In the murder trial of former Ohio sheriff's deputy Jason Meade, who is accused of fatally shooting Casey Goodson Jr. in 2020, Meade testified that he fired in self-defense.
Yohenry Brito, 24, an illegal migrant, was indicted by a grand jury on Tuesday in relation to the violent attack on two NYPD officers in Times Square last week.
New testimony from a crew member in the case of a fatal cargo ship fire in New Jersey indicates that smoke was seen approximately nine hours before the fire erupted.
An increase in chronic school absence has led some school districts to encourage sending slightly sick kids to class in a reversal of pandemic-era guidelines.
Faced with an explosion of fentanyl in Portland, Oregon's governor sent in state troopers to help local police track and bust dealers. Here's how it's going.
Four South Carolina death row inmates who have run out of appeals argued that the electric chair and firing squad execution methods are cruel and unusual punishments.
The parents of tech CEO Pava Marie LaPere, who was killed in Baltimore by a convicted rapist out of jail early, urged Maryland lawmakers to end good time credits for imprisoned rapists.
Seattle and King County recorded all-time high fentanyl-related overdose deaths in 2023, data from the Seattle and King County Public Health agency show.
A New York City lawyer could face discipline in one of the latest examples of attorney's getting caught using artificial intelligence in documents filed to courts.
After Brandon Clay Dotson's family sued the Alabama DOC for returning his body without a heart, four more inmates' families allege their loved ones' organs were taken from their bodies.
A portion of Alex Murdaugh's remaining assets will go to the family of Mallory Beach, who died in a crash aboard the Murdaugh family's boat in 2019, when she was 19 years old.
The suspect in a hate crime assault on a man who had pro-Israel flags in his yard is a Palestinian migrant who allegedly ranted about Jews after his arrest.
A federal appeals court found that New Jersey residents not wearing masks at school board meetings during the COVID-19 pandemic is not protected speech.
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory plans to let go 530 workers and 40 contractors because it has not secure funding for the 2024 fiscal year, officials said.
The historic lodge at Lutsen Resort in Minnesota is a total loss after an overnight fire destroyed it for the third time in 75 years, resort officials confirmed.
Duvan Perez, 16, died last year in a workplace accident at Mar-Jac Poultry in Mississippi. His death marks the third loss of life in less than three years at the poultry plant.
A New Hampshire man who allegedly bludgeoned his 5-year-old daughter to death and hid her body for months before disposing of it, smiled as he walked into court Tuesday.