A gas line explosion occurred near a highway in rural western Virginia on Tuesday, causing alarm but resulting in no injuries, as confirmed by local officials.
Jose Gonzalez-Resendiz, 41, of New Jersey, has been sentenced to a year-and-a-half in federal prison for attempting to smuggle Mexican migrants into the U.S. across its northern border.
Rep. Cory Mills said he learned that the family of Marine Corps Sgt. Nicole L. Gee, who died during the evacuation of Afghanistan, was forced to pay to move her body.
Bear traps have been set up around Yellowstone National Park to catch a bear that killed a woman. The bear was possibly traveling with cubs at the time of the attack.
The 2022 death of Charles Givens, an intellectually disabled prison inmate, is being investigated by the FBI. He was identified as "a possible victim of a crime."
A South Dakota man has been sentenced to life in prison after killing three people and injuring two others, including a 5-year-old girl. He pleaded guilty but mentally ill.
A disgraced Wisconsin prosecutor "winked several times" during a secret recording of his sexual relations with a woman he was prosecuting, court records show.
A federal judge is expected to sentence former New York City gynecologist Robert Hadden to 20 years behind bars for sexually abusing dozens of patients.
Marilyn Flynn, the former dean of USC's School of Social Work, was sentenced to over a year of home confinement for bribing a Los Angeles County official in exchange for a new contract.
Wildfires are continuing to tear through Washington as dry conditions and wind persists. Deer on state lands are taking refuge on the gravel pads under the state's wind turbines.
A handcuffed woman was put inside a parked police car that was hit by a freight train in Colorado. The officer claims she didn't realize the car was parked on the tracks.
A national survey found that 911 emergency call centers are understaffed. It also found that many workers at the facilities suffer from worker burnout.
A Massachusetts prison counselor received around $140,000 in illegal benefits from a wealthy prisoner who was in his care, according to federal prosecutors.
Napoleon Brown, the brother of San Francisco's mayor, had his prison sentence reduced on July 24, 2023. He was charged in the death of his girlfriend in 2000.