Preparations for a routine maintenance task may have led to an explosion at a U.S. Steel coal-processing plant near Pittsburgh that left two dead and sent 10 to hospitals, the company said Friday.

A man fleeing immigration authorities outside a Home Depot store in Southern California was struck and killed by an SUV when he ran across a nearby freeway, officials said.

A 37-year-old man with a criminal record turned himself in to police on Friday and was charged in the recent killing of a U.S. tourist who had flown to Puerto Rico for Bad Bunny's residency.

Missing an ear and his front legs detached, Brighty the Burro certainly has seen better days.

U.S. border patrol agents made more arrests in Los Angeles and the surrounding area, arresting a woman selling food outside a Home Depot in Los Angeles and workers at a car wash in Montebello, California.

A group of marijuana dispensaries in New York sued the state on Friday after cannabis regulators admitted they accidentally allowed pot shops to open too close to schools, putting the future of the businesses in jeopardy.

Lt. Gen. Michael Borgschulte became the first Marine Corps officer to be superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy in its 180-year history on Friday.

Health officials are working to alert hundreds of people in dozens of states and several countries who may have been exposed to rabies in bat-infested cabins in Wyoming's Grand Teton National Park over the past few months.

A former Nashville police officer has been sentenced to probation on a charge of felony official misconduct after law enforcement officials say he allegedly participated in an adult video while on duty.

A hiker in Tennessee died after a snake that he picked up bit him, local emergency management officials said.

New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell was indicted Friday in what prosecutors called a yearslong scheme to hide a romantic relationship with her bodyguard, who is accused of being paid as if he was working even when they met alone in apartments and traveled to vineyards for wine tasting.

The death toll from Legionnaires' disease reached four this week after another three people in New York City died.

Colin Kaepernick appeared at a pair of events in Maryland Thursday, hoping to connect his artificial intelligence business with the school systems of Montgomery and Prince George's counties.

A New Hampshire man accused of killing his sister-in-law and two young nephews when he was 16 pleaded guilty to second-degree murder charges Friday after prosecutors described a playful morning turned tragic.

A battery fire broke out in a mechanical room at the National Museum of American History Thursday, closing the museum for the day, but no one was injured.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott urged "delinquent" state House Democrats to return to Austin on Friday as he called a second special legislative session that hinges on a controversial redistricting plan.

The number of students constantly absent from public K-12 campuses worsened during the 2024-25 school year, the Rand Corp. said Thursday.

A very rare and apparently very confused subtropical wood stork somehow found its way to the wilds of Wisconsin.

Colin Kaepernick appeared at a pair of events in Maryland Thursday, hoping to connect his artificial intelligence business with the school systems of Montgomery and Prince George's counties.

The Department of Homeland Security has set a new record for detaining illegal immigrants, with more than 59,000 in ICE custody according to new agency numbers released this week.

Tropical Storm Erin was expected to strengthen into a hurricane on Friday as it approached the northeast Caribbean, prompting forecasters to warn of possible flooding and landslides.

A teacher flagged the issue of school-funded abortions in Fairfax County to a high school principal years ago, but nothing was done to resolve the illegality, according to a new report.