White House declares Arctic Ocean shoal off-limits to oil drilling

CRIME

Questioning of potential jurors to start in theater shooting

Jury selection in the Colorado theater shooting case is entering its second phase as the judge, prosecution and defense ask prospects about their feelings on the death penalty...

CRIME

Man arrested after 3 shot to death in North Carolina

Police say three people have been shot to death at a condominium complex east of the University of North Carolina campus and a man has been arrested.

U.S.

Missouri man executed after killing neighbor in 1990

A man convicted of breaking into his neighbor's home in a St. Louis suburb and slitting her throat 25 years ago was executed early Wednesday.

Southeast

North Carolina woman charged with smuggling marijuana into prison in son's pants

A North Carolina woman was charged with smuggling marijuana into a correctional facility by placing it in her son’s pants pocket.

U.S.

Widow of 'American Sniper' to testify on first day of murder trial

Prosecutors plan to call the widow of Chris Kyle, a former Navy SEAL and author of the book "American Sniper", to testify when the murder trial of his alleged killer opens...

U.S.

Jury selection set to resume in marathon bombing trial

After two days off due to heavy snow, jury selection is set to begin again in the trial of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (joh-HAHR' tsahr-NEYE'-ehv).

U.S.

Jury talks to resume in trial of man with bodies in yard

A jury is scheduled to resume deliberations in the trial of a Pennsylvania man who allegedly used plastic ties to strangle a pharmacist and his girlfriend in 2002, then buried...

Homicide

NYPD officer due in court in stairwell shooting

Criminal charges will be unsealed against a rookie police officer who fired into a darkened stairwell at a Brooklyn housing complex, accidentally killing a man who had been...

CRIME

Missouri man executed for killing neighbor in 1990

A man convicted of breaking into his neighbor's home in a St. Louis suburb and slitting her throat 25 years ago was executed early Wednesday.

TERROR

Bosnians 'reject hatred' in wake of terror financing case

Bosnian leaders in St. Louis say the arrest of three local residents on federal charges of sending money and military equipment to militant groups in Syria and Iraq tarnishes...