Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett was in stable condition Sunday at a local hospital after he was attacked by a man with a metal pipe at the Wisconsin State Fair on Saturday night, police said.

Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme was released from federal custody Friday, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Bureau of Prisons said. Fromme was convicted in 1975 of pointing a gun at President Ford. Secret Service agents prevented Fromme, a follower of Charles Manson, from firing; the gun was later found to have a clip of ammunition but no [...]

The foster father of a missing California boy with cerebral palsy says he left the child alone near his car before the child vanished five days ago from a shoe store parking lot.

The U.S. Marshals Service is asking real estate agents to put in bids to be the listing agents for three properties owned by convicted swindler Bernard Madoff.

A Mexican man who was allegedly killed on orders from his own cartel believed they were hunting for him after he began working as an informant and was fearful for his life, according to court documents.

A man police believe shot and killed two people at a California toll plaza during the height of evening rush hour Tuesday was taken into custody early Wednesday, authorities told CNN affiliate KTVU.

Hundreds of inmates using pipes and shanks as weapons trashed a California prison, burning a courtyard, ripping beds to shreds and tearing bathroom sinks from walls, a new video of the weekend riot’s aftermath shows. Authorities said the unrest was ignited by racial tensions.

Crimes linger in our memories when they are especially horrific or when they represent the era in which they occur. The Charles Manson murders did both. They grew to symbolize the dark side of the California dream, as well as the political, social and cultural turbulence of the 1960s.

Geronimo was a beautiful painted quarterhorse.

The New Orleans Police Department was searched last week in connection with a federal investigation into the shootings of two men on a bridge just after Hurricane Katrina, authorities said.