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Parkland shooting suspect Nikolas Cruz could lose his public defender due to his late mother's life insurance plan.

The 76-year-old centrist Democrat faces a crowded field, which includes the progressive Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren.

The prosecutor said Jason LaVigne, 46, who used to teach at Little Chute High School, had a dark side and that hearing about the allegations against him was not “going to be pleasant.”

Xavier Zamora, 17, of Albuquerque, who allegedly killed 47-year-old Jose Hernandez has a violent criminal past and had a number of encounters with police.

An arrest warrant was issued for Joseph Barker after his wife’s body was discovered in a house in Vale, North Carolina, at around 11 p.m. EDT Tuesday.

According to jurors, Beckwitt committed "depraved heart" second-degree murder in the death of Askia Khafra, 21, whom he had hired for excavation work.

The family contacted the Delaware Division of Public Health (DPH) and Delaware Department of Agriculture (DDA) after an insect had bitten their child's face.

McGillvary became a viral star in February 2013 when a reporter in Fresno, California, interviewed him after he saved a person from an attacker while hitchhiking. 

The pursuit started in Los Angeles County, after the South Gate police received reports of a man beating a woman in a car.

Bridget Kelly was sentenced to 13 months in prison for her role in "Bridgegate."

A Pennsylvania woman working for Economy Locker Storage Company was found dead Monday morning after falling into a meat grinder at work,

A Union Pacific freight train carrying ethanol derailed early Wednesday morning and caught fire right outside of Fort Worth, Texas.

In a newly released report, an expert claims that over 12,000 Boy Scouts were victims of sexual abuse.

President Donald Trump is becoming a “poor example for the nation and particularly for our children," Rep. Andy McKean said, explaining his decision behind switching political loyalties.

The 100-year-old building contained a restaurant on the ground floor and apartments above it. Officials said all the tenants in the apartments were evacuated before the entire building collapsed.

John William King claimed ineffective assistance from his counsel and repeatedly appealed his guilty verdict. Last year, his conviction was upheld in a federal appeals court.

The outbreak of the bacteria has been linked to the consumption of ground beef, both in homes and restaurants, but CDC is still working to identify the particular source(s).

The woman was walking about 200 to 300 feet (61 to 91 meters) off a trail when she fell. The Grand Canyon National Park's helicopter and rescue team consisting of 15 people helped recover the body.

The bodies of Wendi Miller, 48, and Darren Partch, 38, were found when the athlete's roommate walked into their Newport Beach condo.

After a month, the winner of March's $768.4 million Powerball jackpot from Wisconsin has now come forward.

President Trump slammed the New York Times and economist Paul Krugman on Tuesday and predicted that the paper will have to "get down on their knees & beg for forgiveness."

A judge gave 22-year-old Chanel Lewis life without parole for the 2016 murder of New York City jogger Karina Vetrano.

An employee for United Airlines has been charged for disorderly conduct after yelling racial slurs at a customer in Houston airport.

A Texas teen is in stable condition after shooting themselves with a loaded 9 mm gun while taking selfies.

An old tweet by Minnesota Democrat Ilhan Omar is generating controversy over its outrageous claims.

Reynard Green, 34, was booked Wednesday on charges of simple burglary, criminal trespass and criminal damage to property, possession of a Schedule 1 narcotic and two counts of battery of a police officer.

The Wisconsin woman used Facebook accounts to recruit people to carry out terror attacks on behalf of ISIS and also provided them with information on how to make explosives.

New York prosecutors rested their case against Sorokin who assumed the alias Anna Delvey and bilked individuals and businesses out of $275,000.

The incident took place around 9 a.m. local time (10 a.m. EDT) as a Beechcraft BE58 was preparing to make a landing at the airport, about 70 miles northwest of San Antonio.