Officials and oil companies in Utah are seeking to build an 88-mile rail line that may run through tribal land and a forest. Critics say the project may cause environmental issues.
A 16-year-old boy from Brooklyn, New York, died in an apparent drowning on Tuesday after jumping off a waterfall in the Catskill Mountains, officials said.
The harvesting of horseshoe crabs has been shut down by the federal government during the spawning season in an effort to allow the species to reproduce.
The Franklin Police Department in Virginia is searching for a 24-year-old murder suspect who authorities say is behind the shooting death Wednesday of a 10-year-old child.
One of the teenage suspects in the murder of a San Diego homeless woman allegedly texted he was "going hobo hunting" before killing Annette Pershal, prosecutors said.
A 40-year-old man was shot in the head during the violent protests in Cape Town, South Africa. The vehicle the man was in drove into the midst of some of the unrest.
Officers killed a 41-year-old man during an exchange of gunfire in Tacoma, Washington. No officers were reported injured after the man opened fire at the police.
The trial for Tim Mapes, the chief of staff for former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, opened on Aug. 8, 2023, with a prosecutor claiming he lied under oath to protect Madigan.
A person was shot and wounded by a South Dakota Highway Patrol trooper at a convenience store in Sturgis. The shooting occurred at a gas station just off Interstate 90.
On Sunday, United Search Corps divers scoured a lake in Doral, Florida, for evidence in a cold-case disappearance. Instead, they said they found 32 submerged cars.
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker unveiled an 800-pound cow sculpture created out of butter on Aug. 9, 2023, ahead of the state's annual agricultural extravaganza.
A federal judge has approved the continuation of Nevada’s deadly roundup of wild horses, citing that the Bureau of Land Management was doing everything it can as humanely as possible.
"Son of Sam" serial killer was arrested on this day in 1977 – what the infamous murderer and his "mommy issues" share in common with Gilgo Beach suspect Rex Heuermann.
Benjamin Cohen, a 21-year-old man from Connecticut, was charged with assaulting a law enforcement officer on Jan. 6, 2021, during the protest at the U.S. Capitol.