A West Texas woman saw something unusual on a recent morning, a massive parachute drifting slowly across the sky

Houses of worship have faced various types of attacks throughout history, but such assaults are not relics of the past

Statistically, attending a weekly worship service is a remarkably safe thing to do

Subtropical Storm Karen forms far from land in the north Atlantic Ocean

Indiana officials have executed a man convicted in the 2001 rape and murder of a teenage girl

Tsunami threat widens to parts of Indonesia and Palau after earthquake off southern Philippines

The superintendent of Georgia's DeKalb County school district has been indicted on federal charges alleging he ran a kickback scheme in suburban Chicago

Flash flooding is a growing risk in the southwestern U.S. through this weekend

The sheriffs office for metro Phoenix has spent millions of dollars budgeted for compliance costs in a racial profiling case over Joe Arpaios immigration crackdowns on things that had little or nothing to do with a court-ordered overhaul of the agency

A Texas appeals court has paused the execution of Robert Roberson, who was set to be the first in the U.S. executed for a murder linked to shaken baby syndrome

A parade of ships streamed up and down the Delaware River beside Philadelphia to kick off a celebration of the 250th birthdays of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps

Tropical Storm Raymond, the third system now off the coast of Mexico, forms in the eastern Pacific Ocean

New Orleans jail escapee Derrick Groves, who spent nearly five months on the run before being recaptured in Georgia, agreed to be returned to Louisiana during an appearance before a Fulton County magistrate judge

A New Jersey businessman who testified against former Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez and his wife at separate bribery trials won't go to prison, after a judge credited him at his sentencing for his honesty

Police in northeast Ohio went in pursuit of a runaway inflatable pumpkin after receiving calls of a large, orange inflatable object on the run

The Florida city of St. Petersburg, long a bastion of LGBTQ+ rights and mindful of its racially segregated past, is considering approval of two flags recognizing those issues after Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis ordered similar street murals erased becau...

A North Carolina state House member has been charged with sex-related crimes involving a teenager

Kiss rock star Gene Simmons is recovering after he fainted while driving along Californias Pacific Coast Highway and crashed his SUV into a parked car

Texas top criminal court has again paused the execution of Robert Roberson, just days before he had been set to become the first person in the U.S. put to death in a shaken baby case

An Indiana man convicted in the 2001 rape and murder of a teenage girl is set to die by lethal injection early Friday in the states third execution since resuming capital punishment last year

The United Nations will begin slashing its peacekeeping force and operations, forcing thousands of soldiers in the next several months to evacuate far-flung global hotspots as a result of the latest U.S. funding cuts to the world body

Police say a man is believed to have fatally shot three people at two different locations in the Houston area before killing himself

An Alabama man scheduled to be executed this month says he did not commit the 1993 murder

A former Wyoming library director who was fired amid an uproar over books with sexual content and LGBTQ+ themes on youth shelves has reached a $700,000 settlement with her former employer

The State Department says it's fired a U.S. diplomat over a romantic relationship he admitted having with a Chinese woman alleged to have ties to the Chinese Communist Party

All 10 fugitives who made a brazen escape from a New Orleans jail in May are back in custody after the last inmate was captured in Atlanta

Century-old wreaths made from human hair fill the walls of Leilas Hair Museum, and glass cases overflow with necklaces and watch bands made from the locks of the dead

President Donald Trumps deployment of National Guard troops to Illinois will face scrutiny at a pivotal court hearing, hours after a small number of Texas Guard members started protecting federal property in the the Chicago area

A dog named Eeyore became a hero by leading a Florida sheriff's deputy to a missing 86-year-old woman who had fallen while walking him

Most members of the Federal Reserves interest-rate setting committee supported further reductions to its key interest rate this year, minutes from last months meeting showed

Authorities in New Yorks capital city have identified the man they say raped, stabbed and bludgeoned to death a woman in her home more than 60 years ago

Indiana will put to death a man who was convicted in the 2001 rape and murder of a teenage girl, the states third execution since resuming capital punishment last year

The first wife of the late Sen. Edward Kennedy, Joan Kennedy, died Wednesday at the age of 89

Authorities say a man's DNA was found on a gasoline can that was placed under a news vehicle in a failed arson attempt in Salt Lake City

A 2-year-old boy in south Georgia has died after being attacked by two Rottweilers at an unlicensed daycare

George Legere, charged last month in a 1973 Connecticut cold case murder, has died

National Guard troops are positioned outside Chicago and they could soon be in Memphis as the Trump administration pushes ahead with an aggressive policy toward big-city crime whether local leaders support it or not

The winning numbers in Tuesday evenings drawing of the Mega Millions game were: 17-26-33-45-56, Mega Ball: 19, Megaplier:

The federal judge overseeing the Justice Departments prosecution of former FBI director James Comey has already handled cases in President Donald Trumps orbit

A down-ballot race for New Orleans clerk of criminal court has turned personal and contentious, as candidate Calvin Duncan faces attacks over whether he was truly exonerated for murder

The white sandy beaches along a swath of Floridas Gulf Coast were battered by three hurricanes last year, leading to a multimillion-dollar effort to repair a coastline that is the regions economic engine

Former FBI Director James Comey is set to make his first court appearance in a Justice Department criminal case accusing him of having lied to Congress five years ago

California is the third U.S. state to designate Diwali as an official statewide holiday

A prosecutor told a jury that three former upstate New York prison guards on trial in the fatal beating of Black handcuffed inmate were part of a gang that took part in an act of of sheer, unimaginable brutality.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a law aimed at combating antisemitism at schools

A funeral service is set in Salt Lake City for Russell M

The head of the U.N. refugee agency has suggested that President Donald Trumps America has carried out deportation practices that violate international law

The winning numbers in Monday evenings drawing of the Powerball game were: 28-29-32-66-67, Powerball: 3

Democrats and Republicans will have plenty of candidates to choose from in Tuesdays Tennessee primary special elections to replace a GOP congressman who stepped aside this summer

Norwegian Crown Prince Haakon is marking the 200th anniversary of organized emigration from Norway to the U.S. On Tuesday, he'll visit Norway House, a cultural center in Minneapolis