A 9-week-old Missouri baby whose father is accused of sticking his fingers down the child's throat to stop his crying has died, and the father is now facing an upgraded criminal charge.
A prosecutor says two brothers accused of conspiring to fix lottery games in five states had rigged another drawing for which they claimed a jackpot and planted software on additional computers that would have enabled them to fix more games if they hadn't been caught.
An attorney for a mentally disabled man serving a 100-year prison term for killing a high school teacher in the Northern Plains' oil patch asked the Montana Supreme Court on Tuesday to vacate his sentence and place him under the custody of state health officials.
Police in New York City say a grandson of the Italian founder of Fiat Automobiles was arrested after falsely claiming an escort held him against his will.
In chillingly detailed articles in a slick online magazine, Islamic State extremists exhorted English-language readers this fall to carry out attacks with knives and vehicles.
Former North Charleston patrolman Michael Slager choked back tears on Tuesday, testifying in his own defense that he felt "total fear" when the black motorist he was chasing from a traffic stop got control of his Taser and pointed it at him.
The Fight for $15 movement for a higher minimum wage staged what it called a "Day of Disruption" at locations in more than 300 cities, according to organizers.
The husband of a Northern California mother who went missing for three weeks after a reported kidnapping says his wife was covered in black and yellow bruises when she was found last week.