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Texas Tornadoes: At Least 6 People Killed in Natural Disaster to Hit State, Fatalities May Rise

Heavy tornadoes hit North Texas overnight, killing at least people. Rescue crews searched Thursday i...

May 16, 2013 01:30 PM EDT

New Orleans Suspect Arrested: After 3 Day Manhunt, Akein Scott Brought into Custody in Connection with Mother's Day Parade Shooting (Video)

Akein Scott, a 19-year-old man with reputed gang ties was in custody Thursday with the New Orleans M...

May 16, 2013 12:09 PM EDT

Suicide Bombing in Afghanistan: At Least 15 Killed on Attack on a Convoy in Kabul (Video)

A suicide bomber in a car attacked a convoy of foreign troops in Kabul, killing at least 15 people i...

May 16, 2013 11:00 AM EDT

'Angry' Obama: IRS Behavior 'Inexcusable,' & U.S. President Accepts Resignation of Interim Commissioner Steven Miller

President Barack Obama said that he was "angry" at IRS officials who targeted conservative groups fo...

May 15, 2013 07:31 PM EDT

O.J. Simpson Back in Court: Famous Disgraced Football Player and Actor Testifies in Hopes of New Trial (Video)

O.J. Simpson, the ex-football star acquitted of murder in 1995, appeared in court on Monday in hopes...

May 15, 2013 06:44 PM EDT

Arias Death Penalty Option: Trial Reconvenes To Determine if Convicted Murderer Will Receive Death Penalty or a Life Sentence

Prosecutors, led by Juan Martinez, tried to convince jurors that Jodi Arias should be eligible for t...

May 15, 2013 06:15 PM EDT

Whites-Only Scholarship: Columbia University Seeks to Change 90 Year 'Bizarre' Fellowship in Court

Columbia University is seeking to change the terms of the Lydia C. Roberts Graduate Fellowship that ...

May 15, 2013 02:28 PM EDT

AP Allegations: U.S. Justice Department Defends Seizure of News Agency's Phone Records Subpoenas (Video)

The Justice Department on Tuesday defended its decision to subpoena phone records from Associated Pr...

May 15, 2013 01:29 PM EDT

Trayvon Martin Shouts: In George Zimmerman Pretrial Hearing, Audio Experts Analyze 'Screams' in Court

In the pretrial hearing of the George Zimmerman trial involving the shooting death of Trayvon Martin...

May 15, 2013 12:09 PM EDT

Ariel Castro: Cleveland Kidnapper to Plead Not Guilty

Ariel Castro, the Cleveland man accused of kidnapping and imprisoning three women for about a decade...

May 15, 2013 10:41 AM EDT

Erwin Antonio Rios Admits: North Carolina Man Pleads Guilty to Buying Gun With Plots to Commit Jihad on U.S. Soldiers

Erwin Antonio Rios, a North Carolina man, pleaded guilty on Tuesday in U.S. District Court for posse...

May 14, 2013 09:18 PM EDT

Angelina Jolie: Actress-Director-UN Envoy Announces She Underwent Double Mastectomy (Video)

Actress, director and humanitarian Angelina Jolie announced in a New York Times op-ed on Tuesday th...

May 14, 2013 08:43 PM EDT

89 Charged in Medicare Fraud: Attorney General Eric Holder Announces Arrests Involving Scams Worth $223 Million in False Billings

US. cities on Tuesday with Medicare fraud schemes that the government said totaled $223 million in f...

May 14, 2013 07:35 PM EDT

Abortion Doctor Kermit Gosnell Guilty Given Life Sentence, Spared Death Penalty

Dr. Kermit Gosnell, the Philadelphia abortion doctor convicted of killing three babies who were born...

May 14, 2013 06:50 PM EDT

Justice Department Opens Criminal Inquiry Into IRS Audits

Attorney General Eric Holder said on Tuesday that he recused himself from a case involving a Departm...

May 14, 2013 03:09 PM EDT