One of several people accused of running a western Colorado outfitting business that captured and maimed mountain lions and bobcats to make hunting easier for clients has been sentenced to three months in federal prison.
More than 400 inmates barricaded themselves inside a Florida prison Wednesday night, requiring corrections officers from five other prisons to help put down the riot, The Miami Herald reported.
A female student shot and injured another female student and then killed herself inside a Texas high school bathroom on Thursday morning, Brewster County Sheriff Ronny Dodson said.
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says almost $1.3 million in grants are being awarded to two private-sector programs aimed at conserving greater sage grouse across the American West.
Police investigating the shooting death of a prominent Ferguson, Missouri activist in a burning car asked anybody who may have information about the crime to step forward.
Two victims of sexual abuse at the elite Rhode Island boarding school St. George's have filed complaints with state licensing officials about the school's former psychologist.
A Louisiana university says the first group of nine retired chimpanzees from a Louisiana research lab has arrived at a new animal sanctuary in the north Georgia mountains.