NBA star Shaquille O’Neal paid for the funeral of Shaniya Davis, a 5-year-old North Carolina girl who police say was raped and murdered.

Police are searching for a man in connection with the fatal shootings of four people and the wounding of another on Thanksgiving night.

The four people found dead this week in a suburban Chicago home were the victims of a murder-suicide, a coroner said.

Swiss authorities will not fight to keep Oscar-winning director Roman Polanski in jail while he battles extradition to the United States on a sex charge.

A coroner’s office plans to conduct autopsies Thursday on four people who were found dead in a home in suburban Chicago.

Authorities have filed murder charges against Mayor Andal Ampatuan Jr. in the massacre of 57 unarmed civilians, state-run media reported Thursday.

Curt Knox and Edda Mellas say their daughter is nothing like the person they’ve seen depicted before and during her murder trial.

A 13-year-old who witnessed another teen being set on fire last month apologized Tuesday, saying he is praying for the boy’s recovery and he is sorry for what happened.

A federal lawsuit was filed Tuesday against Atlanta police over a September raid at a gay club, on behalf of 19 patrons who say they were forcibly searched and detained.

An Italian prosecutor says Amanda Knox and her former boyfriend should get life sentences if they are convicted of killing a British student.