High winds forced Albuquerque balloon fiesta officials to ground pilots Monday, a day after two balloons hit power lines, knocking out electricity to hundreds of residents and with one sparking an explosion.
The daughters of a fallen Danville, Ohio police officer got a special escort to their homecoming dance over the weekend, as other officers made sure to step in to take his place.
The mother of a 7-year-old girl who accidentally ran over her 2-year-old sister while starting the family car faces child endangerment and other charges in New Hampshire.
A black man fatally shot by Los Angeles police during a weekend foot pursuit was holding a loaded semiautomatic gun in one hand and turned toward officers, Police Chief Charlie Beck said Monday.
A Massachusetts man found guilty of killing his cousin in a bar parking lot over their failed business partnership has told a judge he was wrongfully convicted.
It could be days before federal investigators working in 12-hour shifts clear enough debris to recover the data recorder from a train that crashed into a station, killing a woman and injuring more than 100 others.
A U.S. resident accused of mailing cyanide to a suicidal resident of England has pleaded guilty to some of the charges against him and will stand trial on others.
Santa Clara, California property owners say they’re fed up with the noise coming from the elementary school next door – so they want the school to build a wall, and pay for it.
In a sharp deterioration of relations, the U.S. on Monday suspended diplomatic contacts with Russia over Syria, while Moscow halted cooperation on a joint program for disposal of weapons-grade plutonium.
Two former Arizona TV personalities have been sentenced to a year of probation and suspended 30-day jail terms after cocaine was found in their baby's system.