Deaths

by Frankie Bailey, University at Albany, State University of New York With the death of O.J. Simpson, I can’t help but wonder whether the media...

NEW YORK (AP) -- A new government study found deaths from heroin overdose doubled in just two years in much of the United States. Overdose...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The parents of Michael Brown and Eric Garner, two black men who died in encounters with white police officers, joined with...

CHICAGO (AP) -- The number of children killed by drunken motorists has declined substantially in recent years but the biggest threat remains their own...

An explosion that brought down part of an animal feed processing plant in Omaha on Monday morning killed 2 people and seriously injured 10...

Fountains froze over, a 200-foot Ferris wheel in Atlanta shut down, and Southerners had to dig out winter coats, hats and gloves they almost...

The Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics said Monday that reports of deaths in the state linked to the use of the horror drug krokodil are unsubstantiated. In a phone interview with The Huffington Post, OBN spokesman Mark Woodward said that there is no "conclusive evidence" linking the deaths of two Duncan, Okla., men last year to krokodil, a gruesome ...

LAS VEGAS (CNN) -- Police are on an "intense" and "extremely focused" nationwide manhunt for the occupants of a black Range Rover at...

(Reuters) - Three more patients have died after contracting fungal meningitis from potentially tainted steroid injections supplied by a Massachusetts company, the U.S. Centers...