California wildfires have burned into at least four groves of gigantic ancient sequoias in national parks and forests, though cooler weather on Friday helped crews trying to keep the flames away from a famous cluster containing the world’s largest tree.

A Los Angeles jury convicted Robert Durst on Friday of murdering his best friend 20 years ago, a case that took on new life after the New York real estate heir participated in a documentary that connected him to the slaying that was linked to his wife’s 1982 disappearance.

The Biden administration on Friday appealed a federal judge's ruling to block border authorities from expelling migrant families with children under a public health order linked to the coronavirus pandemic.

The Pentagon retreated from its defense of a drone strike that killed multiple civilians in Afghanistan last month, announcing Friday that a review revealed that only civilians were killed in the attack, not an Islamic State extremist as first believed.

Vaccine advisers to the US Food and Drug Administration voted unanimously Friday to recommend emergency use authorization of a booster dose of Pfizer's vaccine six months after full vaccination in people 65 and older and those at high risk of severe COVID-19.

CHICAGO (WBBM) -- Southern Illinois as of Thursday had no intensive care beds available as the coronavirus ravages the area.

A man has been charged with murder for the death of his ex-girlfriend after he allegedly confessed to the killing and told police where to find the body.

Alex Murdaugh, the 53-year-old scion of a South Carolina legal dynasty, has seen his life fall apart in three months, with his own attorney saying in court Thursday, "He has fallen from grace."

Three people have been arrested and charged after allegedly attacking a hostess at a New York City restaurant.

At least eight pregnant Mississippi women have died of COVID-19 since late July -- none of them fully vaccinated -- officials said, more than doubling the state's pandemic total in just two months and spurring medical leaders to give this message: