Authorities say two people were killed and more than a dozen were injured when a gas tanker skidded off an interstate highway in Baltimore and exploded.
The homeless are proving to be especially susceptible to latest version of synthetic marijuana, a man-made hallucinogen that experts say is far more dangerous and unpredictable than the real thing.
An outside review panel says Dartmouth College has successfully implemented its ambitious plan to overhaul its campus culture, and the focus now will shift to assessing its effectiveness.
A federal appeals court on Friday refused to block delivery of free bottled water in Flint if residents have trouble with lead filters, saying Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder's administration is exaggerating the scope and cost of compliance.
The prosecutor who charged a former Milwaukee police officer with killing a black man in a shooting that sparked riots in Wisconsin's largest city said Friday that he's not trying to send a message to the public about police use-of-force.
A judge has ruled the prosecutors of Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl won't be able to harness some of the most emotionally powerful evidence against him at his court martial next year.
Officials have identified a police officer who was shot and critically wounded in Washington state as 61-year-old Mike McClaughry, who is known by the nickname "Mick," police said.
A chemical leak from an asphalt plant that led Corpus Christi officials to warn residents this week not to drink the water was apparently reported a week earlier, according to an email from a state environmental official that was obtained Friday.
A Roman Catholic priest has donated two statutes to replace those stolen from a nativity scene outside an assisted living center in the Rhode Island city of Pawtucket.
An Oklahoma Republican lawmaker on Friday abandoned a measure that would have required public bathrooms display anti-abortion signs after an outcry from businesses and health providers because of the estimated cost.
Lawyers for a condemned Virginia inmate have filed an emergency motion for a restraining order to stay the execution, which is scheduled for next month.
Two attorneys face federal fraud charges after authorities say they used copyright lawsuits to extort money from hundreds who allegedly downloaded pornographic movies, prosecutors announced Friday.
A federal terrorism response center in Alabama mistakenly used the lethal form of the toxin ricin as it trained thousands of firefighters, paramedics and other emergency responders during the past five years.
Members of the nation's largest atheist group are celebrating a victory in Shelton, Connecticut, where they're displaying a message this Christmas season that claims God doesn't exist and religion "enslaves minds."
Evangelist Franklin Graham's Samaritan's Purse and the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association have both been named on a list of the top 10 charities working to change the world, something which Graham called an "incredible privilege."
An Army major general has been stripped of his stars and forced out of the military after a 30-year military career because of a long extramarital affair and "swinger" lifestyle.
Los Angeles prosecutors say a TV anchor arrested on suspicion of stealing a pair of headphones at Los Angeles International Airport will not face criminal charges if she completes a diversion program.
Police arrested a suspected gunman early Friday following an hourslong standoff in a community north of Seattle, after a police officer was shot in the head and critically wounded, investigators said.