An initially unresponsive motorist in Blue Island, Illinois, was shot and killed by police after reaching for a firearm in his passenger seat upon regaining consciousness.
Police have an active warrant against Samantha Thrasher of Kansas City after she allegedly shot and injured a 36-year-old man and seven-year-old girl at a Missouri hotel.
A major oil-producing state in the U.S. has implemented a temporary ban on new drilling activities within one mile of schools on state trust land amid pollution concerns.
Marineland, a popular tourist attraction in Niagara Falls, Ontario, has been charged with three counts of failing to comply with an order over the care of its black bears.
A Mexican national, Luis Talamantes-Romero, has been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Jacqueline Vigil, the mother of two New Mexico State Police officers.
Jury selection in the former Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School resource officer's trial has begun. Scot Peterson is being accused of failing to confront the gunman in the 2018 school shooting.
Grand Rapids, Michigan closed its schools over the sweltering heat expected Thursday and Friday, while Detroit scheduled early dismissals for its students.
An 18-year-old Falls Church, Virginia, man was arrested this week in connection to a double homicide that police said they believe was connected to a drug robbery.
The killers of Joshua Lugo-Perez, 19; Sebastian Perez-Salome, 9; and Jesus Perez-Salome, 8, have been arrested and charged on three criminal homicide counts.
Colby Richards, a Texas father who went missing from the Woodlands area on May 26, seemed tired at work in the days prior to his disappearance, coworkers told his family.
A viral video of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, high school grad Cameron Robbins in the water after he went overboard on a cruise in the Bahamas includes a string of profanities and ends with "bye, bye."
A 12-year-old girl in Tulsa, Oklahoma, was seen crying and pleading that she was sorry to arresting police officers after allegedly stabbing her 9-year-old brother to death.