A federal judge addressed the Baltimore Police Department's low staffing in court in response to a consent decree issued in 2017 mandating improved training and new recruitment policies.

The three Americans who died fighting an Australian bushfire from the air have been identified by their employer, Oregon-based Coulson Aviation.

The Montana teenager whose body was found near where she went missing on New Year's Day most likely died of exposure to the elements, officials said.

New York is on track to ban cashless businesses after the city council voted to join San Francisco and Philadelphia in requiring brick-and-mortar stores to accept cash.

Two homemade pipe bombs were found in a Pennsylvania township this week, police said.

Authorities believe a Florida man arrested last weekend is the so-called Pillowcase Rapist and is responsible for a string of notorious South Florida assaults that took place in the 1980s, the Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office announced Thursday.

Fotis Dulos, who is charged with killing his estranged wife, violated the conditions of his bond by stopping at a memorial near his home, where he removed items, prosecutors said.

A group of women who allege they were abused by disgraced OB-GYN Robert Hadden called for the resignation of Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance on Thursday.

Philadelphia Police are investigating a man's claim that Gritty, the mascot of the Philadelphia Flyers hockey team, punched his teenage son in the back.

For the fourth time in four years, federal authorities announced they have recovered a stolen copy of a letter that Christopher Columbus wrote describing his voyage to the Americas.

Authorities in Massachusetts are warning of an electrical "outlet challenge" video on TikTok after three incidents sparked concern, including two in schools.

A Maryland police officer who allegedly filmed a shirtless man speaking nonsensically to officers -- after the man was punched and stomped in the street -- has been suspended, Prince George's County Police Department Chief Henry Stawinski said.

So -- some sharks walk. Just not the scary ones.

The number of hate crimes reported in Los Angeles last year rose about 10% from 2018 -- and it was more than 40% higher than in 2016, a City Councilman says.

Like any intrepid explorer, NASA's Curiosity rover has to do safety checks before moving around on the Martian surface. Those who maintain communication with the rover on Earth keep an eye on those safety checks, like a parent getting messages from their traveling child.

Landlords in Oakland, California, will no longer be allowed to turn away potential renters because of their criminal histories after the City Council passed a new measure it hoped would also tackle the city's homelessness crisis.

Sometimes honesty is the best policy. Especially when it comes to cats.

Fans heading to Miami Garden's Hard Rock Stadium for the Super Bowl will have to leave their grills, tents and elaborate tailgating rigs at home.

Scientists have revealed what the voice of a mummified Egyptian priest who lived 3,000 years ago would have sounded like by 3-D printing his vocal tract.

In emotional testimony with vivid detail, actress Annabella Sciorra said Thursday that Harvey Weinstein barged into her apartment 25 years ago and raped her.

The remains of those who became trapped by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius tell a story of tragic suffering, according to a new analysis of their bones.

Ten years before the March on Washington in 1963, Bayard Rustin was arrested.

The top court of the United Nations has ordered Myanmar to prevent acts of genocide against the country's persecuted Rohingya minority and to stop destroying evidence, in a landmark case at The Hague.

He called himself Joe Exotic and once lorded over a popular exotic animal park in Oklahoma.

Apple pie, pumpkin pie, cherry pie, pecan pie, blueberry pie, banana cream pie, peach pie, key lime pie, coconut cream pie, peanut butter pie, crack pie, chocolate cream pie, grasshopper pie ... are you hungry yet?

Michelle Carter, the Massachusetts woman convicted of involuntary manslaughter for persuading her boyfriend to kill himself, was released from prison Thursday, months ahead of schedule due to good behavior.

The Doomsday Clock was reset Thursday to just 100 seconds before midnight -- the closest we have ever been to the complete and total annihilation of the earth (well, at least metaphorically).

Newfoundland residents have been blanketed with snow for nearly a month, and with a state of emergency extended through Saturday morning, it's not over yet.

After a tumultuous year of issues off the field, former NFL player Antonio Brown is in legal trouble again.

Authorities have widened a travel lockdown in central China, ring-fencing millions of residents in a race to contain a deadly virus that is spreading throughout Asia and across the world.

Several actresses, a production assistant and a scriptwriter are expected to face Harvey Weinstein in court.

A former Maryland police officer was indicted Tuesday on 11 charges, including rape and attempting to infect a woman with HIV.

It's been more than three months since the Hard Rock Hotel construction site collapsed in New Orleans. The crumbled building sticks out as an eyesore on the edge of the city's historic French Quarter as Mardi Gras celebrations approach. But what's even more horrific is that the bodies of two…

A Florida man has been arrested in a cold case 1983 rape -- and law enforcement sources have told the Miami Herald that authorities believe he's responsible for much more: a notorious string of 1980s South Florida assaults collectively known as the "Pillowcase Rapist" cases.

A Utah teen has been charged as an adult in the shooting deaths of his mother and three of his siblings at their home in Grantsville.

Voters stuck in lines for hours have long dreamed of a future where they could cast their votes with a few simple taps of their phone. That time has arrived, at least for one district that covers Greater Seattle.

One suspect has been arrested in downtown Seattle's deadly shooting, and police are looking for two, the mayor said Thursday.

University of Michigan Provost Martin A. Philbert has been placed on administrative leave while an outside law firm investigates several allegations of sexual misconduct against him, the university said Wednesday.