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Authorities believe the remains are of Lance Leeroy Arello, who they say shot a park ranger five years ago.

Officials said the fire at the Islamic Society of Greater Houston had multiple points of origin and is being investigated as a possible hate crime.

At least 15 people have been killed in recent days in storms across the South, with new flash floods in central Alabama.

The Sanctuary Movement made headlines in January by providing refuge in Philadelphia to a Honduran woman whose two children were born in the United States.

As many consumers give personal drones as presents this holiday season, insurance companies and regulators are bracing for the associated accidents.

The daily fantasy sports sites filed suit the day after Lisa Madigan declared their operations violated the state's gambling laws.

Communities in the U.S. South and Midwest are turning to online fundraising sites to help rebuild in the wake of the severe weather this Christmas season.

The deadliest landslide in American history that occurred in the Washington town of Oso last year was not an anomaly, according to a new study.

Emergency declarations were issued in Mississippi and Tennessee, the two states hardest hit by severe weather.

Temperatures were unseasonably warm in the U.S. Northeast and unseasonably cool in Southern California, while deadly tornadoes wreaked havoc in the South.

Nearly half of U.S. high schoolers reported being hazed, one study found, with numbers highest for those in sports, ROTC and band.

The area around the courier company's hub in Memphis, Tennessee, was among the U.S. locales adversely affected by the unexpectedly severe weather this week.

The candidate "believes it is critical that everyone has a full and fair hearing, and that our country provides refuge to those that need it."

An off-duty officer fatally shot 18-year-old Daquan Westbrook during a confrontation at a Charlotte shopping center.

Demonstrations continued Thursday against the police-involved slaying of Laquan McDonald last year.

Christmas came early for the front-runners in the races for the Democratic and Republican U.S. presidential nominations.

Severe weather has prompted 2,000 flight delays and 300 cancellations across the U.S., reports said.

With the move coming after almost three decades of inactivity, the federal Energy Department hopes to scale up production to power deep-space missions.

The unseasonal storms spawned over a dozen tornadoes of varying intensity affecting holiday celebrations, with emergency services scrambling to minimize damage.

The judge's order came after Robert Lewis Dear claimed he distrusted his attorneys and insisted on acting as his own lawyer.

While parts of the Northeast were expecting springlike temperatures Thursday, parts of the South were dealing with tornadoes.

Those who object to a "full-body electronic screening" may still be required to undergo an "advanced image" screening, officials said.

A black security guard was trying to take a gun from his son and did not point it at a sheriff's deputy, family members said.

A $600,000 annual grant to a Planned Parenthood affiliate in Houston is set to be discontinued after nearly 30 years.

Meanwhile, October's figures were revised downward, suggesting a slowdown in the market.

The Republican, whose run for the presidency has been lagging, initially told reporters that "personnel changes" were possible.

As the holiday of peace and joy approaches, presidential candidates have shown little sign of lightening up their rhetoric.

A program to use money from seized assets to finance law enforcement agencies was suspended in the omnibus spending bill.

At an airport and a major mall, activists demanded answers in the death of Jamar Clark, an unarmed black man killed by police.