Warming weather is causing increased conflicts between cheetahs and other African predators, leading to a reduction in food availability for the cheetah population.
A fire department in Virginia is not releasing information on the firefighter that survived a massive blast Tuesday afternoon that was caught on camera.
North Carolina State Auditor Beth Wood is facing a misdemeanor charge after allegedly misuing a state vehicle to go to appointments, shopping centers and spa locations.
Three of the most popular residents at the National Zoo in Washington, D.C., are headed back home to China. The pandas departed the zoo in FedEx crates Wednesday.
Baltimore police fatally shot an armed man after a foot pursuit Tuesday afternoon. During the chase, the man drew a weapon and an officer attempted to tackle him.
An Iowa grocery store worker was fatally shot while working Tuesday morning. He was found outside the store and airlifted to a hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.
A settlement has been reached in a West Virginia lawsuit filed by current and former inmates of the Southern Regional Jail in Beaver. The lawsuit cited inhumane jail conditions.
Ex-CIA officer Brian Jeffrey Raymond will spend up to 30 years behind bars for drugging dozens of women then filming himself as he sexually abused them, court papers show.
Four Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department employees, including current and former staff, were found dead earlier this week in apparent suicides, its chief said.
Catholic pro-life activist Mark Houck is suing the Department of Justice for "excessive force" with regard to his 2021 arrest. He was acquitted in January.
Los Angeles County has agreed to pay a $700,000 settlement to a radio reporter who was slammed to the ground and taken into custody by deputies while covering a shooting.
Richmond voters have turned down a proposed casino resort that appeared on the ballots for a second time Tuesday. The venture was previously rejected in 2021.
Rhode Island Democrat Gabe Amo became the state's first Black candidate elected to Congress. He succeeds former Democratic Rep. David Cicilline in the position.
Ohio voters have approved a law allowing adults who are 21 and over to buy and possess marijuana for recreational use. As a citizen-initiated statue, the law is subject to change.
Maine voters have rejected a proposal to replace the state's leading electric companies, Central Maine Power and Versant Power, with the nonprofit Pine Tree Power.