WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama says he was saddened to hear of the death of Rep. John Murtha and called his…

JOLIET, Ill. – Days before a former suburban Chicago police officer’s fourth wife vanished in 2007, she told…

BUFFALO, N.Y. – A 26-year-old Buffalo man remained jailed today on charges of holding a 13-year-old runaway in…

A company based in Marblehead pleaded guilty today in federal court to charges that it dumped raw sewage into North…

OTTAWA – The commander of Canada’s largest Air Force base, who once flew dignitaries around the country, has been charged with first-degree murder in the deaths of two women.Ontario police said today that Col. Russell Williams,…

MONTPELIER, Vt.- U.S. Rep. Paul Hodes of New Hampshire plans to introduce legislation in Congress to give states…

BURLINGTON, Vt. – A Vermont man has been sentenced to 90 months in federal prison for transporting child pornography..

The Republican leader in the Massachusetts House has drafted a bill to ban the sending of sexually graphic instant…

Prosecutors on Monday charged Michael Jackson’s doctor with involuntary manslaughter in the pop singer’s sudden death last year from a lethal cocktail of drugs. If convicted, Dr Murray may get four years in prison.

CANBERRA – Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s green credentials continue to take a hammering as he prepares for an election this year in which the environment will be a key issue.Two new polls have confirmed that support for his major…