President Trump on Tuesday tapped Army Secretary Mark T. Esper to lead the Pentagon at least temporarily after Acting Defense Secretary Patrick M. Shanahan abruptly withdrew his name from consideration to be the next permanent chief, saying the confirmation process is proving too difficult for his family.
The Seattle Police Department recently erected a billboard in Indianapolis to recruit Hoosiers for its force in Washington state, and other police departments have addressed staffing shortages by allowing officers to sport beards, mustaches and tattoos.
An Arizona man has been arrested on suspicion of mutilating and beheading his roommate’s dog as she moved out of the home that the two shared in a Phoenix suburb. Jose Vega Meza, 21, told investigators that he killed the dog on Saturday because his roommate owed rent money to his mother, who owns the home in the city of Buckeye, police said.
Health care specialists are alerting parents of the risks of exposing their children to measles at summer camps, as the largest U.S. outbreak in 25 years continues to spread and youth programs open for the season.
Vice President Mike Pence on Tuesday called anew for the ouster of embattled Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, asserting that the socialist leader’s removal is the only way democracy can be restored in the South American nation.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday that Congress will approve legislation extending relief to people suffering from the effects of the 2001 terrorist attacks, responding to accusations he’s a roadblock.
A Georgia school teacher charged with making terroristic threats is fighting to keep her job after her school system didn't renew her contract.
A jury is about to begin deliberating at the trial of the former leader of an upstate New York self-help group that prosecutors say branded women.
Two people charged with involvement in the fatal shooting of an Alaska teen have been indicted on child pornography charges.
Authorities say an off-duty Los Angeles police detective has been cited for allegedly videotaping in a men's bathroom at Angels Stadium of Anaheim.
Two suspects are in custody in connection with the killing of a 25-year-old man in a Phoenix park.
Police in Washington state are investigating whether the suspicious death of a cat is connected to a string of feline killings.
All but a handful of protesters in Hong Kong have gone home, but the crisis that brought hundreds of thousands into the streets to oppose an extradition bill is far from over.
A father and daughter have acknowledged running a drug ring through the mail from their Billings home.
The Democratic-controlled House has voted to block President Donald Trump's move to restrict transgender men and women from military service.
Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf said Tuesday that President Trump had managed to outdo her in the field of tipping off illegal immigrants.
Flights were being delayed and hundreds of people were waiting to go through security screening at Honolulu's airport on Tuesday after an active shooter scare.
An ex-Honolulu prosecutor hasn't decided whether she will testify in her defense at a trial over allegations she and her police chief husband framed her uncle to keep him from revealing fraud that funded their lavish lifestyle.
A veteran East St. Louis police officer has been accused of taking thousands of dollars in fraudulent overtime pay.
South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg (BOO'-tuh-juhj) is telling officers after a fatal police shooting that they must activate their body cameras during any interaction with civilians.
Chicago's Civilian Office of Police Accountability has cleared two officers of wrongdoing in the fatal shooting of an African-American man in a majority white Southwest Side neighborhood.
A registered sex offender who raped a 3-year-old girl in her San Diego home has been sentenced to 85 years in state prison.
President Trump didn't waste much breath Tuesday night on the individual shortcomings of the two dozen Democratic candidates vying for their party's presidential nomination, instead attacking the entire field of contenders as spineless on immigration.
President Trump launched his reelection bid Tuesday by calling his presidency a "defining moment" in American history and pleading for another four years to finish off a Washington swamp that is "viciously" safeguarding its clout.
A California prison inmate who was seriously injured by his cellmate three months ago has died.
