Hurricane Earl's winds and driving rains churned over the North Carolina in the dark of night, leaving residents and officials to wait for daybreak to assess the damage.
Investigators have identified the owner of a trunk in which the mummified remains of two babies were found, bringing them a step closer to solving the intriguing international mystery.
An Army judge rules that proof of President Barack Obama's eligibility to be president isn't relevant to the defense of an Army doctor accused of failing to obey a lawful order.
Bethany Storro had just bought a pair of sunglasses and was celebrating a new job when a woman walked up to her with a cup and said: "Hey pretty girl, do you want to drink this?"
A federal appeals court in San Francisco on Thursday tossed out the conviction of an Arizona man who left water jugs for migrants as they passed through the intensely hot desert.
Four more explosive devices tied to the suspect in the Discovery Channel standoff were found at a residence in Montgomery County, Md., authorities told NBC News on Thursday.
A 40-year-old woman was found dead next to the wreckage of a small plane that crashed Thursday in a lagoon off San Francisco Bay, officials said. Divers were searching for two more people who may have been on board.
An FBI agent says an Illinois defense attorney facing federal charges that he tried to smuggle a heroin-filled condom into an Indiana federal prison claims to have done it repeatedly, exploiting greater privacy privileges lawyers are afforded in the lockups.
A 4-year-old Brooklyn girl weighing only 15-pounds was found dead Thursday morning with her arms and legs tied to the crib, the New York Post reported.
A lawyer familiar with the decision says Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland has commuted the death sentence of an inmate who claims innocence in a triple slaying.
A Southern California man has been sentenced to death for sexually assaulting and beating to death his girlfriend's 5-year-old daughter.
Robert "Joe" Halderman admitted he demanded $2 million in hush money last fall to keep from revealing personal information about Letterman.
The U.S. Justice Department sued Sheriff Joe Arpaio on Thursday, saying the Arizona lawman refused for more than a year to turn over records in an investigation into allegations his department discriminates against Hispanics.
The idea seemed simple though bold: Call reputed gang leaders to a meeting with top police and federal prosecutors and deliver an ultimatum to end killings in the nation's third-largest city.
For a second time, an Ohio woman has given birth to a baby who couldn't wait and arrived on the drive to the hospital.
Police say Rapper T.I. and wife Tameka Cottle have been arrested in West Hollywood on drug charges.
Officers scoured the Discovery building overnight after a hostage-taker claiming to have "several bombs" was shot dead, but did not find any "active devices" at the scene, NBC News reported Thursday.
Chicago's police chief has been the focus of criticism in recent days for calling a meeting with reputed gang leaders.
A homeless man who called 911 from the hot tub of a suburban Portland home and asked for towels, hot chocolate and a hug got arrested for trespassing instead.
Washington state's schools chief on Wednesday suspended the teaching certificate of a teacher convicted of inappropriately touching girls and then brought back into the classroom after a short suspension.
There will be no criminal charges following the heat-related death of an Arizona inmate who collapsed in an outdoor cage last year.
The imam leading plans for an Islamic center near the site of the Sept. 11 attacks in New York said the fight is over more than "a piece of real estate" and could shape the future of Muslim relations in America.
Five years after federal land managers opened up stretches of the Southwest to solar power developers, vast tracts still sit idle.
The number of illegal immigrants living in the U.S. has dropped for the first time in two decades — decreasing by 8 percent.
The New Mexico National Guard has deployed 82 troops along the border with Mexico to increase surveillance.
A murder suspect who led officers on a high-speed chase with his dead girlfriend in the passenger seat is a central figure in the investigation of at least four killings, authorities said Wednesday.
Police found such a small amount of crack cocaine in James V. Taylor's car that investigators described it as unweighable. But it was enough for a 15-year prison sentence in Missouri.
A 28-year-old woman severely burned when a stranger threw an acid-like liquid in her face is listed in serious condition in a Portland, Ore., hospital's burn center.
A series of explosions at a welding supply company in suburban Philadelphia sent thick black smoke billowing over the area and forced evacuations Wednesday.
Six men who alleged they were sexually abused by an Oregon Boy Scouts leader in the 1980s have settled their lawsuits against the group's national organization, the plaintiffs' attorney said Wednesday.
