For nearly two years, Mahmoud and his extended family of 17 lived in an Egyptian camp for refugees, experiencing first-hand the U.S. process for vetting Syrian refugees for admission into America.
Officials in a West Virginia city are warning people about an especially dangerous batch of heroin after authorities responded to 26 overdoses in within a four-hour span.
An Ohio police officer who bought a meal for a 7-year-old boy who authorities say was trying to sell a teddy bear to buy food says he's surprised by all the praise he's received.
The orange-and-black automated signs lining state highways still warn that California is in severe drought, but Californians this summer are getting a second chance to show whether they can save water without the state ordering them.
Federal prosecutors filed an antitrust case Wednesday against a Salt Lake City-based company that's part of a little-known industry specializing in tracking down heirs to unclaimed inheritances.
Police investigating a serial killer stalking two predominantly Latin neighborhoods in Phoenix found 10 shell casings outside a home where one of his seven fatal victims suffered at least five gunshots.
Police in Westbrook, Maine, are investigating after notes urging violence against Muslims were found at an apartment complex where Iraqi residents live.
Target Corp. said it will spend $20 million to add a private bathroom to each of its stores by next year, following customer protests over its policy allowing transgender individuals to use whichever restroom corresponds with their gender identity.
Prosecutors say a Michigan man accused of strangling an ex-girlfriend to death in Tennessee 16 years ago has been indicted on a first-degree murder charge.
The death toll from recent storms and flooding in Louisiana has reached 13, state officials said Wednesday, as residents faced the biggest housing crunch since the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
With an estimated 40,000 homes damaged by deadly flooding, Louisiana could be looking at its biggest housing crunch since the miserable, bumbling aftermath of Hurricane Katrina a decade ago.