It's been a good year for sea turtles along the South Carolina coast with record numbers of nests found along the shore midway through the nesting season.
A state judge has ruled a 55-year-old Baton Rouge woman is now competent to stand trial on a manslaughter charge in the 2014 death of her 82-year-old mother.
An analysis by the New York City Council finds that Donald Trump's lightning-rod proposals to deport illegal immigrants and temporarily ban Muslims could hurt the local economy.
Civil rights veteran Andrew Young is apologizing for referring to some people who are demonstrating against police violence as "brats." Young tells WSB-TV (http://2wsb.tv/29Ph9rO ) he didn't mean to offend demonstrators.
Pennsylvania prison officials are investigating the death of a drug-detecting police dog left in a hot vehicle for 2½ hours during a training exercise.
Federal officials say a Peruvian woman smuggled more than $1.2 million in counterfeit $100 bills hidden in yarn spindles through Boston's Logan International Airport.
A man charged with shooting three people and then running over and killing a Memphis police officer is scheduled to appear in court for a preliminary hearing.