The teacher charged in the kidnapping of a 15-year-old student has agreed to return to Tennessee to face charges there
The Salt Lake City zoo has added a fourth striped member to its zebra exhibit after a foal was born at the facility earlier this month
Florida is making it easier for people to help remove invasive Burmese pythons from the Everglades
A federal appeals court has ordered a judge to reconsider his decision not to require Donald "Ski" Johnson to pay restitution for charity fraud that appeared to be similar to a Montana case for which he was ordered to pay $5,600 in restitution
Police in southwest Louisiana say that after a train clipped a side mirror from a 2016 Volvo, the car's driver lost the whole door when he pulled up to a second intersection and opened it to try to tell the crew
Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges says she was sexually assaulted as a child, a revelation she hopes shows solidarity with other victims
A federal prosecutor in New York says politically connected lawyers are using inaccuracies to whitewash charges against a prominent Turkish businessman as they try to get Turkey's president and U.S. officials to resolve the case diplomatically
Last-ditch court appeals could block the executions of two Arkansas inmates who are scheduled to be put to death Monday
A plan to spend nearly a half-million dollars remodeling the interior of the newest state office building in Des Moines is moving forward despite budget cuts that are hitting an array of state programs and services
The mother of a survivalist who ambushed two Pennsylvania State Police troopers has begged a jury to spare her son's life
Aaron Hernandez's family have bid their farewells at a private funeral for the former NFL star
The husband of a New Hampshire woman who was stabbed to death near Paris says she was attacked at random by a homeless man who was deemed unfit to stand trial
Fire officials say a massive fire at a building under construction near the University of Maryland is still burning more than six hours after it started
A Virginia teenager has been arrested on a weapons charge after court records say he threatened to carry out a violent attack on his school on the anniversary of the Columbine massacre
A former classmate of a missing New Jersey woman has admitted he helped throw her body into a river and agreed to testify against another friend who's accused of strangling the woman and stealing thousands of dollars from her