Utah's declaration of pornography as a public health crisis has created a backlash from sexually explicit publications, earning Republican Gov. Gary Herbert a mention on the latest cover of Penthouse magazine, which also sent copies of the issue to him and leaders in the Utah-based Mormon church.
Mississippi authorities say an argument about a dog apparently led to a woman setting fire to her boyfriend's clothes, starting a blaze that destroyed his house.
The U.S. Supreme Court says a Virginia school board can block a transgender male from using the boy's bathroom at his school until it decides whether to intervene in his case.
Federal authorities say a retired police officer who tried to breach a secured area outside New York's Trump Tower as Donald Trump was coming home has been arrested.
A Wyoming man previously convicted of sexually assaulting a child has been sentenced to nearly 20 years in prison after authorities seized the largest collection of child pornography in the U.S.
Phoenix police said Wednesday that they have linked a non-fatal shooting last month to a serial killer believed to have murdered seven people and wounded two others.
As officials ask for the public's help in finding the people who started an illegal campfire that grew into a massive wildfire north of Big Sur, authorities are considering what penalties the campers could face once they are found.
Police arrested a 20-year-old man on murder charges Wednesday as they investigate the slayings of two teenagers, each shot in the head, whose bodies were found behind a grocery store in an Atlanta suburb.
A Washington, D.C., Metro Transit police officer who was a convert to Islam and once dressed up as Jihadi John for Halloween was charged on Wednesday with trying to provide material support to ISIS -- the first time a law enforcement officer has been charged with an ISIS-related crime.
The Latest on the death of a 5-year-old Louisiana boy whom authorities say was accidentally shot and killed by his 9-year-old brother (all times local): 2:40 p.m.
An Arizona woman who had previously been convicted of faking a cancer diagnosis in order to obtain a government-funded abortion was again convicted Tuesday, this time for defrauding a veterans organization.