South Carolina’s Supreme Court set a Jan. 31 date for the state’s next execution after allowing a pause for the Christmas holidays

Preliminary year-end statistics show that homicides in Detroit have dropped to levels not seen since before the mid-1960s

A downtown Atlanta hotel has been evacuated after a suspected carbon monoxide leak

Rudy Giuliani is in a New York courtroom facing a contempt hearing over whether he has dodged and deceived lawyers trying to recover a $148 million judgment for two Georgia election workers

Authorities and residents in Hawaii are wondering whether a New Year’s Eve explosion that killed three people and wounded more than 20 will dampen the state’s enthusiasm for illegal pyrotechnic displays

The federal courts will not refer allegations that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas may have violated ethics laws to the Justice Department

U.S. Fish and Wildlife say a gray wolf in Colorado was illegally shot and later died of the injury

Police say a postal worker has been stabbed to death in a New York City deli, and they have a person of interest in custody

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear has laughed off some unflattering comments aimed at him on social media in the past year, and had his teenage son translate what one barb meant

An endangered Pacific Northwest orca that carried her dead calf for over two weeks in 2018 is doing so once again following the death of her new calf