A firefighter who lost his life alongside a fellow colleague while battling a fire on a cargo ship docked in New Jersey was posthumously promoted to captain.
Maryland recorded its first heat-related fatality of the year on Thursday, according to the state's health department. A 52-year-old man from Cecil County succumbed to the extreme heat.
The Ohio Supreme Court has granted a three-year stay of execution for an inmate convicted in 1993 for the killings of fellow inmates during a prison riot.
Collaborators on a $1 billion initiative designed to bring Canadian hydropower to the New England power grid are having talks to determine the cost during prolonged legal proceedings.
Nevada GOP leaders are gearing up for a prolonged battle after facing a legal defeat that could block the state from holding a required presidential primary under a two-year-old law.
A photographer in California captured footage via drone showing a group of sharks prowling just under the water as surfers chased waves on San Onofre State Beach.
An unhinged man was arrested in Times Square Wednesday after allegedly threatening tourists and stalking a musician while wielding a large knife, according to a report.
Rex, a spiritied and enthusiastic German shephard, was discovered suffering in a Georgia animal shelter until he and 11 other dogs recieved badges to join the Georgia State Patrol.
Bryan Ferguson of the Detroit Board of Police Commissioners was caught in a car with a prostitute and cited for a misdemeanor, according to the sheriff's office.
Jaime Macedo, 22, robbed and fatally shot Maxwell Emerson, a Kentucky high school teacher, on the Catholic University of America campus in Washington, D.C., police say.
Central Mississippi experienced torrential rain on Thursday, resulting in widespread flooding, road closures, and water entering homes and businesses in Winston County and Louisville.
Following an exceptionally wet winter and overcast spring, California is now experiencing the full force of summer as a heat wave engulfs the southwestern United States.
A Tennessee surgeon was executed in an exam room Tuesday by a patient in front of a horrified nurse practitioner, according to an affidavit obtained by Fox News Digital.
A retired Army colonel reached a settlement of nearly $1M in a sexual assault lawsuit against former Air Force Gen. John Hyten, who served as vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
The U.S. Department of Justice has launched a civil rights investigation into the jail conditions in Fulton County, Georgia, the state's most populous county.
An accident near St. Louis killed three passengers from New Jersey, Arizona, and Illinois after a Greyhound bus collided with three parked tractor-trailers on an exit ramp.
An argument escalated into a shooting at a Maryland restaurant. Five people were wounded in the incident but did not sustain life-threatening injuries.
