George H.W. Bush, a patrician New Englander whose presidency soared with the coalition victory over Iraq in Kuwait, but then plummeted in the throes of a weak economy that led voters to turn him out of office after a single term, has died. He was 94.
A deputy U.S. marshal serving a fugitive arrest warrant against a man accused of stalking a female police sergeant after she seized a handgun and ammunition from him last year has been shot and killed outside a Tucson house.
Back-to-back earthquakes measuring 7.0 and 5.7 shattered highways and rocked buildings Friday morning in Anchorage.
SAN FRANCISCO — Flash-flooding hit a wildfire-scarred area of Northern California on Thursday and swift water rescue teams were deployed to help people stranded in vehicles after a downpour in the Paradise area, officials said.
A grizzly bear has killed a woman and her 10-month-old baby in Canada.
A Baltimore day care worker has pleaded guilty to smothering an 8-month-old girl who would not nap.
Big Mouth Billy Bass has been programmed to respond to Alexa voice commands through a compatible Amazon Echo device.
Officials say a teen has been freed after spending several hours in the vault of an abandoned Florida bank.
Four Maryland 15-year-olds are out on bail but face life in prison after being charged as adults with first-degree rape in a locker room attack.
The second of four family members charged with killing eight people from another family in southern Ohio has pleaded not guilty to aggravated murder and other charges.
