Police say a woman drowned after jumping into a fast-moving, icy Salt Lake City creek to rescue her dogs
US Supreme Court refuses to block 2nd Arkansas lethal injection, clearing way for 1st double execution in US since 2000
Police say a man suspected of shooting at a passing motorist in downtown Los Angeles has been taken into custody after refusing to surrender for hours
Federal officials say 15 people have been indicted for allegedly trafficking eagles and other migratory birds
Arkansas executes Jack Jones by lethal injection, the first of what would be the only double-execution in US since 2000
Police have identified a man accused of driving a stolen car toward a police officer in suburban Baltimore, leading to a shooting by the officer
Police in Georgia say four teenage boys died and a teenage girl was injured when their SUV collided with a tractor-trailer
Vermont biologists say they've rescued several year-old bear cubs found starving this spring after a shortage of wild food last fall
The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum has opened a new conservation and research center. The center opened Monday on the annual memorial day for the 6 million Jews killed by Nazi Germany during World War II
A man who a witness said was angry about the killing of a black man by police in Missouri has pleaded no contest to igniting a huge inferno in downtown Los Angeles that destroyed a block of apartments under construction
Prosecutors have charged a couple in connection with a shooting during a demonstration over the appearance of a speaker at the University of Washington in January
UC Berkeley students who invited Ann Coulter to speak on campus have filed a lawsuit against the university, saying it is discriminating against conservative speakers and violating student rights to free speech
The mother of a survivalist who ambushed two Pennsylvania State Police troopers has made an emotional appeal for her son's life
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper took just 15 minutes Monday to replace a resigning Republican judge with a Democrat on the state's second-highest court
The teacher charged in the kidnapping of a 15-year-old student has agreed to return to Tennessee to face charges there