BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Beverly Hills police say a hearse driver who was found dead with a body in the vehicle died while taking the casket to a funeral. Lt. Lincoln Hoshino says authorities were alerted that a body was slumped over in the driver's seat of a hearse parked near the Beverly Hills […]

PATERSON, N.J. (AP) — Police searching an apartment for drugs found a woman they believe was kept padlocked in a bedroom for long periods of time over the last several years — perhaps as long as a decade. State police said members of their street gang unit discovered the 44-year-old woman on Thursday as they […]

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — A Texas law enforcement officer attacked as he brought an eviction notice to a house was among three people, including a shooter inside the home, killed Monday near the Texas A&M University campus. A 65-year-old man was the third person killed in the shootings at an off-campus home not far […]

DENVER (AP) — The judge in the deadly Colorado theater shooting case refused Monday to lift a gag order that prevents the University of Colorado from releasing information about former graduate student and suspect James Holmes. Arapahoe County District Judge William Sylvester also ruled that he would release some court documents in the case. James […]

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The attorney for the man who shot and killed Florida teenager Trayvon Martin said Monday he'll seek to get the case dismissed using a traditional self-defense argument and not the state's "stand your ground" statute. Mark O'Mara, who is defending George Zimmerman against a second-degree murder charge in the fatal February […]

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — Led by President Barack Obama, Democrats claimed on Monday that Republican challenger Mitt Romney privately backs controversial plans to overhaul Medicare and cut trillions from social programs that his new vice presidential running mate has publicly proposed. Rep. Paul Ryan "has given definition to the vague commitments that Romney has […]

President Barack Obama is quite comfortable campaigning in the heartland of rural America. Obama rolled through Iowa Tuesday on a three-day bus tour where he plans to ask voters to support his vision for the country and reject Mitt Romney and Rep. Paul Ryan’s Republican scheme to offer tax breaks to millionaires and dismantle Medicare. […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Michelle Obama is turning online editor for a week. A website for women, iVillage, said Monday the first lady has agreed to serve as a guest editor, focusing on back-to-school issues. Mrs. Obama has been working with iVillage staff members to address challenges, including healthy eating for students and how to […]

Rev. James Richard Harris of Belle Glade, Florida was found guilty of performing two sex acts on a 15-year-old boy. 64-year-old Harris was accused of drawing in young boys by promising them connections to exclusive football scouts and NFL attention. He also was found guilty of filming a 14-year-old girl and her boyfriend having sex […]

St. Adalbert Church is known as the first and only African-American Catholic parish in Cleveland, Ohio. In 2009, St. Adalbert was among the 50 churches that were ordered to close due to a shortage of priests, funding and church members. Because of the parish’s rules on removing and selling artifacts, the valuable pieces inside St. […]

A woman in Utah is standing trial for trying to run over her husband with her vehicle. Brenda White claims she heard her husband on the phone expressing his love to another woman when according to White, she took a handful of Xanax. White claims the Xanax caused her next actions of running her car […]

Add Flavor Flav to the list of celebrities owing the IRS big bucks. According to reports, Public Enemy's Flavor Flav owes over $900,000 in backed taxes for the years of 2004, 2005, and 2006. Most recently popular for his stint in the reality TV realm with shows like "Strange Love" and "Flavor of Love" he […]