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A male suspect shot dead by an off-duty sheriff's deputy during an attempted holdup at a fast-food restaurant has been identified as a local high school student.

A 28-year-old man was arrested in Louisiana on charges of killing and dismembering his parents at their Tennessee home.

An Ohio State University student who injured 11 people when he attacked pedestrians on campus with a car and a knife traveled to the Washington D.C. area days before Monday's assault, a law enforcement source told Fox News.

Police in Kansas City, Missouri, say an officer shot and killed a robbery suspect after the man reached for his gun.

Two gang members have been sentenced to prison for killing a man in south Los Angeles because he wore red sneakers and a red shirt.

A wounded 53-pound snapping turtle is recovering at a Houston wildlife rehabilitation center after fire-rescue crews saved it from a drainage pipe.

The families of Sept. 11 victims are voicing their opposition to a proposed change to a new law that allows them to sue Saudi Arabia for its alleged backing of the attackers.

Authorities say an officer and a suspect have been wounded in an exchange of gunfire after police went to investigate reports of a break-in at an apartment complex.

A 28-year-old man has been arrested in Louisiana on charges of killing and dismembering his parents at their home in West Knox County, Tennessee.

Cuban exiles in Miami are rallying for freedom and democracy on the communist island following the death of revolutionary leader Fidel Castro.

A car shot off the side of a Los Angeles freeway and rolled down an embankment where it landed on a homeless encampment, killing a man, authorities said.

A Muslim civil rights official says a Michigan mosque has received a hate-filled letter sent to Islamic centers nationwide.

The Latest on a California woman who authorities say was abducted and held for three weeks (all times local): 2:30 p.m.

The “Coca-Cola: Not So Silent Nights” ad on YouTube encouraging revelers to enjoy a Coke during the holidays was a joyous sign of the festive season — until it ended and a dark message from Anwar al-Awlaki emerged.

A Tennessee mayor says three more bodies have been recovered after the wildfires in the Great Smoky Mountains, bringing the death toll to seven.

Giving Tuesday, a 5-year-old phenomenon aimed at encouraging online charitable giving, produced record-shattering donations this week, according to two organizations which tracked the flow of gifts.

A Minneapolis man has pleaded guilty to a federal hate crime for writing and mailing a threatening letter to a mosque.

A Tulsa man facing first-degree murder and hate crime charges in the killing of his Lebanese neighbor has been ordered to undergo a mental competency examination.

The act of executing a Georgia death row inmate scheduled to die next week would violate his constitutional rights, his lawyers argued in a court filing Wednesday.

Baltimore police have arrested a tutor they say assaulted a 7-year-old boy in school, leaving him hospitalized with significant injuries.