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Sgt. Robert Bales, the U.S. soldier who carried out a massacre of Afghan villlagers last year, has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
An elderly Muslim cleric was sentenced Friday to 25 years in prison following his convictions on terrorism support charges for sending tens of thousands of dollars overseas to finance the Pakistani Taliban, which has launched numerous violent attacks against both Pakistan's government and U.S.
While there is still no conclusive evidence, senior U.S. officials told NBC News on Friday that they believe the Syrian military did attack civilians with chemical weapons this week, prompting the Obama administration to consider how and when the U.S. military might respond.
Precious Allen, a Cincinnati nurse's aide who got into a fight with a 15-year-old girl at her daughter's high school, was convicted of assault Friday and sentenced to probation.Allen, 31, was acquitted of a second charge of trespassing in connection with the Feb.
Three juveniles allegedly involved with the Aug. 16 shooting death of Australian college athlete Christopher Lane will not be charged with a hate crime, the Duncan, Okla., district attorney said Friday.
Blaming a lynch mob combination of media and political opponents, Mayor Bob Filner said goodbye to San Diego after its City Council accepted the terms for his resignation amid allegations of sexual harassment.
A military jury recessed for the day Thursday after its first partial day of deliberations in the court-martial of Army Maj. Nidal Hasan in the shooting spree that killed 13 people at Fort Hood, Texas, in 2009.
With the Rim Fire burning near Yosemite National Park at near lightning speeds, the number of evacuations grew on Thursday, as did the number of acres of forest - the size of the fire nearly tripled in a day's time, sparking an urgent "state of emergency" plea.
A beneficiary of the Astor fortune was released on medical parole on Thursday in New York – exactly two months after he was sent to prison for swindling millions of dollars from his ill mother’s estate.
Authorities evacuated a wing of a middle school in Anderson, Calif., on Thursday after what they called a "bomb device" was discovered on school district grounds nearby.
