Federal labor lawyers asked a judge Friday to order a contracting company with ties to a polygamous sect to pay at least $200,000 in back wages to children who were sent to work picking pecans for long hours in the cold.
Police in Tennessee say a man fatally shot his estranged wife 10 times in front of her children and then led police on a chase before turning the gun on himself.
A Chicago police officer who was videotaped firing shots that injured the two black teenagers inside a car has been indicted on federal civil rights charges.
Oklahoma prison officials say officers discovered a false wall with an "escape hatch" inside a halfway house that holds prisoners who are nearing the end of their sentences.
The United States warned Russia on Friday that potential military cooperation envisioned by a cease-fire deal in Syria will not happen unless humanitarian aid begins to flow into Aleppo and other besieged communities.
The Pentagon says U.S. troops for the first time are operating alongside Turkish government forces who are fighting Islamic State militants inside Syria.
A Michigan mother posted a video of her 9-year-old son with cerebral palsy—who loves sports and The Star Spangled Banner—after she noticed the boy trying to stand during the song.