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A federal judge has ruled that the office of America's self-proclaimed toughest sheriff systematically racially profiled Latinos in its trademark immigration patrols.
A federal judge ruled Friday that the office of America's self-proclaimed toughest sheriff systematically singled out Latinos in its trademark immigration patrols, marking the first finding by a court that the agency...
After their 2-year-old son died of untreated pneumonia in 2009, faith-healing advocates Herbert and Catherine Schaible promised a judge they would not let another sick child go without medical care.
After their 2-year-old son died of untreated pneumonia in 2009, faith-healing advocates Herbert and Catherine Schaible promised a judge they would not let another sick child go without medical care.
Haynes Johnson, a pioneering Washington journalist who won a Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of the civil rights movements and migrated from newspapers to television, books and teaching, died Friday. He was 81.
Haynes Johnson, a pioneering Washington journalist who won a Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of the civil rights movements and migrated from newspapers to television, books and teaching, died Friday. He was 81.
As jurors in Jodi Arias' murder trial filed one by one from the courtroom after a dramatic five months of gut-wrenching testimony and gruesome photographs, three women on the panel cried and one looked to the...
They were 12 ordinary citizens who didn't oppose the death penalty. But unlike spectators outside the courthouse who followed the case like a daytime soap opera and jumped to demand Jodi Arias' execution, the jurors...
The principal of the Oklahoma elementary school where seven children died in a tornado says her teachers did everything they could to save their lives.
Teachers and students at Plaza Towers Elementary School hunkered down against the storm just as they had been taught in countless tornado drills, their principal said Friday, recounting how she walked the halls until the...
Dan Sligh and his wife were in their pickup truck on Interstate 5 heading to a camping trip when a bridge before them disappeared in a "big puff of dust."
The trucker was hauling a load of drilling equipment when his load bumped against the steel framework over an Interstate 5 bridge. He looked in his rearview mirror and watched in horror as the span collapsed into the water...
It's a common sight on the nation's beaches: among the sand, sea foam and gnarled kelp lay plastic bottles, bags and other garbage.
A California bill that would have required manufacturers to figure out how to keep the most common plastic junk out of state waterways died in the state Assembly without a vote Friday.
The Washington Post is reporting that Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Haynes Johnson has died. He was 81.
Haynes Johnson, a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter who migrated from newspapers to television, books and teaching, died Friday. He was 81.
Authorities say an Army veteran charged with killing a police officer and wounding five others in a shootout during a marijuana raid has been found dead hanging in a jail cell.
A Utah Army veteran was found hanging dead Friday in his jail cell as he awaited trial on charges of killing a police officer and wounding five others during a raid that netted 13 pot plants and sparked a fierce debate about...
No one answered the tax-help hotline at the IRS. Forget about getting advice on avoiding foreclosures at any of the Housing and Urban Development offices nationwide.
No one answered the tax-help hotline at the IRS on Friday. And you could forget about getting advice on avoiding foreclosures at the 80 Housing and Urban Development field offices nationwide.
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Some Okla. lawmakers are pushing for mandatory safe rooms in schools and new buildings.
Some Okla. lawmakers are pushing for mandatory safe rooms in schools and new buildings.
19-year-old Okla. men who took cover in cellar use cellphones to get video of deadly tornado
19-year-old Okla. men who took cover in cellar use cellphones to get video of deadly tornado
'The life of the party': 3rd grader who loved to sing among the young Okla. tornado victims
'The life of the party': 3rd grader who loved to sing among the young Okla. tornado victims
Oklahoma tornado ripped through as many as 13,000 homes, damage could top $2 billion; 24 dead
Oklahoma tornado ripped through as many as 13,000 homes, damage could top $2 billion; 24 dead
Oklahoma tornado ripped through as many as 13,000 homes, damage could top $2 billion; 24 dead
Oklahoma tornado ripped through as many as 13,000 homes, damage could top $2 billion; 24 dead
IRS official in targeting probe says she did nothing wrong - then says no more, taking the 5th
IRS official in targeting probe says she did nothing wrong - then says no more, taking the 5th
Man shot to death in Fla. while being questioned in Boston Marathon bombing investigation
Man shot to death in Fla. while being questioned in Boston Marathon bombing investigation
Former IRS commissioner knew tea party groups targeted in 2012; says he didn't tell anyone
Former IRS commissioner knew tea party groups targeted in 2012; says he didn't tell anyone
Jodi Arias tells jury she can contribute from prison if she's allowed to live
Jodi Arias tells jury she can contribute from prison if she's allowed to live
AP photographer describes rescuers pulling children from tornado-flattened Oklahoma school
AP photographer describes rescuers pulling children from tornado-flattened Oklahoma school.
