A former policeman is on trial in Kansas, accused of killing his wife and setting their home on fire more than two years ago.

David "Deacon" Jones, one of the greatest defensive players who coined the term "sack," had died. He was 74.

After a sudden increase in shootings over the weekend, the New York Police Department has deployed more officers, NYPD Deputy Commissioner Paul Browne said.

Peggy Drexler says although men have historically been heavier drinkers than women, evidence suggests that the gender gap is shrinking, and fast.

Townsend Farms is recalling bags of a frozen fruit mix commonly used in smoothies because they could be contaminated with the hepatitis A virus, the company said in a statement.

A Denver-area judge on Tuesday accepted a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity by Colorado movie theater shooting suspect James Holmes, according to CNN affiliates KMGH and KUSA.

When astronaut Neil Armstrong uttered what became one of the best-known -- and most debated -- quotes in all of history, he actually might have said it exactly the way he meant to, not the way people heard it.

A New York high school senior class and an airline agree on one thing: 101 students and eight chaperones were kicked off an early-morning flight from New York to Atlanta on Monday.

Calling sexual assault in the military "an enemy to morale and readiness," Sen. James Inhofe urged his colleagues on the Senate Armed Services committee to tread carefully in tackling the issue.

Terence Moore recalls the thrill of the the day Robert F. Kennedy came through his Indiana town, en route to delivering his passionate speech after the death of Martin Luther King

Michael Hayden says the leaks were damaging to intelligence agencies, but the administration's investigations of journalists went too far

Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy is considering legislation that would let families of victims in the Sandy Hook school shooting block release of some crime-scene documents.

Days after a senator and a police official raised security concerns, the Interior Department has reversed a National Parks Service plan to screen visitors only after they arrived by ferry at two of New York's landmarks -- Ellis and Liberty islands.

There were three of them, one of them probably a child, and at least one met a gruesome end at the hands of a terrifying predator.

For Erika Brannock, Monday was a long time coming -- 50 days in fact.

In the middle of his first congressional hearing as the new head of the embattled Internal Revenue Service, Daniel Werfel was asked Monday how he would restore public trust in the agency after revelations that conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status were targeted for extra scrutiny. "It is going to be a difficult process," acknowledged Werfel, a career public servant appointed by President Barack Obama last month to clean up the mess that is dominating news headlines early in his second term.

A menacing tornado churned behind Mike Eilts as the storm chaser's truck sped away.