More than 40 years after the crime, a man accused of playing a role in the 1968 hijacking of a Pan Am flight from New York to Puerto Rico was captured Sunday, federal officials said.

A Pennsylvania soccer mom was chatting with a friend via webcam when she was shot to death by her husband, who then went upstairs and shot himself, police said Friday. Meleanie Hain made headlines last year when she brought a loaded, holstered Glock to her 5-year-old daughter’s soccer game.

Mexican federal police have arrested a fugitive on the FBI’s 10 Most Wanted list, Mexican authorities said.

Eastern religions, yoga and mediation are not just for celebrities and granola-munching hippies anymore. A growing number of prison inmates are going Zen behind the bars. One Alabama prison has even seen a decline in prison violence

A small, rural town in the hills of New Hampshire was jolted by a home invasion over the weekend that left a mother dead and her young daughter severely injured. Two teens are charged with murder and two with robbery. Steven Spader, 17, allegedly killed and maimed the victims with a machete.

Al Capone’s legend of bootlegging, shootouts and tax evasion lives on more than 60 years after the Chicago gangster’s death. Now comes a footnote that is a sign of the times: foreclosure. Bidding for a lakeside lodge reputed to be one of Capone’s hideouts starts at .6 million. The property most recently was a tourist [...]

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and Education Secretary Arne Duncan met with Chicago’s mayor and community leaders Wednesday to discuss possible remedies for violent youth crime.

Ohio’s governor granted a reprieve to a murderer scheduled for lethal injection this week. Earlier Monday, an appeals court blocked the execution of Lawrence Reynolds, citing problems over accessing the veins of another killer in a failed execution attempt last month.

A magistrate judge will decide Monday whether to allow bail for an Illinois man accused of surreptitiously taping sports reporter Erin Andrews in the nude and posting the videos on the Internet.

Texas terrorism suspect Hosam Smadi recorded a seven-minute video message for al Qaeda mastermind Osama bin Laden before his arrest on charges of plotting to blow up a Dallas building, an FBI agent testified Monday.