Paul Best

U.S. Air Force Technical Sergeant Quameir Harding was pronounced deceased at a hospital after being found unresponsive on Cannon Air Force Base in New Mexico on Tuesday.

Citizens of nations that pose a threat to U.S. national security would be banned from owning certain types of land in Texas under a bill that passed the state senate on Wednesday.

Adnan Syed, who had all charges dropped last year in the 1999 slaying of his ex-girlfriend, asked an appeals court to reconsider the reinstatement of his murder conviction.

The takeover of a national health lab by Sudanese fighters does not "dramatically change the existing health threat posture," a U.S. official said on Wednesday.

A woman assaulted three TSA agents on Tuesday morning because they took her apple juice away at a checkpoint, according to a probable cause affidavit.

The United Nations Human Rights Office on Tuesday condemned recordings of Russian and Ukrainian officials ordering the summary execution of prisoners of war.

An American woman who flew from Los Angeles to Sydney, Australia, on Sunday was arrested after a 24-carat gold-plated handgun was found in her baggage.

President Biden approved federal disaster funds for Oklahoma on Monday after several tornadoes ripped through the state last week, killing three people.

A Florida man was arrested after allegedly kidnapping a DoorDash driver at gunpoint and sexually battering her last week, the Tampa Police Department announced.

A former officer with the Idaho State Police who resigned in 2014 amid multiple criminal investigations was arrested on Friday for allegedly murdering his wife.

A powerful geomagnetic storm that is hitting the Earth on Sunday could allow auroral activity to be visible as far south as Alabama, according to the NOAA.

Security forces dug up dozens of bodies in Kenya on land owned by a cult leader who allegedly told his followers to starve themselves to death in order to go to heaven.

A drug trafficker got away with 60 pounds of meth that belonged to the Riverside County Sheriff's Office this week after a sting operation went awry, officials said.

The TSA intercepted 1,508 firearms in carry-on luggage at airports in the first three months of 2023, a 10.3% rise over the same time frame last year.

A Russian military aircraft accidentally dropped munitions over the border city of Belgorod on Thursday, leaving two women injured, Russian state media reports.

Juries in Florida will now be able to sentence an inmate to death without unanimous support following legislation signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday.

The CDC approved an additional updated COVID-19 vaccine dose for Americans who are 65 and older or have compromised immune systems on Wednesday.

A Kansas City man accused of shooting a teen on his front porch last week after the minor rang his doorbell pleaded not guilty to two felony charges on Wednesday.

A man shot and killed his parents and two of their friends on Tuesday morning, just days after his mother picked him up from prison, according to Maine State Police.

A century-old experimental submarine originally built for the U.S. Navy was located by a dive team at the bottom of the Long Island Sound on Sunday.

Maine State Police arrested a 34-year-old man accused of murdering four people and wounding three others at multiple shooting scenes on Tuesday.

The Austin police chief touted his department's partnership with state law enforcement on Tuesday as city council members pushed for more transparency.

The Indiana Senate passed a bill 42-8 on Tuesday that would create a specialized firearms training course for teachers who want to carry guns in schools.

Charges will not be filed against an Austin homeowner who shot and killed a suspect after he broke into their residence around 5:30 a.m. on Tuesday morning, police said.

Top Putin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza was convicted by a Russian court of treason Monday for speaking out against Putin's invasion of Ukraine last year.

An Kansas City man was charged Monday for shooting through his front door twice at a Black teen, striking the victim twice, a prosecutor announced.

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced Monday that a grand jury declined to indict eight officers involved in the shooting death last summer of Jayland Walker.

U.S. Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., announced his re-election bid Monday despite a House Ethics Committee investigation into numerous scandals surrounding the freshman lawmaker.

Detectives believe that they're closing in on solving the 1988 murder of retired U.S. Army officer Robert Hecht, who was found slain 35 years ago in Florida.

Chicago Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson condemned a chaotic "Teen Takeover" of downtown over the weekend but said it's "not constructive to demonize youth."