In the wake of the shooting death of an environmental activist, Atlanta-area officials have reiterated that they are moving forward with plans to construct a huge police and firefighter training center that protesters derisively refer to as “Cop City.”…

The body of a 96-year-old woman has been found inside a freezer in a garage behind a northwest Chicago apartment building.

U.S. officials say four key suspects in the killing of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse have been transferred to the United States for prosecution as the case stagnates in Haiti amid death threats that have spooked local judges.

Researchers say that the population of western monarch butterflies wintering along the California coast has rebounded for a second year in a row.

The independent U.N. special investigator on Myanmar is warning that the country’s military rulers plan to seek legitimacy by orchestrating a “sham” election this year and is urging all countries to reject the illegal vote.

When two small monkeys were taken from the Dallas Zoo this week and a cut was found in their enclosure, it deepened a growing mystery.

Republican state Rep. Bethany Soye’s bill that would restrict healthcare to transgender individuals below the age of 18 passed through a House committee on health and human services Tuesday morning with a dominant vote, joining at least 18 other states…

A perjury case against a former New York City narcotics detective has been thrown out mid-trial after prosecutors acknowledged failing to turn over evidence as required to his defense.

Los Angeles’ police chief says a weekend shooting in which three women were shot and killed at a short-term rental home in an upscale neighborhood was a targeted attack.

An attorney for former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder has questioned the fitness of U.S. District Judge Timothy Black to preside over the Republican’s corruption trial.