An Army course, designed to help recruits who do not meet the branch's weight or academic standards improve and ship to basic training, will become a permanent program.
West Virginia University is facing a budget shortfall of $45 million, prompting the institution to consider cutting 32 programs including languages, literature, and more.
Several New York City Fire Department firefighters sustained injuries during a massive five-alarm warehouse fire on Labor Day, but are expected to recover.
Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw is leaving the department later in September to take on a new leadership position at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
Louisiana police have arrested 18-year-old Jarrettin R. Jackson II and accused him of murder in the shooting death of Ja'Kobe Queen at a high school football game.
Multiple schools in Pennsylvania have closed Tuesday as authorities hunt a convicted killer who has been on the run since escaping from prison last week.
A Long Island, New York, couple were killed in a boating accident near Fire Island in Great South Bay over Labor Day weekend, local authorities report.
The organizers of the popular Burning Man festival in Nevada have lifted a driving ban after heavy rain caused muddy conditions in the area, stranding thousands.
A controversial California biolab was shut down and an investigation began after cultures of HIV, COVID-19 and more were discovered amid concerns of Chinese ties.
A Florida father is behind bars for allegedly murdering his 16-year-old son. Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said the man used an angle grinder, describing the crime as "horrific."
A criminologist uncovered a commercial on the dark web from a multibillion-dollar, transnational criminal enterprise that sells artificial intelligence tools to criminals.
A student at University of Wisconsin, Madison was "severely beaten" by a stranger on Sunday, police say. The woman remains in critical condition with life-threatening wounds.
Austin Police Department asks residents to call the non-emergency 311 number if they become victims of robberies amid departmental struggles with understaffing and crime.
Pennsylvania State Police are honing in on a convicted murderer who escaped prison last week, blocking off a 2-mile area and broadcasting a plea from his mom to surrender.
Lifeguards in Ocean City, Maryland, made nearly 400 rescues over Labor Day weekend as beautiful weather masked treacherous surf and currents caused by remnants of Hurricane Idalia.
Burning Man festival organizers reportedly said the death of a 40-year-old attendee was not related to weather, which included torrential rains that flooding the festival grounds.