Hugh "Sonny" Carter Jr., a key figure in helping elect his cousin Jimmy Carter to the White House and later implementing cost-saving measures in the president's administration, has died.
The body of Chicago teen Keith Lavell Bibbs was identified after he was murdered and found in 1984, officials say. Bibbs was killed by serial killer Larry Eyler.
Massimo Marenghi, 57, of Malden, Massachusetts, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after federal investigators thwarted his plan to have a hit man kill his wife.
Police in Terre Haute, Indiana, shot and killed a suspect who pointed a firearm at them following a two-hour standoff at a landscaping business warehouse on Tuesday.
A Clemson University fraternity is facing a four-year suspension following a probe that revealed new members were subjected to hazing rituals involving materials that caused burns.
Oklahoma City police posted an image of a man and woman at a pet store who allegedly killed multiple animals, including a hamster that was stomped to death.
A former police officer filed a lawsuit against the Nashville Police Department, claiming that it violated federal law by retracting a job offer after finding out he was HIV-positive.
A recent report in Kentucky's Jefferson County, has been found to have undercounted homicides. Instead of the reported 64 homicides in the county, the actual number was 164.
Circleville, Ohio police officer Ryan Speakman was placed on paid administrative leave after a police dog attack led to the hospitalization of a truck driver.
Michigan State Police are investigating after a 39-year-old man allegedly touched several young girls inappropriately at Michigan's Adventure amusement park on July 22.
Austin's police union has launched a new podcast series that will feature conversations with officers sharing their experiences of working in defunded or disbanded units.
A 6-year-old special needs student who died on a school bus "struggled violently for her life" while a bus monitor sat just feet away wearing earbuds and staring at her phone.
Wichita residents Sinora Wilson and Elijah McCray were arrested at a hotel Friday night over human trafficking charges. The victim, who is a minor, was taken to a children's shelter.
A trombone player performing with Lyle Lovett and His Large Band, discovered a noose hanging from a light pole near the band's tour bus in Billings, Montana, over the weekend.
Bryan Kohberger "might rely on an alibi" in his upcoming quadruple murder trial in Idaho, according to a recent court filing and criminal defense attorney John Henry Browne.
AppHarvest, a Kentucky-headquartered indoor farming company, which gained attention with support from Martha Stewart and started tomato shipments in 2021, has filed for bankruptcy.
During a welfare check in Franklin, Tennessee, a police officer fatally shot an armed man who was threatening to commit suicide, as reported by authorities.
Lawyers for convicted Tree of Life synagogue shooter Robert Bowers are seeking to exhume his father's body to prove the possible heredity of his schizophrenia.
An Ohio jury on Monday found Jacob Bumpass, 35, guilty of abusing a corpse and tampering with evidence in connection with 17-year-old Paige Johnson's disappearance in 2010.