First Read: Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain claimed victory in today’s Florida Straw Poll, receiving more than double the amount of votes of front-runner Rick Perry.

A Florida judge on Friday more than doubled the tab — to more than $217,000 — that Casey Anthony must pay to authorities for the costs of investigating the disappearance of her 2-year-old daughter, Caylee.

A man suspected of kidnapping and sexually assaulting an 18-year-old woman was shot by his captive, police in Mount Juliet, Tennessee, said Friday after the man’s body was discovered in neighboring Mississippi.

Migrants held by the U.S. Border Patrol claim to have been exposed to sleep deprivation, death threats and psychological abuse such as blaring music with lyrics about migrants dying in the desert.

The defense had said James “Bob” Ward loved his family, while prosecutors contended the millionaire’s demeanor — along with the evidence — proved he murdered his wife.

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

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

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 Texas man facing lethal injection for his involvement in the infamous dragging death of a black man 13 years ago has been moved into an isolation room just outside the execution chamber.

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