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January 23, 2020

Deputy uses stun gun to settle a beef between K9 and cow

A sheriff's deputy responding to a burglary call in South Carolina was forced to settle a beef between his K9 and a spooked ...

January 23, 2020

Groups seek items they say could exonerate executed inmate

Two groups sued a central Arkansas city on Thursday seeking the release of evidence they say could exonerate an inmate who ...

January 23, 2020

Shootings in downtown Seattle prompting calls for action

A shootout in downtown Seattle during the evening commute that left a woman dead and a 9-year-old boy injured was the third ...

January 23, 2020

Cleveland bishop named Philadelphia’s next archbishop

The bishop of Cleveland will become the new leader of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, the Vatican announced Thursday, making ...

January 23, 2020

Migrant caravan crosses into Mexico, walks along highway

Hundreds of Central American migrants crossed the river into Mexico from Guatemala Thursday after a dayslong standoff with ...

January 23, 2020

Michelle Carter, of texting suicide case, freed from jail

Michelle Carter, the woman convicted of manslaughter for urging her suicidal boyfriend to kill himself in text messages that ...

January 23, 2020

Annabella Sciorra confronts Weinstein from the witness stand

A ctress Annabella Sciorra confronted Harvey Weinstein in court Thursday after keeping her rape accusation against the former ...

January 23, 2020

Hawaii eyes closing gun loopholes, bolstering mental health

Hawaii already has some of the nation's strictest gun laws, but the fatal shooting of two Honolulu police officers by a man ...

January 23, 2020

Survivor says doorbell-ringing prank led to deadly attack

A doorbell-ringing prank led a man to chase and ram a car full of teenagers, killing three, a survivor said. Three other teen ...

January 22, 2020

Fifth condemned Tennessee inmate opts for the electric chair

A Tennessee inmate has chosen the electric chair for his scheduled execution next month, opting like four other inmates in ...

January 22, 2020

Government: Tax evader in standoff should not be released

A woman who took part in a monthslong standoff with her husband at their home against U.S. marshals in 2007 should not be ...

January 22, 2020

Police: 3 children killed by their mother were suffocated

A woman arrested on suspicion of killing her three young children told investigators that she suffocated her son and two ...

January 22, 2020

Judge rejects city's effort to end teen death lawsuit

An Ohio judge decided Wednesday to move forward with a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of a 16-year-old student ...

January 22, 2020

Man cleared of murder walks free after 28 years in prison

A man who served nearly three decades in prison for a triple killing in Philadelphia in what prosecutors called a “perfect ...

January 22, 2020

Court takes another look at Native American adoption law

A 1978 law giving preference to Native American families in foster care and adoption proceedings involving American Indian ...

January 22, 2020

Police: Mother says she killed 3 kids found in Phoenix home

A Phoenix woman has been arrested on suspicion of killing her three children, who were found dead inside the family's home ...

January 21, 2020

Police seek motive for Utah family's killings as funeral set

As investigators try to unravel why a teenage boy shot and killed four of his relatives, loved ones prepared to mourn the ...

January 21, 2020

Weinstein defense points to 'loving emails' as openings near

Harvey Weinstein's lawyers want to use intimate emails from his accusers to try to convince jurors in his rape trial that any ...

January 21, 2020

Indicted former Mexico security chief not interested in plea

Mexico’s former top security official is “very much looking forward” to fighting charges he took tens of millions of dollars ...

January 21, 2020

NATO chief seeks beefed-up training role in Iraq

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says the alliance must beef up its military training operation in Iraq to ensure that ...