An adventurous group of 11- and 12-year-old boys found themselves in a stinky situation after they veered into a storm drain tunnel for fun at the Staten Island Zoo in New York City and found themselves stuck in the sewer drains. According to the New York F...
A 13-year-old suburban Detroit girl has died and five other people have been hurt in a multi-vehicle crash caused by a driver who was fleeing police, authorities said. Walled Lake police officers were pursuing a Jeep Gladiator Wednesday evening when its dri...
The fiancé of an art student who went missing nearly 12 years ago has been indicted on two counts of murder in her death. POLICE SUSPECT FOUL PLAY AFTER REMAINS OF MISSING OHIO WOMAN FOUND NEAR CREEKJohn Carter, 34, of Hamilton, was arrested Wednesday and r...
A police officer in Florida was injured after a driver of a stolen Mercedes slammed into him head on, sending the officer flying over the hood of the car as the suspect sped off. According to the Sarasota Police Department, police planned a blockade to reco...
A former Pennsylvania school bus driver was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly having a sexual relationship with a juvenile student, police say. Upper Mount Bethel Township resident Dean D’Amico was charged with multiple crimes, including institutional sex...
Denver education officials on Thursday voted to suspend a policy that previously barred officers in its public schools following a shooting by a student that injured two faculty members. The Denver Public Schools board voted to halt the policy through June...
Five mischievous boys had to be rescued after they crawled through a storm drain tunnel in New York City and got lost, authorities said. In audio released by the fire department, 911 dispatchers work to pinpoint the boys' exact location and then tell them t...
New York Police Department (NYPD) officers found a large cache of guns in Jamaica Bay after being tipped by a fisherman, officials say. The weapons were found on Wednesday after divers from the NYPD Special Operations team located them in Jamaica Bay, near...
A father in Illinois is facing several criminal charges after his child accused him of physical and sexual abuse. Lake Villa resident Ariel Carrasco was arrested on Wednesday after his child told school officials they were molested and battered by him. The...
A department-issued rifle was stolen from a marked Massachusetts State Police cruiser overnight, an agency spokesperson said Thursday. FORMER VERMONT STATE TROOPER CHARGED WITH STEALING $14K ROLEX, OTHER VALUABLES FROM POLICE STORAGEIt appears someone force...
The mother of a newborn baby boy found fatally stabbed at a University of Georgia dormitory building decades ago has been identified as the killer, authorities said. The woman, Katherine Grant, was enrolled at UGA and was living at the Oglethorpe House dorm...
An endangered hooded vulture escaped from a zoo aviary in the San Francisco Bay Area that was destroyed after a massive tree fell on it during a storm. But the bird has remained on zoo grounds, and officials were working Thursday to entice it back. The male...
A decorated 20-year member of the U.S. Army has been identified as one of the five people killed in a shooting Tuesday night at a South Carolina home. Maj. Carlos Evans, 38, was killed by a former soldier in an attack that officials say left three sleeping...
A judge ordered two men to trial Thursday in the fatal shooting of a Lansing-area hunter after text messages showed them apparently joking about the man's death. Judge Michael Clarizio said prosecutors had revealed enough evidence to send Thomas Olson and R...
The company responsible for maintaining a Texas interstate where 130 vehicles crashed in icy conditions two years ago, killing six, failed to address the deteriorating road conditions, federal officials said Thursday. That portion of Interstate 35 West in F...
Texas police said a 13-year-old girl who was the subject of an Amber Alert has been found safe, but police are still looking for the suspect who allegedly abducted the teen in a white panel van. The Azle Police Department said on Facebook that she was locat...
The U.S. Army announced Thursday that Fort Lee will officially become Fort Gregg-Adams during a ceremony next month as part of the military's efforts to rename bases that honor the Confederacy. Gregg, 94, is set to attend the renaming ceremony on April 27,...
Southern University's men's basketball program is looking for a new leader after the school announced Wednesday that Sean Woods would not be returning as coach. Woods ends his five-year tenure with a 64-82 overall record. "At this time, we felt it was neces...
A southern Indiana man has been sentenced in the death of his live-in girlfriend whose remains were found in a shallow grave. A judge on Thursday ordered Patrick Doyle, 40, to serve 85 years in prison, Bartholomew County Prosecutor Lindsey Holden-Kay said....
Kentucky's governor took emergency action Thursday to halt the sale of a drug commonly known as "gas station heroin" that he warned poses a threat in a state battling addiction and overdose problems. Andy Beshear said the emergency regulation he signed appl...