The minutes after a black Minnesota man was shot and killed during a traffic stop in the Twin Cities — the second fatal encounter in the U.S. this week between a black man and police — were broadcast live by his girlfriend on Facebook.
A 25-year-old Houston man who was charged with a misdemeanor after stopping traffic on a downtown freeway to propose to his girlfriend has been given a year of probation and apologized for his actions.
The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation says it's assisting the Iowa Lottery in reviewing a possible fraudulent claim of a $250,000 winning lottery ticket.
An Arizona man who said he supported the Islamic State group and asked a suspected militant for help making a pipe bomb was plotting to blow up a local motor vehicle office, according to a state indictment released Thursday.
A Detroit father has been convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the death of his son who was shot by an older sister with a loaded gun found unsecured in a bedroom closet.
Emory University is honoring two students killed when a group of armed extremists stormed a restaurant in Dhaka, Bangladesh and left more than 20 people dead.
As police search for a man who police say gunned down a teenage brother and sister during an argument over a T-shirt late Wednesday at a Salt Lake City suburb apartment complex, family members are mourning the senseless killing of siblings who shared a tight bond.
