An improvised explosive device went off inside a federal prison in California during a search Saturday, according to federal authorities.

Shortly after midnight on January 24, Garrett Reed, a star football player, died in a head-on crash. Police later determined that he had been drinking, and alleged that a classmate’s mother had supplied the alcohol. Kecia Evangela Whitfield was charged, becoming another example in a national crackdown.

A man who stabbed his mother to death while on a crack-cocaine binge was spared lethal injection Thursday after Ohio’s governor commuted his sentence to life in prison.

The father of a missing 5-year-old Florida girl said he and his girlfriend have taken and passed polygraph tests.

More than 1,000 people attended the public memorial service for slain 2-year old Caylee Anthony. Family members shared memories of a sunny, funny little girl who loved popcorn and green beans. Her jailed mother remained silent.

Police arrested a man near the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday after he drove up to one of the building’s barricades with a rifle in his vehicle and told officers that he had a delivery for President Obama, a Senate spokesman said.

Houston Astros shortstop Miguel Tejada is expected to plead guilty Wednesday in federal court to a count of lying to Congress about his knowledge of Major League Baseball players using performance-enhancing drugs, according to officials familiar with the case.

As the family of Caylee Anthony prepares to finally lay her to rest, her grandmother announced plans to establish a charitable foundation to honor the memory of the slain Florida toddler.

Los Angeles police were looking for R&B singer Chris Brown, who was slated to perform Sunday night at the Grammy Awards, after receiving an early-morning domestic violence report.

A Texas district court judge Friday reversed the conviction of a man who died in prison nearly a decade ago, almost two decades into a prison sentence for a rape he swore he did not commit, CNN affiliate KXAN reported. And in the courtroom, the man who ultimately confessed to the rape faced his victim.