Highlights of this day in history: Adolf Hitler purges rivals in Nazi Germany; America's food and drug safety take a big step forward; ‘Gone With the Wind' published; Tonya Harding banned from figure skating; Singer Lena Horne born. (June 30) Read Mo...

Wednesday's quake could be felt near Charlotte, North Carolina, according to reports published by the United States Geological Survey. Read More

1 of 3 FILE - An undated portrait of Emmett Louis Till, a black 14 year old Chicago boy, whose weighted down body was found in the Tallahatchie River near the Delta community of Money, Mississippi, August 31, 1955. Local residents Roy Bryant, 2...

3:52 PM ET Memphis transfer Emoni Bates, a former No. 1 high school basketball prospect, announced Wednesday that he's heading back home to play for Eastern Michigan. The star from Ypsilanti, Michigan, released a list of six schools in early May, a g...

Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Wednesday that in response to the San Antonio trailer tragedy, state troopers would set up additional truck checkpoints on highways. (June 29) Read More

An overwhelming and growing majority of Americans say the U.S. is heading in the wrong direction, including nearly 8 in 10 Democrats, according to a new AP-NORC poll that finds deep pessimism about the economy plaguing President Joe Biden. (June 29)...

A tropical system in the Caribbean may develop into Bonnie, and another system in the Gulf of Mexico may bring ‘torrential rain' to the Texas coast. Read More

A Pennsylvania woman who drove her children to a prison and then lay topless on her car in view of hooting inmates will herself be serving jail time. Elisabell Berrios, 36, of Elizabethtown, was sentenced to a term of two months to a year after b...

Democratic lawmakers are scrutinizing whether the American dream of a suburban home and white picket fence is being seized upon by large institutional investors, costing working people a shot at property ownership. The House Financial Services Subco...

The worst drought Italy has faced in 70 years is drying out the rice paddies of the River Po valley, jeopardizing the precious harvest of the Italian premium rice used for the tasty risotto. (June 29) Read More