A police officer and one other person were killed Thursday in a shooting at Virginia Tech. The suspect, who is described as a white male wearing grey sweatpants, a maroon hoodie and a gray hat with a neon green brim, is still at large.
An U.S. District Judge sentenced former Illinois governor Rob Blagojevich to 14 years in prison Wednesday for 18 corruption charges, including attempting to sell the U.S. Senate seat vacated by President Barack Obama in 2008. The 54-year-old must ...
Self-help guru and author James Arthur Ray was sentenced Friday for the deaths of three people who died in a sweat-lodge at his Spiritual Warrior Retreat. He was convicted of three counts of negligent homicide after a 4-month trial earlier this y ...
New York police say nearly 100 people have been arrested since Occupy Wall Street protestors launched a massive march aimed to disrupt trading on the New York Stock Exchange this morning. Police officers wielding batons stopped protesters from ge ...
Federal authorities have arrested an Idaho man who deliberately fired at the White House with a semi-automatic rifle. The shooting occurred last Friday around 9 p.m. President Obama was away from the White House on a 9 day trip to Hawaii, Austral ...
In a new interview on NBC’s Rock Center with Brian Williams, former Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky claimed he is innocent of all charges of sexual abuse of young boys. The 67-year-old said the only thing he is guilty of is “horsing arou ...
A U.S. Army staff sergeant who was accused of leading a rogue “kill team” in the murder of at least three Afghan civilians has been sentenced to life in military prison for his crimes. A 5 member jury found Sgt. Calvin Gibbs guilty on all counts ...
Amanda Brumfield, the estranged daughter of actor Billy Bob Thornton, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for the 2008 death of a 1-year-old girl. A jury convicted Brumfield of aggravated manslaughter of a child in May, but found her not gui ...
Authorities in Northern California are searching for a 45-year-old man they believe is behind a shooting at a limestone quarry early Wednesday morning. Santa Clara County Sherriff’s Office spokesman Jose Cardoza said Shareef Allman, an employee o ...
Despite seven witnesses recanting their testimonies and petitions bearing hundreds of thousands of signatures, the Supreme Court upheld Troy Davis’ execution. Davis was executed by lethal injection Wednesday night at a prison in Jackson, Georgia. ...
The motive behind Tuesday’s deadly shooting at a Carson City IHOP remains unclear, Nevada authorities say. Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong said the gunman, who has been identified as 32-year-old Eduardo Sencion, may have been targeting military m ...
In a move to block the $39 billion merger of AT&T and T-Mobile, the United States Department of Justice filed an antitrust lawsuit Wednesday in a federal court in Washington. The department requests a court order be issued to block the deal becau ...
A Florida judge has ordered Casey Anthony to return to Orlando within two weeks to begin serving a 1 year probation sentence in her check fraud case. Judge Belvin Perry issued the order after 10 days of deliberation on the matter.
Three siblings responsible for shooting at a Florida police officer and robbing a bank in Georgia on August 2 have been apprehended near Walsenberg, Colorado after a high speed chase. Authorities confirm a tip led to Lee Grace Dougherty, 29, Dyla ...
In a hearing Friday morning, Judge Belvin Perry delayed making a decision on whether Casey Anthony must return to Orlando, Florida to serve probation for check fraud charges.
Local and state law enforcement officers are currently searching Virginia Tech’s Blacksburg campus for a possible gunman.
Casey Anthony’s attorneys have filed a motion to overturn an earlier order in which Orange County Judge Stan Strickland requires the 25-year-old to return to Orlando within 72 hours to being serving 1 year of probation for seven check fraud charges.
As the investigation into the mysterious disappearance and death of Celina Cass continues, New Hampshire authorities say they will release results from an autopsy on the 11-year-old’s body by late Tuesday. Divers discovered Cass’s body Monday mor ...
Orange County, Florida Judge Stan Strickland has ordered Casey Anthony to return to Orlando within the next 72 hours. Anthony must return to serve 1 year of probation on seven check fraud charges. She pleaded guilty to the charges last year while ...
An AWOL Muslim soldier who faced court-martial for child pornography charges was arrested near Fort Hood after buying ammunition from a gun store and questioning a store employee about how to make explosives. Pfc. Naser Abdo was taken into custod ...