CLEVELAND – Special police teams and a helicopter were searching Friday for an ex-convict who is suspected of killing his wife, his sister-in-law and her three young children. The man "made it clear he's not going back to prison," an official said.
SELMA, Alabama — President Barack Obama's longtime minister, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, gave an assessment Thursday of his former congregant's short time in the White House: Obama is just like any other president.
WICHITA, Kan. In a victory for news technology in U.S. courts, a judge is allowing a reporter to use the microblogging service Twitter to provide constant updates from a racketeering gang trial this week.
PHILADELPHIA — Special K had a special request before the Harlem Globetrotters went straight to the top. Could the famed red, white and blue basketball come attached to that gimmick yo-yo string?
After sharing the cover of her magazine with her slimmer self a couple months back, Oprah Winfrey is for the first time sharing it with somebody else: first lady Michelle Obama.
WASHINGTON — "American Idol" winner Fantasia Barrino will reprise her lead role of Celie in the first North American touring production of "The Color Purple" when the Broadway musical opens in Washington.
A county prosecutor exploring the possibility of perjury charges against U.S. Sen. Roland Burris has asked federal officials for FBI tapes of phone conversations between Burris and ousted Gov. Rod Blagojevich's brother, an individual with knowledge of the
In the wake of a 14 year-old boy who duped Chicago police into thinking he was a real police officer, a West Side alderman is now considering an ordinance to increase fines for impersonators.
The agency that investigates all Chicago police-involved shootings and reported incidents of misconduct by the police department began posting this week the results of its investigations online.
