The driver of a semi-truck involved in a Tennessee train derailment has been charged.

A man has been charged with murder and jailed in a case that baffled police for nearly two decades — the death of a woman whose decapitated torso was found at a Missouri rest stop along Interstate 70.

The mother of a 5-year-old boy missing in floodwaters from California’s epic winter storms says she thought it was safe to drive across a creek flowing over the road she drove to school every day.

Oklahoma plans to execute a man on Thursday who was convicted of killing an older couple and committing other crimes before authorities caught up to him in Texas 20 years ago.

The Los Angeles police chief says he is concerned about two recent fatal police shootings, including one where officers failed to call for a specially-trained mental health team during an interaction with a man in crisis.

Colombia’s vice-president listened to members of the Security Council condemn the recent attempt against her life and then thanked the U.N.’s most powerful body for its solidary against violence in the country.

A federal appeals court has accepted the government’s request to drop appeals of the sentences of two former Minneapolis police officers convicted of civil rights violations in the murder of George Floyd.

A man swept up in a murder case more than 30 years ago will remain under parole supervision.

Authorities say a six-year-old girl has been found dead in a retention pond after going missing from a South Florida home.

A group of Florida college professors are asking a federal judge to block Gov. Ron DeSantis from requesting spending data on diversity, equity and inclusion and critical race theory programs in state universities.