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3 convicted in Ohio prison riot plan hunger strike
Three of five Ohio inmates sentenced to death for an historic prison riot plan a hunger strike starting on the uprising's 20th anniversary Thursday ...
Mercy rejected for Ohio man who killed 6-month-old
The Ohio Parole Board on Wednesday rejected a plea for mercy by a condemned Ohio man who says he intended to rape his girlfriend's 6-month-old ...
AP Exclusive: Man tried saving kids buried in dirt
For Jordan Arwood, the images return in waves. A wall of dirt collapsing and burying his 6-year-old daughter and her 7-year-old cousin in a pit he was ...
Couple accused of kidnapping kids booked into jail
The couple accused of kidnapping their two young sons and fleeing by boat to Cuba has been booked into a Florida jail after being handed over to U.S.
Dockworkers ratify new 6-year contract
Dockworkers along the East Coast and the Gulf of Mexico have ratified a new six-year contract, ending more than a year of negotiations.
Student charged in Texas college stabbing attack
A student who told police he'd fantasized for years about stabbing people to death was charged Tuesday with carrying out a building-to-building attack ...
911 audio released from fugitive ex-LA cop manhunt
Authorities on Tuesday released audio of a February 911 call from a California couple bound in their condo by fugitive ex-police officer Christopher ...
Everyone safe after rafts overturn in Wash. river
A rafting trip where 10 people fell into a raging river in the Cascade Mountain foothills briefly launched rescue officials into high alert Tuesday, ...
Texas executes man for 1990 fatal shooting, rape
A Texas convict with a lengthy criminal history was executed Tuesday evening for fatally shooting a man and raping the slain man's fiancee during a ...
Rockefeller impostor murder case goes to jury
A murder case against a notorious Rockefeller impostor was turned over to a Los Angeles jury on Tuesday after the prosecutor implored the panel to ...
Case versus 3 Penn State officials to move ahead
Three former Penn State administrators accused of covering up abuse complaints about Jerry Sandusky lost a set of rulings Tuesday, allowing their ...
Grief, questions after collapse kills 2 NC kids
While parents grieve two children who died when they were buried under a wall of falling dirt, police are investigating possible charges against the ...
Investigators: Missing family left US voluntarily
Investigators said Tuesday they believe a couple that abruptly disappeared with their two young boys left for Mexico voluntarily, a statement that ...
Air Force begins grounding combat aircraft
The Air Force began grounding about one-third of its active-duty combat aircraft on Tuesday because of automatic federal spending cuts, including ...
Investigation after 2 children die in NC collapse
It was common knowledge around a rural North Carolina neighborhood that Jordan Arwood was digging a two-story-deep pit on his property. Some said it ...
Newtown sends out the last post-shooting donations
Thousands of the toys and other gifts that poured into Newtown following the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School ended up going to children's ...
Heated exchanges between Arias prosecutor, expert
The prosecutor in Jodi Arias' murder trial spent Monday trying to undermine the credibility of a defense witness who testified the defendant suffered ...
Calif. hiker: 4 days missing felt like a dream
One of two hikers who got lost in the Southern California wilderness last week said Monday she remembers little about her four-day ordeal because she ...
Father sobs on 911 after kids buried in collapse
A North Carolina man tearfully begged authorities to hurry to his house to rescue his daughter and her cousin, who were buried when the walls of a ...
Trial begins over baby food lead warning
An expert witness testified Monday that average lead levels in baby foods fall below the threshold for warning labels mandated under a California ...
UN whistleblower asks US to withhold UN payments
A United Nations whistleblower who won his case alleging corruption in the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Kosovo but received only 2 percent of the $2.
Man dressed as Cookie Monster arrested in NY
A man dressed as the Cookie Monster has been accused of shoving a 2-year-old in New York's Times Square and has been charged with endangering the ...
US now naming force-fed Guantanamo prisoners
The U.S. government has begun notifying lawyers of Guantanamo Bay prisoners if the men they represent are being force-fed to prevent them from ...
Man in Seattle terror plot gets 17-year sentence
A man who helped plot an attack with machine guns and grenades on a Seattle military complex was sentenced in federal court Monday to 17 years in ...
Utah father denied bail for killing 5-month-old
A 21-year-old father was upset when his girlfriend broke up with him and plotted for a month before killing his infant son with a rifle, authorities ...