A woman accused of giving her former boyfriend guns used in a shooting at a Kansas lawn equipment factory plans to mount a battered woman's syndrome defense at her August trial.
Authorities say a Utah militia group leader accused of trying to blow up a federally owned cabin in Arizona also cased mosques and military facilities.
Democrats in some of the reddest pockets of the interior West have nominated transgender women for Congress, sending a message of inclusivity in races many consider unwinnable for the party.
The Federal Reserve has given the green light to major banks in the U.S. to raise dividends and buy back shares, judging them to have a sturdy enough financial foundation to withstand a major economic downturn.
A Harvard journal is refusing to retract a 2014 article it published about an infamous scrap of papyrus suggesting Jesus had a wife even though the professor who authored it now admits the fragment is a forgery.
A judge has denied a bail reduction for two Pennsylvania residents arrested last week when they tried to drive into New York City with a cache of weapons.
Almost 100 cats, some of them dead, were removed from a New Jersey couple's home Tuesday and Wednesday as officials warned the situation constituted a health hazard.
Authorities say a Houston-area mother who fatally shot her two daughters did not target her estranged husband because she "wanted him to suffer" the memory of their deaths.
Authorities in Arizona said Tuesday evening that two women were shot and killed at the entrance of a courthouse following a hearing involving a custody dispute.