The brother of a man shot dead by an off-duty New York City police officer in a confrontation at a car window says relatives feel vindicated by a security camera video that has cast doubt on the early police account of the encounter.
The National Security Agency asked a judge Thursday to dismiss a lawsuit from a former Salt Lake City mayor who says the agency conducted a mass warrantless surveillance program during the 2002 Winter Olympics.
A federal appeals court has ruled that the state of Florida cannot use potential budget problems to deny thousands of prison inmates kosher meals they request for religious reasons.
A spokeswoman for a New Hampshire prep school says officials have "grave concern" about a sex-assault case that was resolved with a male student baking bread for his accuser as "penance." The 17-year-old Phillips Exeter Academy student had accused the classmate of groping her.
A prosecutor looking into the death of a 500-pound man during a struggle with Connecticut police has found the officers were justified in their actions, including using a stun gun repeatedly.
A homeless couple was arrested after the woman's three young children were punished by being sent into a California desert without shoes or water, authorities said Thursday.
Twin explosions rocked a neighborhood in a rural Nevada town, killing one person and flinging car parts several blocks away, authorities and neighbors said Thursday.
A man accused of carjacking a vehicle with two children inside and then leading good Samaritans on a short chase has pleaded not guilty in Southern California to charges including kidnapping and child cruelty.
Veteran cop Tommy Norman recently heard from a man he arrested a decade ago, but instead of getting an earful from a career criminal, the North Little Rock police officer got a belated thank you.