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'Hot Dog Hooker' arrested
New York's infamous "Hot Dog Hooker" allegedly tried to serve up the full works to one customer, but she didn't know the customer was an undercover detective and is now facing a prostitution case, police said.
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Police chief vows revenge after officer gunned down
Grief over a Kentucky officer's death is giving way to rage and anxiety as police believe someone set up a trap just to kill their colleague or another driver.
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With wreath and speech, Obama heads to Arlington
President Barack Obama will lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns and deliver Memorial Day remarks the week after addressing America's controversial counterterrorism strategies and a rash of sexual assault in the military that he said could threaten national security.
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Rapist spent decades on the run
Convicted serial rapist Gary Irving was offered a weekend of freedom by a judge in Massachusetts before reporting to jail. He took nearly 35 years.
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Teen in same-sex case: No deal
Eighteen-year-old Kaitlyn Hunt, charged with a crime for having oral sex with a 14-year-old girl, rejected a deal Friday that would have required her to plead guilty to a child abuse charge, according to Hunt's attorney.
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Prosecutor: Boy planned rampage
Sniffer dogs will search an Oregon high school for explosives before students return from the Memorial Day weekend, because one of their classmates was planning to attack them with bombs, police said.
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Video game aimed at cancer kids
In the battle against cancer, one video game is taking the deadly disease head-on. And some young patients are the winners.
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Ed Shaughnessy, drummer for "The Tonight Show," dies at 84
Ed Shaughnessy, the longtime drummer for "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson," has died, a close friend said Sunday. He was 84.
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Obama tours Oklahoma tornado damage
President Obama gets a first-hand look at the destruction left by a tornado in Moore, Oklahoma. Rene Marsh reports.
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Three people swept away, killed in severe Texas flooding
The body of a missing teenager was found Sunday, a day after he was reported missing in floodwaters that struck south Texas, bringing the death toll from the severe weather to three.
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Notre Dame quarterback suspended for 'poor academic judgment'
The redshirt freshman quarterback who led the University of Notre Dame to an undefeated regular season in 2012 and a berth in the national title game has been suspended for the fall semester for "poor academic judgment," Everett Golson said in a statement released by the school Sunday.
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Obama tours Oklahoma tornado damage
Funerals. Graduations. A presidential visit. It's been a weekend of highs and lows for tornado-ravaged Oklahoma.
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Site of Washington bridge collapse could reopen by mid-June
Transportation authorities in Washington state hope to have traffic flowing again by mid-June along a critical highway corridor where a bridge collapsed last week, Gov. Jay Inslee said Sunday.
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Arkansas quake swarms rattle nerves, raise questions
Three dozen earthquakes over the past week in central Arkansas shook shelves, rattled nerves and prompted speculation about their cause.
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American returns to Everest 49 years later
When Jim Whittaker stood atop Everest in 1963, he became the first American to accomplish the feat. He had no way to know he'd be back on the mountain with his son 49 years later, at age 83.
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Bynes: Cop sexually harassed me
Amanda Bynes has had a rough few days -- some might say, a rough few months -- landing in jail after allegedly tossing a marijuana bong out of her 36th-floor New apartment window.
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Oklahoma graduations provide respite from tragedy
Five days ago, Miranda Mann huddled in a science classroom at Southmoore High School. She should have been filed with pride, relief and excitement about her upcoming graduation. Instead, she was filled with fear as a devastating tornado powered through her central Oklahoma city.
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Oklahoma tornado: From joy to horror
Before the tornado tore apart Moore, Oklahoma, school kids had been celebrating, their principals say. FULL STORY
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Amanda Bynes in trouble, again
Adding to what's becoming a lengthy list of run-ins with the law, New York police arrested actress Amanda Bynes on Thursday night after she allegedly tossed drug paraphernalia out the window of her 36th floor Manhattan apartment.
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