A student who attacked four people with a hunting knife at a University of California campus before being shot dead by police was a freshman who had planned the attack out of anger over being kicked out of a study group, authorities said on Thursday.
George Barris, the Batmobile creator whose talent for turning Detroit iron into decked-out automotive fantasies earned him the nickname “King of the Kustomizers,” has died. He was 89.
The Clark County School District soon may teach middle and high school students more about sexual orientation and gender identity, despite the wishes of many parents.
British Prime Minister David Cameron says it’s “more likely than not.” U.S. President Barack Obama says “it’s certainly possible.” But Russian and Egyptian authorities pushed back Thursday on suggestions that a bomb brought down Metrojet Flight 9268.
A 55-year-old woman who kept mentally disabled adults and children captive in the basement of homes in Philadelphia, Texas and Florida for disability checks was sentenced to life in prison, AP reports.
The signs praising police Lt. Joe Gliniewicz as an American hero have started to come down in the village of Fox Lake, Ill. Gliniewicz has become the main topic of conversation at coffee shops, bakeries and other small business in the quiet community near the Wisconsin border.
Matt Youmans, Kelly Stewart and Golden Nugget sports book director Tony Miller preview the college football and NFL weekend.
A high school football player from western Kansas who collapsed on the sidelines during a playoff game has died, becoming the 11th confirmed U.S. high school football fatality since July, his family and researchers said.
Dusty Baker may not have been the first choice as the new manager for the Washington Nationals. But the veteran skipper and former All-Star outfielder may end up being the right pick for general manager Mike Rizzo and the Lerner ownership family.
An African-American freshman at Columbia University claims she was denied entrance to a Halloween party hosted by Yale’s Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity on Friday, because the party was for “white girls only,” the Huffington Post reports.
Bullets, blood and Samuel L. Jackson. As holiday traditions go, they seem about as appropriate as forcing yourself on anyone who happens to wander anywhere near mistletoe.
Potential GOP U.S. Senate candidate Sharron Angle on Thursday announced that a petition drive is underway asking voters to protect personal student data now being collected as part of Nevada’s education reform efforts.
Gregory Popovich, creator of the Popovich Pet Theatre, is a fourth-generation circus performer.
A 9-year-old boy targeted by a gang was lured to an alley and shot dead earlier this week in what police on Thursday called a new low in Chicago’s gang violence.
A dramatic change in TV viewing habits has seen “binge-watch” named word of the year by UK-based dictionary Collins.
