Crime and Incidents

FLORENCE, Ala.—Authorities say a northern Alabama man tried to get money from his grandmother by faking his own kidnapping. Lauderdale County Sheriff's Office investigator Lt. Brad Potts tells news outlets ...

BALTIMORE—A drug dealer who was arrested three times this year was fatally shot by a policeman when he ...

MOUNT HOLLY, N.J.—A New Jersey woman told a 911 operator she repeatedly hit her husband in the head ...

CROWN POINT, Ind.—A judge sentenced a man to life in prison without parole Wednesday for fatally shooting an ...

INDIANAPOLIS—A man serving two life sentences for causing a massive Indianapolis house explosion has had 50 years added ...

AUGUSTA, Maine—A Maine man is headed to prison for breaking into the home of an elderly man and ...

PHOENIX—A man was sentenced to 30 years in prison Wednesday on charges that he provided support to the ISIS ...

A woman faces multiple charges in two states after surrendering to authorities following a standoff at a Georgia ...

A 20-year-old man has been arraigned on murder charges in the strangulation death of a New York City ...

At least 42 suspects were arrested during a sting targeting human and sex trafficking in Memphis, Tennessee, police ...

HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) — A Maryland woman pleaded guilty Wednesday to first-degree child abuse in the 2015 beating ...

RAEFORD, N.C.—A North Carolina man has been charged with kidnapping after deputies say they found a woman chained ...

LOS ANGELES—Three alleged gang members who prosecutors say set a 1993 fire to retaliate against a building manager's ...

A Pennsylvania woman has died after getting her arm caught in a clothing donation drop-off box. Northumberland County ...

JONESBOROUGH, Tenn.—Two people were charged with child abuse after deputies found an autistic girl locked in a cage ...

PINECREST, Fla.—Police say a toddler has died after being left for more than an hour in a hot ...

An AMBER Alert was issued for a 2-year-old New York City girl on Tuesday afternoon. Kim Woo was ...

Panamanian authorities say a 23-year-old U.S. tourist has been found dead on a Caribbean island. Panama's Civil Defense ...

RALEIGH, N.C.—Prison officials in North Carolina` say an inmate and three correctional officers he attacked suffered no serious ...

The suspect in the murder of New York City jogger Karina Vetrano, who was found dead last year, ...

A mother from Illinois is being hailed as a hero for saving her baby from a house fire at ...

DOVER, Del.—A woman has admitted to killing her weightlifter husband by lacing his steroid injections with antifreeze. Forty-seven-year-old ...

FOUKE, Ark.—A 12-year-old boy arrested in the fatal shooting of a convenience-store clerk in south Arkansas is facing ...

NEWARK, N.J.—More than 40 people have already pleaded guilty in a $200 million health care fraud scheme run ...

Montgomery County Police say a 4-year-old girl who was hospitalized after her mother allegedly kicked her in the ...

PITTSBURGH—A Carnegie Mellon University student who admitted developing and selling malicious software that allowed others to remotely control ...

DILLSBURG, Pa.—Police say a Pennsylvania woman tried to buy a house by forging a $1.2 million check from ...