kemp and Kay Ivey.
Over 700 MIT alumni are calling on the school's administration to take action after President Sally Kornbluth's "disastrous" congressional testimony last week.
A North Carolina police officer has been suspended for 40 hours after using excessive force during the arrest of a Black woman in Charlotte., authorities say.
Firefighters in rural southeastern Indiana discovered four bodies in a burning home in Madison along the Ohio River on Tuesday afternoon, according to officials.
Police in Virginia say five elementary school students in Amherst received medical attention after ingesting gummy bears that “tested positive for fentanyl."
A beluga whale has died at Connecticut's Mystic Aquarium, marking the third death among five whales transported from Canada in 2021. A necropsy is set to be performed.
The New Mexico Supreme Court is considering the validity of local abortion restrictions in several cities and counties following a request from the state's attorney general.
New Hampshire Sheriff Mark Brave, accused of stealing $19,000 in county funds, has resigned. Prosecutors have withdraw their request to revoke his bail, officials say.
Alabama inmates have filed a class-action lawsuit against the state, claiming that the prison labor program is "modern-day slavery." The lawsuit alleges a illegal violations.