(HELENA, Mont.) -- A device found at a Montana elementary school on Tuesday that authorities initially said was an explosive actually turned out to be a plastic bottle covered in tape, police said."This information is good news," Lewis and Clark County Sheriff Leo Dutton said at a news conference Tuesday…... Read More

(NEWARK, Del.) -- Twenty-six years after a young woman was sexually assaulted in the middle of the night in Delaware, a man unknown to police at the time has been arrested after DNA evidence linked him to the scene.It was just after 2:30 a.m. on Aug. 4, 1993, when a…... Read More

(STOCKTON, Calif.) --  For Falaviena Palefau, being able to buy her 12-year-old daughter new shoes for her birthday was a present for both of them.Normally, when the date rolled around, Palefau said she'd deflect her daughter's birthday wishes, telling the girl they could ask her grandparents for money or save…... Read More

(TAMPA, Fla.) -- A 1-year-old girl died after being left inside a hot car for hours on Monday in Florida, marking the fifth hot car death in the Sunshine State this year and the 50th nationwide. The 1-year-old was found unconscious inside her family's car parked outside their Tampa home…... Read More

(MOUNT SHASTA, Calif.) -- Four bodies have been recovered after a man allegedly went to a California police station and confessed to killing his family members, authorities said.The man walked into the lobby of the Mt. Shasta Police Department just after noon Monday and reported that he had committed murder…... Read More

(DUBLIN, Calif.) -- Oscar-nominated actress Felicity Huffman, who pleaded guilty to charges stemming from the massive "Varsity Blues" college entrance scandal that ensnared her and dozens of parents, reported to a Northern California prison on Tuesday to begin serving a 14-day sentence, according to her representative.Huffman, 56, reported to the…... Read More

(LOS ANGELES) -- The Saddleridge Fire that has burned through thousands of acres in Southern California began near the base of a transmission tower in northern Los Angeles, according to investigators.Fire officials determined that inferno, which erupted around 9 p.m. Tuesday, originated in a 50-by-70 foot area directly beneath an…... Read More

(ENCINO, Calif.) -- An Uber passenger who got into a physical altercation with another rider was struck and killed by a California highway patrol car after jumping from the Uber and running across a highway.Authorities received a call around 3:30 a.m. on Monday morning regarding an Uber in distress that…... Read More

(NEW YORK) -- A storm system will move through the South Tuesday with heavy rain that could cause flash flooding. Already Tuesday morning ahead of the storm, three states -- Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi -- are under Flash Flood Watch.By Wednesday early morning, this storm system will move into the Southeast…... Read More

(FORT WORTH, TX.) -- The police officer who fatally shot a Fort Worth, Texas, woman in her home while answering a call for a welfare check has been arrested on murder charges. The charge comes after the officer abruptly resigned on Monday just before he was about to be fired…... Read More