Authorities say drought-fueled wildfires burning across the South have created a smoky haze over metro Atlanta, and the smell of forest fires from several states is expected to linger.
A frantic struggle with a self-proclaimed ‘vampire’ left employees of the Concord Co-Op in New Hampshire shaken but ultimately unharmed early Tuesday morning, police say.
The woman pushed in front of a New York City subway train to her death had worked for decades as a housekeeper for billionaire Blackstone Group CEO Stephen Schwarzman, his daughter said Tuesday.
The Latest on the trial of a white former police officer charged with murder following the shooting of an unarmed black man in a traffic stop (all times local): 10:45 a.m.
A gunman was on a cocaine binge when he randomly opened fire Tuesday in a peaceful Southern California neighborhood, killing a 77-year-old neighbor and wounding two women at random before police shot him, authorities said.
The deaths of two Marine Corps recruits at Parris Island in South Carolina during the past eight months have renewed calls for congressional scrutiny into the service's tough training regimen.
Liberal students across the nation watched in shock as Donald Trump clinched victory from Hillary Clinton to become the 45th president of the United States.
The Latest on the trial of a former South Carolina police officer charged with murder in the shooting death of an unarmed black motorist (all times local): ___ 9:30 a.m.
A neighborhood on Chicago's southwest side has been rocked by noisy confrontations between protesters and police supporters for the second time since the fatal shooting of a black man by police.
World leaders, presidents and prime ministers, officials, politicians, people from all walks of life and even the Taliban in Afghanistan are reacting to Donald Trump's astounding victory as America's 45th president.
A New York historian has uncovered historical documents proving ill-fated British spymaster John Andre was at a Long Island home that was at the center of military and intelligence activity during the American Revolution.
A prosecutor says a standup comedian who's appeared on late-night TV abused his power as mayor of an Ohio city, while the defense blames a political vendetta for the charges against him.