Gurpreet Singh was working his final shift as a 7-Eleven clerk, before moving on next week to full-time job at a hospital, when he was gunned down during a

As the cities of Moorhead, Minn., and next-door Fargo nervously wait for the Red River to crest on Sunday at 20 feet above the flood stage, some of the

An American who admitted slipping quietly into the Indian city of Mumbai on scouting missions that led to the November 2008 attack has started spilling

A woman feared she'd never see her young child again unless she complied with her husband's scheme to sell her sexual services on Craigslist, authorities said

Mac Butler believes he'll beat the bloated Red River and save his home again this year. But a canoe and kayak are tied up outside his house just in case he's

Doors are expected to shut on more than a quarter of Detroit's 172 public schools in June as the district fights through steadily declining enrollment and a

Some children lugged sandbags that weighed more than they did. New groups of kids arrived by the busloads, all ready to join the race to protect their city

Spurred by budget crises, California and Michigan together reduced their prison populations by more than 7,500 last year, contributing to what a new report

A man accused of exposing himself to a neighbor's child fatally shot a responding police officer and was killed by backup officers, authorities said Tuesday.

Honda Motor Co. says it is recalling about 410,000 Odyssey minivans and Element small trucks because of problems with the brake pedals.

A death row inmate who tried to kill himself last week by overdosing on pills as his legal challenges dried up was executed Tuesday for robbing and strangling

With truckloads of sandbags rolling into cities like Fargo, N.D. and Moorhead, Minn., the government confirmed residents' fears Tuesday, forecasting major

Iowa City police arrested a woman who allegedly attacked her sister with the lid of a toilet tank.

The Wolverine State has lost its only known wild wolverine.

Police escorted convoys of flatbed trucks carrying piles of sandbags into neighborhoods Monday as the cities of Fargo in eastern North Dakota and neighboring