A former University of Colorado student was sentenced to two years in jail and probation for sexually assaulting a drunk classmate under the guise of caring for her, a sentence that's drawing criticism for not fitting the crime.
Even as the United States' "major hurricane drought" continues, NOAA's updated 2016 Atlantic Hurricane Season Outlook, which was released Thursday, is calling for this year to be the "strongest since 2012."
Hillary Clinton will "lay down the choice on the economy" for voters in her economic speech on Thursday, according to an aide, comparing her economic vision with what Donald Trump proposed earlier this week in the the Motor City.
Amid reports that the hack of the Democratic National Committee was even broader than had been believed, the highest-ranking Democrat in Congress is calling the incident an "electronic Watergate."
Simone Thomas broke down in tears Thursday as soon as she began talking about her youngest son, Kouren Thomas, being fatally gunned down in Raleigh, North Carolina.
At least five people are missing and dozens were injured after an explosion sparked a massive fire that engulfed an apartment complex in a Maryland suburb of Washington, D.C., fire officials said.
The man accused of killing three people at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs last November has again been deemed incompetent to stand trial.
Donald Trump's persistent -- and false -- accusation that Hillary Clinton would abolish the Second Amendment as president is renewing scrutiny of her position on gun rights.
US Marines need to put away their cell phones, forget about their fancy coffees and get back to doing what Marines used to do -- dig a foxhole, cover up, stay quiet and be wary, the Corps' top officer says.
The US fertility rate fell to the lowest point since record keeping started more than a century ago, according to statistics released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
It was supposed to be just another summer day at the Kansas City water park until Jess Sanford and Melanie Gocke witnessed something that would be imprinted on their minds forever: the death of 10-year-old Caleb Thomas Schwab from a neck injury while riding the world's tallest water slide.
