A doctor in West Hollywood has surrendered to authorities after being indicted on Friday for allegedly writing more than a thousand prescriptions for addictive painkillers after the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) revoked his license last year, according to the United States Attorney's Office.
A New York City teacher residing on the Upper East Side of Manhattan has filed a lawsuit against a former college friend for allegedly "torturing, mutilating and murdering" her cat, a 3-year-old Siamese named Cassie, amongst other crimes.
The United States State Department has ordered the removal of blueprints for nonprofit Defense Distributed's controversial 3D-printed "Liberator" handgun from the company's DEFCAD Web site.
Smokejumpers parachuting into the mountains of southern Oregon to fight lightning-sparked fires found themselves landing in the middle of a marijuana growing operation.
While the former Secretary of State spoke on the importance of Asia and former Secretary of State Warren Christopher, she did not address some of the most pressing issues currently facing her.
The United States government on Thursday arrested eight men from New York for their participation in an international conspiracy involving a high-tech theft ring that launched cyber attacks on financial institutions around the world, resulting in losses estimated at $45 million.
One particularly derogatory Facebook site used by many former and current military personnel has come to light, and one lawmaker is none too happy about it.
The doctor, a plastic surgeon, allegedly beat up his girlfriend for roughly 16 hours last month because of something she posted on the social networking site.
A small helicopter in Hawaii lost power mid-flight and crashed down onto a crowded street on Honolulu on Wednesday, though miraculously nobody was hurt in the accident.
The 73-year-old was alone and his body not recovered until two days after the incident. In a news release Tuesday, Rangers at Yosemite National Park in California have said that a visitor of the state park fell over a cliff and to his death this past Sunday.
Police in Michigan revealed on Wednesday that a substance found outside the Exxon Mobil gas station where Jessica Heeringa was believed to have been recently abducted is blood belonging to the missing woman.
Police in northern California have issued a nationwide manhunt for a Shasta County man who is a suspect in the triple homicide of his wife and two daughters.
Lawyers for James Holmes, the 25-year-old man accused of opening fire in a crowded movie theater in Colorado and as a result killing 12 people and injuring many more, say they intend to pursue an insanity defense at his trial.
