Newtown Schools Placed on Lockdown After Phone Threat

(NEWTOWN, Conn.) -- Schools in Newtown, Conn., were placed on "lockdown" Monday after a phoned-in threat, a scare that one mom called a "horrible, evil thing to do" to a town still recovering from... Read More

Case of Ex-Cop Accused of Killing Wife Goes to the Jury

(KINGMAN, Kan.) -- The fate of a former Kansas sheriff's deputy accused of killing his wife and setting their house on fire to cover up the evidence now rests in the hands of a jury after closing a... Read More

Elderly Couple and Boy Die in Same Hotel Room Months Apart

(BOONE, N.C.) -- A young boy died and his mother was sent to the hospital this weekend after staying in the same hotel room where an elderly couple died two months ago. Police in Boone,... Read More

Gulf Oil Spill: BP Ends Cleanup Work in Three States

(NEW ORLEANS) -- It’s been three years and two months since the Deepwater Horizon disaster claimed 11 lives and sent millions of barrels of oil spewing into the Gulf of Mexico. Now the operat... Read More

Charges Possible in Florida Boat Collision

(ELLIOTT KEY, Fla.) -- Investigators said Monday that charges could be forthcoming in the two-boat collision in the Florida Keys that flung passengers into the water and sent nine people to the hos... Read More

Shark Sightings Rattle Nerves Along Cape Cod Coast

(ORLEANS, Mass.) -- A pair of great white shark sightings off the coast of Cape Cod in recent days has swimmers heading for the safety of the beach. The ominous dorsal fin lurking off Na... Read More

George Zimmerman Judge Rejects Bid to Delay Trial

(SANFORD, Fla.) -- The judge in the George Zimmerman murder trial denied a last minute attempt by his defense attorneys on Monday to delay the start of one of the most controversial cases in recent... Read More

Houston Woman Allegedly Stabs Boyfriend to Death with Stiletto Heel

(HOUSTON) -- A Houston woman was charged with murder after she allegedly stabbed her boyfriend to death with a stiletto heel at a luxury high-rise condominium. Ana Trujillo, 44, was arre... Read More

Santa Monica Shootings: Suspect's Father, Brother Were First Victims

(SANTA MONICA, Calif.) -- The man suspected of a shooting rampage that left six people dead in Santa Monica, Calif., allegedly began his spree of violence by killing his father and brother, and the... Read More

Florida Restaurant Evacuated After Walls Crack

(SEFFNER, Fla.) -- Employees immediately evacuated a Bob Evans restaurant in Seffner, Fla., after discovering cracks in the walls and floor a few miles from where a sinkhole swallowed a man earlier... Read More