DOJ pleads with Supreme Court to save ban on transgender treatments in federal prisons

The Justice Department on Monday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to allow a Bureau of Prisons (BOP) policy banning payment for hormone treatments and social accommodations for transgender inmates.

Swastikas, racial slurs carved into turf at Yardley golf course: police

Police in Yardley are looking for a suspect after they say swastikas and racial slurs were found carved into the turf at a local golf course.

Former Buccaneer Antonio Brown reaching plea deal in Florida attempted murder case

Former NFL star wide receiver Antonio Brown is expected in a Miami courtroom Wednesday to accept a plea deal that avoids prison time in an attempted murder case. 

Woman shoots masked intruder dead in Frankford apartment break-in: police

A 29-year-old man is dead after investigators say he broke into a Frankford apartment and was shot dead by the woman who lives there.

4 children found home alone while Florida mom was on 3-day cruise

A Florida mother is accused of leaving her four children, including a two-month-old infant, home by themselves while she went on a three-day cruise.

Uber driver recounts deadly shooting of 19-year-old rider in Overbrook: 'I was so scared'

An Uber driver is speaking out after a deadly shooting killed 19-year-old Khalil Hoskins on Wynnewood Road in Overbrook on September 23. Philadelphia police are investigating and suspects remain at large.

Court records detail hostility before NYT engineer allegedly killed by in-laws

A New York Times engineer allegedly killed by his elderly in-laws was in the middle of a bitter divorce and custody dispute with his wife, according to court documents.

Nancy Guthrie case: New ransom text message is not credible, sheriff says

Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of NBC "Today" show host Savannah Guthrie, has been missing for nearly eight months after vanishing from her Tucson-area home.

Video shows woman starting fire at backdoor of East Mount Airy daycare

Neighbors in an East Mount Airy neighborhood are shaken after surveillance video allegedly shows an unidentified woman starting a fire at the backdoor of a local daycare center.

40 rescued, 2 dead after makeshift boat capsizes following machete attack

Survivors told Coast Guard officials that 60 people were aboard the vessel when a machete fight forced passengers into open water on an uninhabited island west of Puerto Rico.

Kentucky state trooper was shot and killed during routine traffic stop

A Kentucky State Police trooper was shot and killed while conducting a traffic stop along Interstate 65, authorities said. A suspect was arrested nearly 100 miles away and is expected to face a murder charge.

Tennessee set to execute first woman in more than 200 years for 1995 murder of classmate

The state of Tennessee will carry out a death sentence Wednesday on a woman convicted in a 1995 killing, marking the first time it will execute a female since the early 1800s. 

Lindsay Clancy defense says evidence falls short, seeks to stop retrial

Lindsay Clancy returned to court Tuesday for a hearing as prosecutors looked to decide whether to retry the Massachusetts mother on murder charges for the 2023 killings of her three young children, while her defense continues to push to have the case dismissed. 

Police officer in custody after toddler brings loaded gun to Michigan daycare

A Michigan police department has launched an investigation into an incident on Monday at a local daycare where a toddler had a loaded firearm.