Police uncovered new evidence that changes the 23-year-old investigation into missing 10-year-old Natasha "Alex" Carter, who hasn't been seen since 2000.
A comet will pass by Earth for the first time in more than 400 years, with people in the Northern Hemisphere likely able to catch a glimpse of it on Sept. 12.
A Texas man who bludgeoned his wife to death with a nail gun has been sentenced to 40 years in prison. He pleaded guilty to the murder earlier this year.
A California scientist admitted he "left out the full truth" and "distorted his findings" in order to get his climate change wildfire study published in a prestigious journal.
Days from marking 22 years since the 9/11 terrorist attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people in New York City, officials said two victims have been identified.
A municipal worker in Hillsdale, Missouri, has been arrested after allegedly running over a television station's photojournalist, seriously injuring him.
Utah parenting blogger Ruby Franke, who is accused of abusing two of her six children, along with her business partner, appeared in court for the first time on Friday.
Eric Labarge, 46, of Nashua, New Hampshire, has been arrested and charged in connection with a plot to vandalize homes associated with two New Hampshire Public Radio employees.
Lawrence Smith, a 49-year-old Baltimore school police officer, has been arrested and charged with fraudulently obtaining over $215,000 in overtime pay.
An Australian man has been charged in the deaths of a California couple in their 80s during a vehicle collision in which he drove the wrong way on a roadway, prosecutors said.
Johanna Furtado is seeking unspecified damages from Peloton in a lawsuit over the death of her 32-year-old son, Ryan, whose exercise bike fell on his neck.
Murder charges against the man accused of the fatal shooting of three University of Virginia football players last year have been upgraded to aggravated murder by a special grand jury.