Closing arguments are set in the trial of the fourth Baltimore police officer charged in the death of Freddie Gray, the 25-year-old black man whose neck was broken in the back of a police transport van.
Two U.S. Marines were walking in Southern California on Tuesday hoping to catch as much Pokemon as they could with the new “Pokemon Go” smartphone game, but instead ended up nabbing an attempted murder suspect.
The uncle of a 9-year-old boy who was fatally beaten over a missing piece of birthday cake is set to learn if his statement to police can be used as evidence at his trial.
A Virginia school board asked the Supreme Court on Wednesday to block a transgender male from using the boys restroom when he comes back to school in September until the high court decides whether to review the case.
One of Alaska's largest rural hubs is seeing the end of a decades-long tradition: Residents are no longer allowed to "shop" by scavenging at the city landfill.
Civil rights groups and activists sued Baton Rouge law enforcement agencies over their treatment of protesters rallying against the police shooting death of a black man, saying officers used excessive force and physically and verbally abused peaceful demonstrators.
The final moments before Philando Castile was killed by a police officer during a traffic stop in suburban St. Paul revolved around a gun he was licensed to carry, trained to use safely and instructed to tell authorities about when stopped.
Almost a week after the Dallas sniper attacks, it's still unclear how the gunman obtained an honorable discharge from the military even though Army officials sent him home from Afghanistan with a recommendation that he be thrown out of the armed forces.
Every year, the federal government spends millions on at-sea monitors to ensure safe and legal practices by commercial New England fishermen who sail the Atlantic, netting fish they sell as their livelihood. Now, a judge is set to rule on who should foot the bill for the high-tech monitors: the government or the fisherman.
Postings on the Facebook page of a popular bakery owned by a religious sect are causing a buzz in what's known as "America's Hometown." The Blue Blinds Bakery opened eight years ago, just up the hill from Plymouth Rock in Massachusetts.
An Ohio man who fled to Peru more than a decade ago to avoid prosecution for what authorities say was a $65 million Ponzi scheme has pleaded guilty to federal charges.
Fresno police on Wednesday released body-camera video of officers fatally shooting a 19-year-old man who ignored repeated commands to stand still and show his hands.
The former Stanford University swimmer who got six months in jail for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman will be required to attend drug and alcohol counseling on top of random testing after he was caught lying about his high school habits.