In their only debate faceoff, Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine will try Tuesday night to carry forward a fresh burst of Democratic momentum in the presidential campaign while Indiana Gov. Mike Pence seeks to steady Donald Trump's White House bid after one of the Republican's worst stretches of the race.
A roadside bomb killed a US service member during a patrol Tuesday in eastern Afghanistan as part of a mission to fight a growing Islamic State affiliate, the US-led coalition announced.
Los Angeles police released surveillance video Tuesday showing an 18-year-old black suspect running from police while holding what appears to be a gun in his left hand just before he was fatally shot by officers in a police killing that has generated widespread protests.
The Ohio leader of a breakaway group that was accused in hair- and beard-cutting attacks on fellow Amish is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review the case.
The lawyer for a 15-year-old Maryland girl says she won't face court charges or supervision by juvenile authorities stemming from an arrest in which she was handcuffed and pepper-sprayed after her bicycle hit a car.
Anxious Florida residents raided grocery store shelves and North Carolina called for the evacuation of three barrier islands as Hurricane Matthew — the most powerful Atlantic storm in about a decade — threatened to rake a large swath of the East Coast in the coming days.