ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — An alligator killed a Florida woman after tipping over a canoe she and her husband were paddling, which investigators say appeared to be an accidental encounter.

Thai police have arrested a man suspected of smuggling two baby orangutans into the kingdom, they said Thursday, in a case linked to an international wildlife trafficking network. The 47-year-old ...

The Frederick County Sheriff's Office on Tuesday released the name of the deputy who shot a man who was said to be experiencing a mental health crisis in downtown Frederick on Monday. The deputy ...

The city of Albuquerque has “earned back the right” to run its own police department again, Mayor Tim Keller said after a U.S. District Court judge dismissed the Court-Approved Settlement ...

An open government watchdog group has filed a lawsuit against the Los Lunas Schools Board of Education, alleging that the district wrongfully denied access to public records pertaining to the ...

A Frederick County Sheriff’s Office deputy shot a man in downtown Frederick on Monday after responding to a report of someone having a mental health crisis, authorities said. The Sheriff’s ...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — An audit of Maryland autopsies has uncovered at least 36 in-custody police deaths that should have been considered homicides, state officials announced Thursday following a ...

With approval of its governing board, Eastern Kentucky University became the first in the state to formally adopt policies that bring it into compliance with a Republican-backed state law banning ...

DEDHAM — A defense attorney in Karen Read’s second murder trial on Thursday questioned a doctor who performed an autopsy on the body of her Boston police officer boyfriend. Prosecutors say ...

AMESBURY — City officials revealed earlier this week that they are investigating why as many 40 employees were victimized by tax fraud earlier this year and whether the schemes were hatched ...

U.S. retail egg prices fell in April from the record-high prices they hit earlier this year, according to government data released Tuesday. The average price for a dozen Grade A eggs declined to $ ...

Pennsylvania State Police troopers across the state have access to 15 fully automated genetic analyzers that are intended to cut down on wait times for DNA analysis. State police officials ...