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An Alabama district attorney said Monday that authorities have “good reason” to believe human remains found in a wooded area belong to the missing stepdaughter of a UFC heavyweight fighter. The remains were found on a county road in neighboring Macon County, Lee County District Attorney Brandon Hughes told The Associated Press. “I can confirm that human remains have been...

The disgraced former mayor of Baltimore pleaded guilty Thursday to federal conspiracy and tax evasion charges in a case involving sales of her self-published children’s books.

Five months after a jury convicted Kellen Winslow Jr. of raping a homeless woman, the former NFL player pleaded guilty to additional rape and sexual battery charges during a retrial Monday.

Twenty people, including members of the Colombo crime family, have been charged with a litany of crimes, including racketeering, extortion and loansharking, federal prosecutors announced Thursday.

Sander Vanocur, a television newsman who for decades covered momentous events from political campaigns to assassinations, the Vietnam War to the civil rights movement, has died, his son said Tuesday.

A man has been arrested on suspicion of hacking “world-famous recording artists,” stealing their unreleased music and selling it for cryptocurrency.

Former Vice President Joe Biden posed a stark hypothetical to voters in New Hampshire Friday as he discussed today’s volatile political climate: What if Barack Obama had been assassinated? The comment came toward the end of a town hall meeting on the campus of Dartmouth College ostensibly about healthcare issues, NBC News reports. It was not part of Biden’s standard...

A California Highway Patrol officer killed in a shootout at a traffic stop in Riverside was remembered Tuesday for his selfless dedication to serving his community and the unwavering enthusiasm he had for his dream job.

A Swedish court ruled Wednesday that American rapper A$AP Rocky is guilty of assault for his role in a June 30 street brawl in Stockholm. The artist, whose real name is Rakim Mayers, earlier pleaded self-defense and said he had tried to avoid a confrontation with two men who he said were persistently following his entourage. One of them picked...

A south suburban Chicago family filed a lawsuit Thursday claiming a SWAT officer shot a 12-year-old boy in the knee while executing a search warrant at the family’s Markham home.

A black artist has dropped his bid to build a slave memorial in front of Boston’s historic Faneuil Hall after the NAACP objected. Steve Locke announced Tuesday on the crowdfunding site Kickstarter that he won’t go forward with the project because the president of the Boston chapter of the prominent civil rights group warned him they would come out strongly...

Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs died Monday in Texas, according to a statement from the team. Details about a cause of death were not immediately available. Monday night’s game between the Angels and Texas Ranger in Arlington, Texas was postponed, the Rangers said in a statement.

Republican lawmakers returned to the Oregon Senate on Saturday, ending an acrimonious nine-day walkout over a carbon emissions bill that would have been the second such legislation in the nation. The boycott had escalated when the Democratic governor ordered the state police to find and return the rogue Republicans to the Senate so the chamber could convene, and a counter-threat...

Republican lawmakers returned to the Oregon Senate on Saturday, ending an acrimonious nine-day walkout over a carbon emissions bill that would have been the second such legislation in the nation. The boycott had escalated when the Democratic governor ordered the state police to find and return the rogue Republicans to the Senate so the chamber could convene, and a counter-threat...

Metro Transit Police said it has opened an internal investigation into an officer’s use of force during an arrest at the U Street Metro station in Northwest Washington.

Metro Transit Police said it has opened an internal investigation into an officer’s use of force during an arrest at the U Street Metro station in Northwest Washington.

The jury has reached a verdict on four of the 12 charges brought against former NFL player Kellen Winslow, Jr., as the rape trial nears a possible end.

The jury has reached a verdict on four of the 12 charges brought against former NFL player Kellen Winslow, Jr., as the rape trial nears a possible end.