State authorities announced Monday that a fungal disease affecting hibernating bats called white-nose syndrome has been detected in New Mexico for the first time.
A new lawsuit says a Mississippi law will restrict free speech by requiring people to obtain permission from state officials for any protest near state government buildings in Jackson.
A government watchdog has filed a civil rights complaint against Missouri State University over a business boot camp program that the group alleges is discriminatory.
A distraught Georgia couple is demanding answers after their foster dog was found fatally shot after it escaped from their backyard. The dog was killed by a .22-caliber bullet.
Michael Tisius, scheduled to be executed Tuesday night, is reportedly on an "emotional rollercoaster" as his fate remains in limbo as clemency bids are heard in state and federal court.
Police in Alaska said three people were found dead over three days on board a vessel anchored offshore. Police said controlled substances could have been a contributing factor.
Three people were killed when their car careened off a road and plummeted 500 feet to the bottom of a quarry in Frederick County, Maryland, authorities said in a release.
The bodies of two Indiana teenagers who went missing over the weekend have been found. The boys, both 16, were swept away by the White River during a swim.
A New Jersey attorney working in Manhattan was linked to a rape spree in Boston more than 15 years ago through DNA on a drinking glass, authorities said Monday.
Former FBI agent Robert Hanssen, who was convicted of having spied for the Soviet Union and Russia for decades, was found dead in his prison cell Monday, authorities confirmed.
Two men have been arrested and another suspect is still at large following a Memorial Day shooting spree that occurred along a crowded beachside promenade in South Florida.
A Utah bus company has accused Nevada of declaring war on its interstate travel services after stranding 20 passengers with no ride in an alleged regulatory dispute.
A Washington state tuberculosis patient has been jailed after refusing to self-isolate or get treatment, the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department said in a statement last week.
A New York woman went on a violent rampage in Manhattan Sunday, attacking bystanders and throwing things before police put her in the back of an ambulance.
The amount of carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere is continuing to increase at a rapid rate. Carbon dioxide levels in the air are the highest they've been in over four million years.
All three of the unaccounted-for bodies have been found at the site of the building collapse in Iowa. Multiple lawsuits against the building's owners allege negligence.
A building collapse in Connecticut injured eight construction workers. Six of the workers have been released from the hospital, while two others continue to be treated.
The sentence for death row inmate Heather Leavell-Keaton was upheld by the Supreme Court. Leavell-Keaton helped her boyfriend kill his two young children.
Five potential designs have been unveiled for the memorial of the Las Vegas shooting massacre. This is a major step in the planning process for the memorial.
Lyman High School in Seminole County, Florida, is offering refunds and reprinted yearbooks after parents complained about a spread detailing various LGBTQ terms such as "genderfluid."