A mother grizzly and two of her three cubs have been captured after killing one person and injuring two others during a late-night rampage through a campground near Yellowstone National Park.

An expert on marine sciences and coastal circulation says it's unlikely oil from BP's massive spill in the Gulf of Mexico will reach the East Coast.

Estimates of the number of graves potentially affected by mix-ups at Arlington National Cemetery grew to as many as 6,600 on Thursday, as the cemetery's former superintendent blamed his staff an...

A Virginia woman who used sex and money to persuade two men to kill her husband and her stepson to collect a $250,000 life insurance policy was scheduled Thursday to be executed in two months, w...

Calm, cool weather Thursday morning dampened a wildfire that destroyed 25 buildings north of Los Angeles, but crews were prepared for afternoon winds that could kick up the flames again, a fire ...

Convicted DC sniper Lee Boyd Malvo tells actor William Shatner on a cable TV special that he and his partner tried to recruit fellow shooters for their 2002 spree and that his accomplice killed ...

A single mother who died in a mysterious fire with her four children committed suicide and her teenage son's death was a homicide, the medical examiner ruled Thursday, clearing up questions abou...

WASHINGTON – Scientists from around the world are providing even more evidence of global warming, one day after President Barack Obama renewed his call for climate legislation.

The majority of medical marijuana dispensary owners in Colorado have criminal records, and 18 percent were previously convicted of felonies, Drug Enforcement Administration statistics show....

ATLANTA – More bystanders are willing to attempt CPR if an emergency dispatcher gives them firm and direct instructions — especially if they can just press on the chest and skip the mouth-to-mouth, according to new research.

Wearing saggy pants is not a crime, just foolish.

The estate of a man allegedly abused by a priest in the 1980s is suing the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh, alleging he committed suicide this year after the diocese stopped paying for his ...

Wearing saggy pants is not a crime, just foolish.

The world can finally get a deeper look at the long-hidden roots of American espionage as tens of thousands of once-secret documents have been made public covering the history of the Pond -- a U.S. spy operation that used informers including a French serial killer and that remained shrouded in secrecy for more than 50 years.

The government says it plans to test 55 vehicles from the 2011 model year under a new safety ratings system that includes tougher requirements.

Four airmen were killed in a cargo plane that crashed during a training run at an Air Force base, military authorities said Thursday. The crash sent a fireball hundreds of feet into the air, wit...

A man injured in a steampipe blast in New York City three years ago has settled his lawsuit against the utility company that maintained the pipe.

A man walked into a house in an upscale gated community, pulled two handguns from a briefcase and killed two men and a mother while her three children played in the backyard, authorities said Thursday.

Autopsy reports show the Coppell mayor's 19-year-old daughter was shot from behind and the mayor shot herself in the forehead.

For the Afghan soldiers who have gone AWOL from an Air Force base in Texas, there's no place like Canada. Since 2002, roughly half of the 46 Afghans who deserted their armed forces while in the U.S. for language and military training have found their way north of the border.