A woman who had just rescued several children from a car that was stopped on train tracks has been killed by an oncoming train in Bakersfield.
Ten tons of chocolate bonbons could stuff a lot of stockings this holiday season - but instead they will be under the lock and key of French customs agents.
A judge ordered a Muslim woman arrested Tuesday for contempt of court for refusing to take off her head scarf at a security checkpoint.
A Wisconsin family found it hard to be thankful after a thief made off with their turkey dinner.
Edna Parker, who became the world's oldest person more than a year ago, has died at age 115.
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An American teenager survived for nearly four months without a heart, kept alive by a custom-built artificial blood-pumping device, until she was able to have a heart transplant.
Investigators in Aruba are pursuing new evidence in the 2005 disappearance of American teenager Natalee Holloway.
Chad Toy's escape from jail wasn't what shocked his jailers; it was his plea to be let back in.
A head on crash early this morning kills four people in Napa County
Southern Californians weathered a second straight day of devastation Saturday as wind-blasted wildfires destroyed hundreds of homes and shut down major freeways.
The Santa Clara Sheriff's Department is investigating a horrifying crime that happened in front of two children. They say a man slit his estranged wife's throat as she was dropping her children...
A big rig carrying chicken, corn and gravy for KFC collides with a pickup, causing an explosion and fire that melted traffic lights.
New York restaurateur Nino Selimaj serves up a $1,000 pie, complete with caviar and lobster tail.
Police in this Arizona community are looking into the possibility that an 8-year-old boy who is charged with killing his father and another man had been abused, police� said Saturday.
A federal grand jury in Memphis, Tenn., has indicted two white supremacists accused of plotting to kill Democrat Barack Obama and dozens of other black people.
Gay-rights advocates went to court Wednesday to press for same-sex marriages a day after California voters dealt them a stunning setback by approving a ban on such unions.
A St. Mary's County judge grants a motion for acquittal in a vehicular manslaughter case against a Prince George's County police officer.
Style at a Wal-Mart used to mean a clean cut on the side of a box so customers could get their products right from the case.
A body found in an SUV is that of Jennifer Hudson's missing nephew, the focus of a search after the Oscar winner's mother and brother were found shot to death, police said Monday.
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