A residential care center employee in Maine is going to prison after pleading guilty to what prosecutors described as “grotesque and pervasive” assaults on a disabled man
Dave Grohl says he has fathered a new daughter outside his 21-year marriage to wife Jordyn Blum
Prosecutors have filed multiple charges against a 35-year-old man accused of wounding three Milwaukee police officers during a shootout
Jurors in Florida will deliberate in the trial of four activists accused of illegally acting as Russian agents to help the Kremlin sow political discord and interfere in U.S. elections
A personal assistant convicted of killing and dismembering his former tech entrepreneur boss after stealing about $400,000 from him has been sentenced to 40 years to life in prison
A 3-year-old girl has died after being found unconscious inside a hot car with her mother in southern California during a heat wave marked by triple-digit temperatures
A flash flood swept away a hamlet in northern Vietnam, killing 22 people and leaving dozens missing as deaths from a typhoon and its aftermath climbed to 155
A European business group says China must reprioritize economic growth and reforms and boost investor confidence by leveling the playing field for all companies in the country
Australian actor and director Simon Baker, best known for his role as Patrick Jane in the CBS drama series “The Mentalist,” has avoided a conviction after pleading guilty to a charge of driving under the influence of alcohol near his rural home
France's counterterrorism prosecutor says authorities foiled three plots to attack the Olympic Games in Paris and other cities that hosted events this summer
Pakistani police say gunmen on motorcycles opened fire on police escorting a team of polio workers during a door-to-door vaccination campaign in the northwest, killing an officer and a polio worker
Stellantis will spend $406 million retooling three Michigan factories so they can build electric vehicles or battery parts
A federal judge has sentenced a Texas man to more than three years in prison for kicking a cat that court records say was later set on fire
The British government has announced it will hold a public inquiry into the killing of Pat Finucane
Four scientific researchers working in the United States are sharing a $1 million prize from a Portuguese foundation for their work on how the human brain distinguishes faces, shapes and colors
Malaysia's national police chief says 402 children have been rescued and 171 suspects arrested after raids on 20 welfare homes linked to an Islamic business group, in which children were allegedly exploited and sexually abused
A Philadelphia police officer has died from his wounds nearly three months after being shot in the neck after a traffic stop
A Soyuz spacecraft carrying two Russians and an American has docked at the International Space Station
Extreme weather is again striking multiple places around the world, including wildfires in California, a hurricane that threatens Louisiana, drought and wildfires in the Amazon and flooding in Nigeria
Tampa Bay pitcher Edwin Uceta has been suspended for three games and fined for intentionally throwing at Nick Castellanos, an action that prompted the Philadelphia Phillies outfielder to say “that’s like my 2-year-old throwing a fit.”
Toronto Blue Jays right-hander Bowden Francis has not allowed a hit through eight innings against the New York Mets
A Colorado man has been charged with arson after an investigation into a wildfire that burned 15 square miles, destroyed 29 homes and caused more than $30 million in property damage
A suburban Philadelphia man is accused of drugging and sexually assaulting women he met online over the past 15 months
A government investigation into Atlanta Federal Reserve President Raphael Bostic's securities trades and investments has found he violated several of the central bank's ethics policies
A judge has sentenced a man convicted of killing a Chicago police officer, wounding her partner and firing at a third officer to life in prison
Senator Warren urges Fed to keep Wells Fargo asset cap
Once again, polls underestimated Trump. Experts only have a hunch why
Climate change goosed hurricane wind strength by 18 mph since 2019, study says
Putin gifts zoo animals, including lion and bears, to North Korean zoo
VW workers threaten historic battle over carmaker's $18 billion cost cut push
UK house prices rise at fastest pace since Feb 2023, ONS says
Pope to make late Italian millennial Carlo Acutis a saint in April
Japan sets monthly record 3.31 million visitors in October
Lakers rookie Dalton Knecht hits 9 3-pointers in another outstanding perimeter performance