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Man with knife shot, wounded outside LA federal courthouse

Authorities say a man with a knife has been shot and wounded outside a federal courthouse in downtown Los Angeles.

No charges in Georgia lawmaker grocery store dispute

No charges will be filed in the dispute between a black Georgia lawmaker and a white man she accused of verbally assaulting ...

University of Mississippi student charged in woman's death

Authorities have arrested a University of Mississippi student from Texas, saying he killed a female student whose body was ...

Florida lawmaker: Look into Epstein work release from jail

A Florida lawmaker known as a champion for child sexual abuse victims asked Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday to authorize a state ...

Brandon Bostian

Charges thrown out again in deadly Philadelphia Amtrak crash

For the second time, a judge threw out all charges Tuesday against an Amtrak engineer for his role in a high-speed derailment ...

Ogden Cafe during the 1919 Chicago Race Riots

Hundreds of black deaths in 1919 are being remembered

America in the summer of 1919 ran red with blood from racial violence, and yet today, 100 years later, not many people know ...

Hong Kong arrests men with gang links over mob attack

Hong Kong police say they've arrested six men, some with links to triad gangs, following a violent attack on pro-democracy ...

Mexico sets 1st half murder record, up 5.3%

Mexico set a new record for homicides in the first half of the year as the number of murders grew by 5.3% compared to the ...

Homicide charge filed in shooting death of off-duty officer

A man suspected of fatally shooting an off-duty Pittsburgh police officer more than a week ago has been charged with criminal ...

Police investigate if crashed car was partially self-driving

A woman was arrested after running a red light in a rented Tesla in San Francisco and causing a crash that killed a tourist ...

Hong Kong crisis escalates after mob attack on protesters

An overnight attack by white-clad assailants apparently targeting pro-democracy protesters raised tensions to new levels in ...

Ex-candidate admits lying about operating on Pulse survivors

A former candidate for the Florida Legislature acknowledged to state investigators that she lied when she said she was a ...

NY state police lag behind agencies nationwide on camera use

A highway shoulder is where New York state troopers spotted Luke Patterson, walking by himself around 2 a.m. after his car ...

Clashes involving Hong Kong's protest movement grow violent

Clashes involving Hong Kong's protest movement escalated violently late Sunday as police launched tear gas at protesters who ...

Sydney Clanton

Clanton, Suwannapura win LPGA Tour team event

Cydney Clanton and Jasmine Suwannapura ran away with the Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational on Saturday, shooting an 11-under ...

Florida woman accused of assault over pizza slice

Authorities have arrested a woman in Florida who they say tried to attack another woman with a knife when she was denied a ...

Florida sheriff to investigate Epstein's work release

A Florida sheriff launched an investigation Friday into whether his department properly monitored the wealthy financer ...

Defense in murder case can obtain private social media posts

The California Supreme Court has effectively ruled that the defense in a gang-related murder trial can obtain private ...

The Latest: Facebook mulls response to private posts ruling

The Latest on a California Supreme Court ruling on defense lawyer access to private social media postings (all times local): ...

Slim chance of ever finding Chinese scholar's body

Authorities in Illinois have suggested that the remains of a slain 26-year-old scholar from China may never be found despite ...