Gambling is moving beyond the casinos, onto the Internet and into American homes.

A funeral home has claimed the body of the 26-year-old Boston Marathon bombing suspect who died in a gunbattle with police.

A Newtown task force is set to take up the question of what to do with the school where 20 first-graders and six educators were killed in December.

Police in Bangladesh say the death toll from last week's building collapse has surpassed 500.

U.S. Attorney Gregory Davis says a federal magistrate in Jackson denied bond Thursday to 54-year-old Jesse Mae Pollard, of Northport, Ala.

In 2010, Brenda Heist was declared dead.

The final two segments of the 408-foot spire will rest on a construction platform for several weeks until the entire needle is permanently installed.

Major League Baseball and the players association are donating a combined $100,000 to victims of the Texas fertilizer plant explosion that killed at least 14 people and injured about 200.

The first weddings will take place Aug. 1, when the law takes effect.

A string of data Thursday raised hopes for stronger hiring and U.S. growth in coming months.

Dr. Kermit Gosnell is charged in the deaths of four babies allegedly born alive at his clinic, and the 2009 overdose death of a patient.

Investigators searching for the cause of a massive, deadly fertilizer plant explosion in Texas still don't have a breakthrough.

The blaze 50 miles west of Los Angeles has forced evacuations of neighborhoods and California State University, Channel Islands.

The new state law shields from prosecution overdose victims and others who might be in violation of the law when seeking medical help for them.

Houston police Capt. Dwayne Ready says it's unclear if the unidentified man fatally shot himself or was killed by a Homeland Security agent who had confronted him.

The Pentagon says North Korea appears headed toward its goal to be able to strike the U.S. with a nuclear-armed missile.

U.S. Magistrate Daniel Martin ruled Thursday that 18-year-old Abdella Ahmad Tounisi could be released under home confinement.

An Idaho man charged with attempting to assassinate President Barack Obama by shooting at the White House practiced with his weapon for six months and may have been upset about the country’s marijuana policy

The FDA's findings could have implications for a $1 billion industry that includes hundreds of anti-bacterial products from toothpaste to toys.

Nebraska law officers are already discussing security arrangements for construction of an oil pipeline, even though the pipeline hasn't been given a final federal blessing.

Chinese state media say two girls have died after eating poisoned yogurt placed outside their kindergarten at the direction of the head of a rival school.

A Tulsa mother charged with child neglect after police discovered a child locked in a metal dog cage and her husband passed out on drugs and alcohol in the house is expected in court.

Strong winds are fueling the fire burning in the foothills of the San Bernardino Mountains

Two sailors drowned Feb. 26 during routine diving operations at an underwater weapons-testing facility

Eight defendants were jailed without bail Wednesday in New York. Four are in custody elsewhere