A shadowy object, potentially a shark, is seen in a video after Louisiana high school grad Cameron Robbins, 18, fell overboard during a Bahamas cruise.
Florida teacher Amanda Hicks was stabbed to death before her fiancé shot himself in a murder-suicide that left her infant daughter alone with their lifeless bodies for hours.
Pedro Santiago-Marquez of Green Bay, Wisconsin, has been sentenced to life in prison for the shooting death of Jason Mendez-Ramos, whose body he then ordered burned.
Finnish company Admares is set to invest $750 million in building a modular housing factory in Waycross, Georgia. The company plans to employ 1,400 people.
Jurors in Quincy, Illinois, will now deliberate the fate of Timothy Bliefnick in the February shooting death of his estranged wife, Rebecca Postle Bliefnick.
Connor Mathis, 16, was found dead on a beach on Georgia's Jekyll Island on Tuesday after a massive search for the teen launched the prior evening, officials said.
Visiting baseball teams participating in the NCAA tournament's Lexington regional are being forced to stay in Kentucky campus dormitories due to a lack of hotel rooms.
A tourist got the scare of her life at Yellowstone National Park earlier this month after she tried to pet a bison after taking selfies with the animal.
Alabama Governor Kay Ivey has scheduled the first lethal injection attempt in July after a series of previous problematic executions. The first attempt will begin midnight on July 20.
Prosecutors are seeking pretrial detention without bail for those responsible for the fatal shootout at a New Mexico biker rally. The deadly shootout left three people dead.
A 16-year-old West Virginia teen has been sentenced to consecutive 40-year prison terms for the murders of his mother and sister. The judge denied the teen's plea for a lesser sentence.
Two suspected armed carjackers in Chicago were arrested after a concealed carry holder returned fire on the pair, injuring one, according to the police department.
NASA's public meeting on UFOs said there are "anomalous" incidents but nothing definitive to say there is extraterrestrial life or rule out alien presence.
A new bipartisan proposal that was introduced by Maine's Democratic House Speaker Rachel Talbot Ross would allow Native Americans in Maine to benefit from federal law.
W. Troy Weisler has been named as the next police chief of New Mexico, according to Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham. Weisler is a 21-year State police veteran.
Colorado's governor signed two bills dedicated to combatting eating disorders in the US. The bills limit the use of BMI to determine treatments and restrict diet pills for minors.
Tony Peralta turned himself in to the police to confess to the murder of his former landlord in 2008. He claimed he was tired of being overwhelmed with guilt.