Bedbug infestations are occurring rapidly among Southern states, including Texas, Tennessee, Florida and Georgia, multiple news outlets report.

That attractive, charming person on a video-chat dating website and that attentive, sympathetic caller on a dating phone line are likely scammers employing the latest artificial intelligence features to separate lonely romantics from their money, cybersecurity experts say.

The Virginia man accused of laying pipe bombs at the Republican and Democratic national headquarters on the eve of Jan. 6, 2021, said he deserves the same clemency for his actions that rioters at the U.S. Capitol received.

A federal judge on Monday temporarily blocked federal health officials from cutting the number of vaccines recommended for every child, and said U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. likely violated federal procedures in revamping a key vaccine advisory committee.

Illinois voters are deciding primaries Tuesday for six open U.S. House and Senate seats that will spur a new generation of leadership in the state's heavily Democratic congressional delegation.

The Virginia General Assembly wrapped up last weekend with an unpleasant surprise for voters hoping the 2025 election would make the state more affordable.

Ten gun control bills are currently on the desk of Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger, a Democrat, waiting for her approval.

Members of the Western Apache tribe rushed to the Supreme Court on Monday seeking an emergency order to block a proposed land transfer to a mining company, saying it would destroy a sacred tribal place in Arizona.

A Utah woman who wrote a children's book about coping with grief after her husband's death was convicted of aggravated murder in his death by poisoning him with fentanyl.

A GasBuddy listing showed regular gasoline priced at $8.71 per gallon at a Chevron station at 901 N. Alameda St. in Los Angeles, a price that dwarfs what drivers are paying at most nearby stations and what Washington-area motorists are seeing at the pump.

Pope Leo XIV will accept the Liberty Medal in Philadelphia on the eve of July 4 in a remote broadcast from Rome but won't travel to the U.S. during its 250th birthday celebrations this year.

After a tornado damages a home, the dangers do not end when the storm passes. Unstable walls, gas leaks, downed utilities, and carbon monoxide from generators or cooking equipment can turn the first hours of cleanup into a second emergency, according to guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, ...

When a tornado warning sounds, where you are standing and what surrounds you may matter more than almost anything else. A body of peer-reviewed research on tornado injuries, survivor behavior, and housing vulnerability offers a clearer picture of what actually keeps people alive when a violent storm arrives.

The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department is defying a judge's order to release a serial offender, arguing in a Nevada Supreme Court petition that it has the final say in keeping the 35-time arrestee behind bars.

Robocalls, texts, and phishing emails from scammers are up this tax season compared to previous years, with artificial intelligence likely increasing fraud attempts, according to the consumer protection bureau of the Federal Trade Commission. Consumer advocates and government officials urge the public to stay wary, to stop and think before engaging with ...

Successive punches of snow and wind were impacting the eastern half of the United States on Monday as severe weather swept across much of the nation, making roads impassable in the Upper Midwest and canceling more than 2,000 flights nationwide.

About 3,800 workers at one of the nation's largest meatpacking plants went on strike Monday in Colorado in what union representatives said is the first walkout at a U.S. beef slaughterhouse since the 1980s.

A former Colorado funeral home owner who helped her ex-husband hide nearly 200 decomposing bodies in a building is asking for leniency when she is sentenced Monday, saying she was a "scared and desperate mother" who was manipulated to keep the family business operating.

Federal prosecutors said a drug-addicted South Carolina couple is being sent to federal prison after they stole an intellectually disabled man's phone and threatened his family members with false claims that he sexually abused girls, ultimately driving the victim to take his own life.

A broad and erratic patchwork of severe weather rumbled across much of the U.S. on Sunday, dumping heavy snow and making roads impassable in the Upper Midwest while damaging high winds swept across the Plains. Even Hawaii was affected, with parts hit by severe flooding.

Thousands of people were expected to line the streets of South Boston on Sunday for the city's annual St. Patrick's Day parade, one of the nation's largest celebrations of Irish heritage.

A woman raising two children was among the six U.S. service members killed last week when a refueling plane involved in the war with Iran crashed in western Iraq.

The brother of a man who attacked a Michigan synagogue last week, who was killed earlier this month in an Israeli airstrike, was a Hezbollah commander, Israel's military claimed Sunday.

Hawaii nightclub owner Michael Miske Jr. was found guilty of murder and a host of other charges, and a jury said he should forfeit more than $20 million to Uncle Sam as part of his punishment.