A Fullerton police officer pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges of involuntary manslaughter and felony use of excessive force in the beating death of a mentally ill homeless man who died after a police arrest.

A mother abducted her eight biological children from a New York foster care agency during an authorized visit, authorities announced Tuesday.

The searcher who found the body of missing nursing student Michelle Le over the weekend in northern California knows personal loss herself.

“There is a general sense of betrayal that this guy [Obama] just doesn’t understand who these Jews are,” longtime Democratic strategist Hank Sheinkopf says.

Former Afghan President and peace negotiator Burhanuddin Rabbani has been assassinated by a suicide bomber hiding an explosive in his turban.

The Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles denied clemency Tuesday for death-row inmate Troy Davis, clearing the way for his execution for the 1989 shooting death of a Savannah, Georgia, police officer.

Each year, 75,000 witnesses identify criminal suspects. Yet, as the New Jersey Supreme Court has acknowledged in a recent landmark case, there is “a troubling lack of reliability in eyewitness identifications.”

Witnesses began describing the final moments of and futile attempts to save a Connecticut mother and her two daughters inside their burning home, opening the trial Monday for one of the men who authorities claim is responsible for their murders.

Violent crime in the United States declined 6% last year, according to statistics compiled by the FBI and released Monday.

The leaders of Greece, France and Germany say Greece is an “integral” part of the eurozone, amid market speculation that Greece might default on its debts.