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.
Attorneys for the Albuquerque man charged in a road rage shooting that killed a 4-year-old girl say they have reached a plea deal with prosecutors a day before the trial in the case was expected to begin.
A former car salesman who was once declared delusional by government psychologists and was imprisoned for more than a year after aggravating the FBI with claims he was negotiating with Islamic State militants to free Western hostages is seeking $100 million in damages.
The jury in the embezzlement trial of the founder of a Rhode Island-based international sport institute has ended another day of deliberations without a verdict.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says its famed Hurricane Hunter aircraft are moving from MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa to Lakeland Linder Regional Airport, about 30 miles east of its current location.
A woman was arrested for allegedly using knives and a chain saw to stab and cut her boyfriend after restraining him inside his car, police said Wednesday.
A former Penn State assistant football coach is getting an additional $5 million over his treatment by the university following Jerry Sandusky's arrest on child molestation charges five years ago.
A Somali-born student who carried out a car-and-knife attack at Ohio State University may have been inspired by the Islamic State group and a former Al Qaeda leader, investigators said Wednesday.
North Dakota leaders will borrow an additional $7 million to cover the cost of law enforcement related to the ongoing protest of the four-state Dakota Access oil pipeline.
The attorney for a Massachusetts woman charged in the deaths of two babies is seeking to throw out physical evidence and statements obtained as a result of two searches at her home.
A Dallas man who held a sign of support outside a mosque says his "You Belong" message was prompted by hatred directed at Muslims as part of the recent presidential election.
Advocates say the weekend death of a 36-year-old woman who became ill at a detention facility in Arizona with the most in-custody immigrant deaths in the U.S. is another example of inadequate care and poor practices at the privately run site.
A 19-year-old man is now the fourth person facing murder charges in the slayings of two teenagers who were tied up and stabbed weeks after investigators believe they witnessed a separate killing in Louisville.
The student newspaper at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, is changing its name from "Rebel Yell" to "The Scarlet & Gray Free Press" in a bid to end criticism that it was named for a Confederate Army battle cry.
The Federal Reserve reports that the U.S. economy grew at a modest rate this fall, with solid gains in consumer spending helping to offset lingering weakness in exports stemming from a strong dollar.