Authorities say the 21-year-old male inmate identified as the "alleged assailant" in the killing of a female corrections officer at Texas prison over the weekend allegedly attacked the woman as she entered a storage area near the kitchen.
Republicans are reminding the nation that Hillary Clinton was secretary of state during the deadly 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya, part of a broader focus on national security at the GOP convention.
Palm Beach billionaire Jeffrey Epstein could face new criminal charges if lawyers for his alleged former teen “sex slaves” succeed in an unusual effort to overturn a 2008 plea deal that gave him house arrest, despite accusations he pimped the girls out to his rich and powerful friends.
Several homes in a neighborhood northwest of Tampa, Florida are in danger of being swallowed up by a "large hole" that opened up Monday, officials said.
The Marine who "targeted and assassinated" law enforcement officers in Baton Rouge, Louisiana brought three guns and scoped out areas where he could specifically attack police, investigators revealed Monday as they showed surveillance photos from the crime scene.
An attorney for a Florida man charged with fatally shooting a patient and employee at a hospital in an apparent random attack says his client is severely mentally ill.
Four international journalists who faced imprisonment, arrest and threats for their reporting have been named winners of the International Press Freedom Awards.
The deadly shooting of a home intruder in Colorado Springs, Colorado could put the state's controversial "make my day" law to the test in an upcoming trial, as a grand jury found that a homeowner did not give the intruder enough time to react before he fired shots, according to newly revealed court documents.
A judge in Baltimore Monday acquitted the highest-ranking officer charged in the death of Freddie Gray, marking the fourth trial that prosecutors failed to win.