Vermont’s Catholic church has filed for bankruptcy protection as it faces more than 30 lawsuits alleging child sex abuse by clergy decades ago. Bishop John McDermott says in the court filing on Monday ...

Israel says Iran has fired missiles at Israel. Israel warned Lebanese people earlier Tuesday to evacuate border communities ...

The U.S. Justice Department says Georgia's state prison systems are 'deliberately indifferent' to unchecked deadly violence, widespread drug use, extortion and sexual abuse at state lockups. In a ...

Justice Department investigation finds Georgia is 'deliberately indifferent' to unchecked abuses at its prisons.

What used to be one of baseball’s most magical numbers — 61 home runs — now sits buried, eight lines deep, in the Major League Baseball record book. The number now at the top of that record book — 73 ...

A solar project benefitting the University of Arkansas system is receiving nearly $32 million in pre-construction financing. Climate United on Tuesday announced the financing was being awarded to ...

A 13-year-old girl has been charged with first-degree premeditated murder in the stabbing death of her 7-year-old sister she was babysitting in their Detroit-area home. The Wayne County prosecutor's ...

The two major-party nominees for West Virginia governor have agreed to participate in a debate. The debate between Democrat Steve Williams and Republican Patrick Morrisey will be broadcast by West ...

An Arkansas man who died in prison more than two decades ago has been identified as a suspect in the disappearance of a 6-year-old girl who went missing in 1995. Alma Police Chief Jeff Pointer on ...

State prosecutors will not file criminal charges against a police officer in Alaska who fatally shot a 16-year-old girl holding a knife, concluding the officer’s use of deadly force was legally ...

Dead inmate identified as a suspect in the 1995 disappearance of a girl, 6, who was abducted from a Little League field.

The Israeli military has warned people to evacuate nearly two dozen Lebanese border communities hours after announcing the ...