Authorities in Northern California say a man has been fatally shot during an encounter with a highway patrol officer. The shooting occurred in Plymouth, a small town east of Sacramento.

A federal judge is signaling that Rudy Giuliani's contempt hearing next Friday might not end so well for the former New York City mayor and onetime personal lawyer for President-elect ...

A former top New York City police official has admitted through his lawyer that he had a sexual relationship with a subordinate. But he denied her claims that he demanded ...

The man accused in the death of a woman who burned to death on a New York subway train has been indicted on murder and arson charges. Sebastian Zapeta was ...

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Philadelphia judges concerned about security lapses at city courthouses have ordered the sheriff to address what they call a rising number of assaults, threats and staffing shortages among court ...

Former Syrian rebels who now serve as part of the new Syrian government's armed forces posed for photo portraits with their weapons Friday.

Stocks slipped as Wall Street closes out a holiday-shortened week. The S&P 500 fell 1.4% Friday and the the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 402 points, or 0.9%. The Nasdaq ...

For more than 70 years, a foundational pillar of health advice has been to avoid saturated fat and substitute vegetable oils ...

"Mother Nature holds the cards," Santa Cruz Assistant City Manager Michelle Templeton said at a news conference this week. "We do know that these west swells are continuing to grow in severity, and we ...

Brian O'Connor and his mom set up the tent they were living in the day before the November bomb cyclone in the woods in Lynnwood, a spot ...