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A man who had been listed as a witness against James "Whitey" Bulger has been found dead, adding an element of intrigue to a trial that has riveted Boston.
The brutal heat wave that has broiled the country this week is expected to peak today, and meteorologists have warned that conditions could be “dangerous.
IDYLLWILD, Calif. -- Longtime resident Dave Jones was back in his Southern California home a day after evacuating, but remained ready to leave as a huge wildfire fire threatened to top a ridge near his mostly empty mountain town.
ROCK ISLAND, Ill. -- The right to get married for some lesbian and gay couples is mere miles away, or just a hop across the river.Take same-sex couples in western Illinois, who upon crossing the Mississippi River enter Iowa, where gay marriage was legalized in 2009.
Florida Gov. Rick Scott on Thursday told a group of protesters that he will not call for changes in the state’s self-defense laws following George Zimmerman’s acquittal in the shooting death of an unarmed black teenager.
The Massachusetts police officer who took photographs that were released Thursday of Boston bombing suspect Dzokhar Tsarnaev was reportedly relieved of his duties, according to Boston Magazine editor John Wolfson.
SAN FRANCISCO - Outgoing U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano was confirmed on Thursday as president of the University of California despite an unruly protest by students from the prestigious 10-campus system that led to six arrests.
WASHINGTON — George Zimmerman, who was acquitted of murder by a Florida court last week, will not immediately get back the gun he used to shoot unarmed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, because the U.S.
Nine farm workers were struck by lightning Thursday afternoon at the former Grant Family Farms site in the Fort Collins, Colo., area, a fire official said. Of those injured, two are in critical condition and four are serious. Three workers were able to leave in personal vehicles.
For some California inmates believed to be involved with prison gangs, home is a 7½-by-12-foot box — no windows, no roommates and no idea how many years they’ll be in isolation.
