New documents show the gunman who killed 49 patrons at a Florida nightclub was repeatedly taunted for being Muslim in his job as a security guard at a Florida courthouse.
A Texas lawyer and six co-defendants are now facing a reduced indictment of 73 charges, instead of 95, at federal trial on accusations that they faked more than 40,000 damage claims after the BP oil spill in 2010.
Authorities say the 21-year-old male inmate identified as the "alleged assailant" in the killing of a female corrections officer at Texas prison over the weekend allegedly attacked the woman as she entered a storage area near the kitchen.
Republicans are reminding the nation that Hillary Clinton was secretary of state during the deadly 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya, part of a broader focus on national security at the GOP convention.
Palm Beach billionaire Jeffrey Epstein could face new criminal charges if lawyers for his alleged former teen “sex slaves” succeed in an unusual effort to overturn a 2008 plea deal that gave him house arrest, despite accusations he pimped the girls out to his rich and powerful friends.
Several homes in a neighborhood northwest of Tampa, Florida are in danger of being swallowed up by a "large hole" that opened up Monday, officials said.
The Marine who "targeted and assassinated" law enforcement officers in Baton Rouge, Louisiana brought three guns and scoped out areas where he could specifically attack police, investigators revealed Monday as they showed surveillance photos from the crime scene.