A police chief in Oklahoma says the fatal shooting of a hammer-wielding man was "necessary." Tahlequah police on Friday released a video of the Aug. 12 shooting death of 49-year-old Dominic Rollice of Park Hill by Lt. Brandon Vick and Officer Josh Girdner.
Montana wildlife officials indefinitely closed a 183-mile stretch of the Yellowstone River and hundreds of miles of other waterways Friday, barring all fishing, rafting and other activities to prevent the spread of a parasite believed to have killed tens of thousands of fish.
A 19-year-old man accused of shooting three former high school classmates to death at a house party in suburban Seattle last month sent his friends text messages alluding to his plans, including one in which he wrote, "I'm killing everyone at a huge party," court documents said.
The body of a Penn State professor who's been missing for a week has been found in a quarry, and police said Friday they've charged a man with luring him there under the ruse they'd harvest marijuana plants but instead pushed him off an 80-foot cliff.
It's unclear how the Obama administration's decision to phase out its use of some private prisons will ultimately impact the five such facilities operating in Texas as well as the communities where they're located.
The Mormon church says it doesn't support a wealthy Mormon businessman's push to build sustainable, futuristic communities near religious landmarks in Utah and Vermont inspired by founder Joseph Smith's plans from 1833.
Police say the body of a missing Penn State professor has been found in a quarry, and another man is charged with driving him there and pushing him to his death.
A judge says the parents of a Georgia teenager found dead inside a rolled-up high school gym mat will have to pay attorney fees for people accused of wrongdoing in a civil lawsuit.
One of two girls accused of trying to kill a 12-year-old classmate to please horror character Slender Man two years ago is pleading not guilty by reason of mental defect or disease.
Immigration judges around the country are denying the Department of Homeland Security’s attempts to deport illegal immigrants in record numbers, according to a new report.
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When an Oklahoma man befriended his Lebanese neighbors, his husband lashed out at the family, hurling epithets and at one point allegedly running over the mother with a car.
The Latest on the Friday collision of two commuter buses in Newark, New Jersey, in which a driver was killed and more than a dozen people were injured (all times local): 3:50 p.m.
Two commuter buses slammed into each other in the heart of New Jersey's largest city Friday morning, killing one driver and a passenger and injuring 17 others, including six critically, authorities said.
Two Oregon high school wrestling coaches, lifelong friends, are dead in an apparent murder-suicide and the body of a teenager who was last seen alive with one of them was also found, authorities said.
