Police say a man who doused a Virginia city councilman in gasoline and set him on fire told investigators he wanted the ...

Major League Baseball's trade deadline has sparked a flurry of activity. Carlos Correa is reuniting with the Houston Astros, boosting their roster. The San Diego Padres have added closer Mason ...

Florida has carried out a record ninth execution this year, putting to death a man convicted of killing his wife and their ...

The brother of an Afghan refugee who helped U.S. forces defuse bombs in Afghanistan has expressed frustration over the delay in indicting the man accused of fatally shooting his sibling.

Arkansas authorities say a 28-year-old schoolteacher has admitted killing a couple who were hiking with their two young daughters at a state park. Clinton David Brink and Cristen Amanda Brink ...

Two Colorado deputies have been disciplined for violating state law by helping federal agents make immigration arrests. Their sheriff says officers from other agencies have done the same. One of ...

Two wildfires burning in the western United States are so hot that they’re spurring the formation of “fire clouds” that can ...

A survivor of clergy sex abuse in Peru brought her public campaign for reform to the American hometown of Pope Leo XIV. Ana ...

U.S. kindergarten vaccination rates inched down again last year and the proportion of children with exemptions rose to an all ...

A federal immigration judge in Miami has ruled that Pierre Réginald Boulos, a wealthy Haitian businessman and one-time presidential hopeful, will not be released from a detention center where he’s ...

A federal court has denied a request by attorneys for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to remove the judge overseeing the protracted legal battle over his death sentence. The U.S.

Massachusetts lawmakers have passed a funding bill that includes a pay raise for public defenders in hopes of ending a legal crisis. At least 120 court cases have been prematurely ...