Investigators are trying to determine what led a gunman to open fire Wednesday at his workplace -- a public transit rail yard in San Jose, California -- killing nine people before killing himself, officials said.Eight miles away, authorities are looking…
Graham Spanier, the former Pennsylvania State University president convicted of one misdemeanor count of endangering the welfare of a child in connection to the Jerry Sandusky scandal, will start his two-month prison sentence on July 9, according to court records…
A 10-month-old baby briefly left unattended by her father at their North Carolina home was killed Tuesday night by a pair of family Rottweilers, according to the Johnston County Sheriff's Office.The father heard a commotion after stepping outside their Willow…
A chance to win a $1 million prize has helped boost Ohio's Covid-19 vaccination rate by 45%, Gov. Mike DeWine said Wednesday.The jump came after DeWine's May 13 announcement of special lotteries offering millions of dollars in giveaways to adults…
A reward for information leading authorities to the person responsible for killing a 6-year-old boy in a suspected road rage shooting in California last week has risen to $200,000, the boy's family said Tuesday.The reward is for the arrest and…
One of New York City's newer tourist attractions is reopening to the public with a focus on suicide prevention after three young adults took their own lives there over the last year.The climbable, 150-foot-tall staircase, known as the "Vessel," located…
Darnella Frazier says she still struggles with what she witnessed a year after recording the murder of George Floyd.Frazier, then 17, was on her way to a Minneapolis store to buy snacks with her young cousin when she captured the…
A gunman opened fire Wednesday morning at a public transit rail yard in San Jose, California, killing at least eight co-workers and wounding others, Deputy Russell Davis of the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office said.The gunman, an employee of the…
People are getting back to traveling, which means flights are filling up -- and plane ticket prices are going sky-high.Here's what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day.(You can also get "5 Things…
The story of George Floyd has ignited a movement. But to his girlfriend, "Big Floyd" was the man she loved.While the US marked the one-year anniversary Tuesday of the police killing of a man whose death sparked months of reckoning…
Wildfires have burned roughly 14,000 acres in California this year as a deepening drought grips the Southwest -- more than five times the acreage charred by the same time last year.It's a worrying trend that has fire officials taking a…
Authorities are investigating more than 100 reports of vehicles being struck by projectiles along a busy Southern California freeway over the last month.California Highway Patrol Officer Jake Sanchez told CNN the shootings, believed to be from a BB or pellet…
No charges will be brought against law enforcement personnel who fatally shot a Black restaurant owner during protests in Louisville last year, the Kentucky Commonwealth attorney said Tuesday.David McAtee, the owner of YaYa's BBQ, died after being shot during a…
At least one person is dead after a helicopter crashed Tuesday into a marsh near an airport in Leesburg, Florida, according to a Federal Aviation Administration spokesperson.The Sikorsky UH-60 firefighting helicopter crashed during a training exercise around 4 p.m., according…
The family of Jamal Sutherland, who died in jail earlier this year while being forcibly removed by deputies, will receive a $10 million settlement.The Charleston County Council in South Carolina unanimously approved the settlement Tuesday night, according to video from…
A grand jury in Idaho on Tuesday indicted Chad Daybell and Lori Vallow on murder charges in connection with the deaths of Vallow's two children, Tylee Ryan and JJ Vallow.Daybell also is charged with murder in the case of his…
A Maryland man is facing two counts of attempted murder and other charges after allegedly trying to run over police officers and driving his vehicle through the front doors of the station lobby Sunday night, according to information released by…
A transgender woman placed in a men's prison after filing a lawsuit alleging abuse at New Jersey's Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women has been moved to an out-of-state women's facility, according to her lawyer.Rae Rollins had filed a lawsuit…
One year since a nationwide movement sparked calls for slashing police funding in favor of other nontraditional forms of public safety, it's not clear whether any city achieved anything resembling what protesters demanded: massively defunded or abolished police departments.The calls…
Flipping open a yearbook for the first time is normally a moment full of excitement -- but at one Florida high school, some students were left in shock after seeing that their yearbook portraits had been edited.When Bartram Trail High…
