It’s a missing child case with an odd twist — and, authorities believe, possibly a better outcome in store than many.
A federal law enforcement official says the explosion that killed seven Americans and a Jordanian at a secret CIA base in eastern Afghanistan was a "significant blast" set off as agents gathered outside a gymnasium.
The top legal official on the Navajo Nation announced Tuesday he is seeking a special prosecutor to investigate allegations of illegal and unethical behavior by tribal government employees.
Reggie Bush lost Monday in his bid to go to confidential arbitration to settle a lawsuit filed by a fledgling sports marketer.
As the daughter of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. prepares to take the helm of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, the civil rights organization co-founded by her famous father is embroiled in an internal investigation that is distracting leaders from the group's mission.
Missouri regulators decided Wednesday not to punish a former casino executive who warned a St. Louis-area official that there would be political consequences for voting to help another company's project.
Vermont's attorney general said Monday he wants more information from dairy farmers who say they have been squeezed by milk processors, and that he will review whether to take action or ask federal authorities to investigate the alleged anticompetitive activity.
A 14-year-old boy is facing charges, and two school officials are on administrative leave, after authorities say a 12-year-girl was raped in a stairwell at a San Francisco Bay-area school.
French aviation investigators are examining an emergency distress call from an Air France flight hit by turbulence last month, saying it could shed light on the June crash of a plane heading from Rio de Janeiro to Paris.
Ex-FBI director William Webster will conduct an independent review of the bureau's handling of information gathered about the Fort Hood shooting suspect before the deadly rampage, officials said Tuesday.
Zhu Zhu Pets — one of the holiday season's hottest toy crazes — do not violate safety standards, federal toy regulators said Monday after a consumer group raised concerns over the presence of a heavy metal on one model.
Federal regulators have launched an investigation into complaints of engine stalling on certain Toyota Corolla and Matrix models, the latest in a series of safety issues facing the Japanese automaker.
The U.S. Justice Department made the right call in dismissing a voter intimidation lawsuit against the New Black Panther Party and recent questions about that ruling are a "political witch hunt" to discredit Attorney General Eric Holder, the party's leader said this week.
The Secret Service director and the couple who crashed the Obama administration's first state dinner have been called to testify before Congress on Thursday about the incident.
Two senators say authorities ought to pursue criminal charges against the Virginia couple who crashed last week's state dinner at the White House.
An Indian government investigation released Tuesday into the 1992 demolition of a mosque by a raging mob reportedly accused top Hindu nationalist politicians of complicity in the attack that sparked nationwide ethnic riots, leaving 2,000 people dead.
Two congressional Republicans say federal prosecutors rushed into a settlement with a nonprofit operated by Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson that had been accused of misspending government grants.
The Pentagon says its review of personnel, health and other policies in light of the Fort Hood massacre will be completed by January 15th.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates has tapped a former senior defense official to lead a broad Pentagon review of the circumstances surrounding the Fort Hood shootings, The Associated Press has learned.
The ringleader of a group described by prosecutors as plotting terror attacks on Chicago's Sears Tower and FBI offices in hopes of sparking an anti-government insurrection was sentenced Friday to 13 1/2 years in prison by a federal judge.
A look at recent prosecutions of suspected Nazi war criminals in Germany.
A former SS sergeant who worked unnoticed for decades as a train-station manager was charged with 58 counts of murder Tuesday after a student doing undergraduate research uncovered his alleged involvement in a massacre of Jewish forced laborers.
Iraqi civilians who were detained by British troops during the U.S.-led war have leveled some 33 allegations of rape and abuse against male and female soldiers, Britain's Ministry of Defense said Saturday.
Casino operator Pinnacle Entertainment Inc.'s CEO and chairman resigned Monday, less than a week after allegedly telling a St. Louis County Council member that voting in favor of another company's casino was the worst move of the council member's career.
She went to see a Miami concert by the singer Lady GaGa on New Year's Eve and then spent the weekend visiting bars and nightclubs. She was last seen early on Sunday morning in a local club with her boyfriend, Kevin Klym, 34.
- Workers at the Steve Courson Humane Society of Fayette County have had to cram 40 animals into half the usual space for warmth, after someone stole heating oil from the animal shelter.
Police were investigating how a British teenager died in South Africa after apparently jumping from a moving car on a motorway.
he investigation of Gilbert Arenas (FSY) and the guns he brought to the Verizon Center took a much more serious turn Friday amid a report that the Washington Wizards point guard and teammate Javaris Crittenton (FSY) allegedly drew on each other during a locker-room argument over …
Law enforcement authorities are investigating an anthrax scare at the offices of Rep. Jo Bonner (R) and several other Alabama lawmakers.
The Council of Europe member states will launch an inquiry in January 2010 on the influence of the pharmaceutical companies on the global swine flu campaign, focusing especially on extent of the pharma's industry's influence on WHO.
St. Johns County deputies said Friday they have solved the case of a 12-year-old girl who disappeared nearly 25 years ago.
Baker County deputies were called to a CVS in Macclenny on Dec. 16 in reference to a child left unattended outside of the store. When they arrived, they had no idea that was just the tip of the iceberg.
Two Rikers Island correction officers are facing departmental charges after a photo of one of them sleeping on the job circulated among fellow officers.
An alleged burglary team has been broken up, all because of a guy playing an Xbox. Police say the video game system was stolen by a team of burglars who swiped everything from iPods to GPS' from cars and homes.
The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation is investigating the death of an 11-year-old girl as a suspicious death.
Clearwater Police Detectives have arrested and charged two juveniles after an early Tuesday morning fire on the 1500 Huntington Lane in Clearwater.
Looking every bit like soldiers, nearly two dozen police fanned out door-knocking and looking for evidence in what appears to be the city's latest killing. About 1:30 a.m. yesterday, police were dispatched to a domestic call in the 200 block of Ventura Terrace N.E.
A St. Johns County dentist office recovering from a recent phone sex attack is now trying to recover nearly $400,000 missing from the account of the dentist targeted by the harassing calls.
The Council of Europe member states are to launch an inquiry in January 2010 on the influence of the pharmaceutical companies on the global swine flu campaign, focussing especially on extent of the pharma's industry's influence on WHO, according to reports in the German media …
The body of an elderly woman remained in her bed for up to eight months even though caretakers paid daily visits to the house and kept it tidy, authorities said Wednesday.
Italy's financial police have raided the offices of the country's five main pasta makers as part of a price-fixing investigation, judicial sources say.
A Georgia judge has found a 12-year-old Tampa, Fla., boy not guilty of killing his baby cousin.
- Utah police are putting more investigators into the search for a 28-year-old mother whose disappearance has been termed "highly suspicious."
Someone broke into public health offices in Logan and made away with 17 urine samples. The break-in happened early Monday morning at the Bear River Health Department.
Three people were injured late Wednesday afternoon when a car crashed into a Golden Corral restaurant along West Town Parkway near SR-434. Two of the people hurt were inside the restaurant.
Much of the investigation, first reported by The New York Times, is centered on the use of recruiting "hostesses" who have helped the program convince prep prospects to choose Tennessee by befriending prep prospects and attending their high school games.
MADISON, Wis. — Police continued to ask the public for help Saturday as the search for a Wisconsin man wanted in the deaths of his two young daughters and their mothers stretched into its third day.
One of London's most prestigious law schools is under investigation amid allegations that it exploited student demand, packing in extra numbers to boost income by almost £1 million. (By Frances Gibb, Legal Editor)
Less than two weeks ago, Attorney General Eric Holder testified that the long-awaited report on the ethics of Bush-era Justice Department lawyers who sanctioned torture and other abuses would be released by the end of November. So where is it?