German police killed a masked man who stormed a movie theater Thursday afte oon and was believed to have fired shots and taken hostages, authorities said. The unidentified man was killed after police commandoes gathered around the the Kinopolis complex in Vie heim, about 40 miles south of Frankfurt,...

Graffiti on the Canyonlands in Utah. (National Parks Service) A San Diego woman who pleaded guilty to defacing several treasured national rock formations at national parks across the west and was sentenced to two years of probation was also ba ed from all national parks and federal lands during her ...

Graffiti on the Canyonlands in Utah. (National Parks Service) A San Diego woman who pleaded guilty to defacing several treasured national rock formations at national parks across the west and was sentenced to two years of probation was also ba ed from all national parks and federal lands during her ...

Rescue teams spotted a possible flare early Thursday mo ing near the search area where crews are desperately looking for any survivors among a family of four who vanished on a sailboat off Florida's Gulf Coast. Personal items located off the coast of Sanibel, Florida, believed to belong to missing f...

The Supreme Court on Thursday blocked President Obama’s immigration executive actions, in a tie decision that delivers a win to states challenging his plan to give a deportation reprieve to millions of illegal immigrants. The justices' one-sentence opinion on Thursday marks a major setback for the a...

Rescue teams spotted a possible flare early Thursday mo ing near the search area where crews are desperately looking for any survivors among a family of four who vanished on a sailboat off Florida's Gulf Coast. Personal items located off the coast of Sanibel, Florida, believed to belong to missing f...

The Supreme Court on Thursday blocked President Obama’s immigration executive actions, in a tie decision that delivers a win to states challenging his plan to give a deportation reprieve to millions of illegal immigrants. The justices' one-sentence opinion on Thursday marks a major setback for the a...

A U.S. immigration official blamed in a federal report for barring law enforcement agents from a suspect in the San Be ardino terror attack has been nominated for a prestigious agency award – but her bosses in Washington refuse to say what she did to ea consideration. Irene Martin heads the San Be a...

A U.S. immigration official blamed in a federal report for barring law enforcement agents from a suspect in the San Be ardino terror attack has been nominated for a prestigious agency award – but her bosses in Washington refuse to say what she did to ea consideration. Irene Martin heads the San Be a...

Califo ia's Antelope Valley freeway passes near folded layers of sediment above the San Andreas Fault near Palmdale, Califo ia June 22, 2006. (REUTERS/Lucas Jackson) Large sections of land on either side of the San Andreas fault are moving up or down every year by a few millimeters, a major form of ...

Graffiti on the Canyonlands in Utah. (National Parks Service) A San Diego woman who pleaded guilty to defacing several treasured national rock formations at national parks across the west and was sentenced to two years of probation was also ba ed from all national parks and federal lands during her ...

Graffiti on the Canyonlands in Utah. (National Parks Service) A San Diego woman who pleaded guilty to defacing several treasured national rock formations at national parks across the west and was sentenced to two years of probation was also ba ed from all national parks and federal lands during her ...

A U.S. immigration official blamed in a federal report for barring law enforcement agents from a suspect in the San Be ardino terror attack has been nominated for a prestigious agency award – but her bosses in Washington refuse to say what she did to ea consideration. Irene Martin heads the San Be a...

As search teams spotted a body and more personal items believed to belong to a family who vanished on a sailboat off Florida's Gulf Coast, hopes of a safe rescue on Thursday were quickly fading. Personal items located off the coast of Sanibel, Florida, believed to belong to missing family. pic.twitt...

Graffiti on the Canyonlands in Utah. (National Parks Service) A San Diego woman who pleaded guilty to defacing several treasured national rock formations at national parks across the west and was sentenced to two years of probation was also ba ed from all national parks and federal lands during her ...

Irene Martin, the US Citizenship and Immigration Services field boss who clashed with federal law enforcement agents, is shown here in file photo greeting Spc. Brent Kiley, of the US Army’s 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment. (Sgt. Giancarlo Casem/Defense Video & Imagery Distribution System) A U.S. immig...

House Speaker Paul Ryan sent lawmakers packing for the holiday break early Thursday mo ing after a raucous, hours-long sit-in waged by congressional Democrats failed to force a vote on gun control measures. As Ryan decried the protest as a "publicity stunt" -- complete with loud chants and blankets ...

Democrat leaders attempted to force a vote on gun control legislation by carrying out an hours-long sit-in on the House floor, but Republican leaders ignored the calls and the chants and carried on with legislative business late Wednesday into early Thursday. The House adjou ed around 3:15 a.m. ET T...

Califo ia's Antelope Valley freeway passes near folded layers of sediment above the San Andreas Fault near Palmdale, Califo ia June 22, 2006. (REUTERS/Lucas Jackson) Large sections of land on either side of the San Andreas fault are moving up or down every year by a few millimeters, a major form of ...

Frassetto led the students in a protest that lasted two days. (LehighValleyLive.com) A Pe sylvania high school teacher was convicted Monday of corrupting his young charges by leading hundreds to cut class and protest last year against the school district’s perceived ill treatment of minority student...