French national police Tuesday detained a couple after the bodies of eight newborn babies were found in northern France, some in a home and others in the garden of another home, the French Interior Ministry said.
An Air Force C-17 cargo plane crashed on a local training mission near the Elmendorf Air Force Base in Alaska on Wednesday, a captain at the base told CNN.
One hundred days after an oil well operated by BP ruptured in the Gulf of Mexico, the man overseeing the federal response is optimistic that steps planned for the coming days will finally, permanently seal the well.
The Justice Department's office of inspector general has launched an investigation into whether large numbers of FBI agents may have improperly taken a test on guidelines for agents, according to FBI Director Robert Mueller.
A teenage girl "averted a tragedy" by calling 911 from inside a wildly weaving car to report her mother, who ended up being charged with drunken driving, New York State Police said.
Three iPad users claim that because the iPad will shut itself off after remaining in direct sunlight for long enough, it fails to meet the promises Apple made about using the device as an e-book reader.
A brush fire devoured 30 to 40 homes and triggered evacuations in a remote section of a southern California mountains community on Tuesday, a Kern County Fire Department engineer said.
The U.S. Army has expanded its investigation into a soldier allegedly involved in the earlier leak of a combat video and military documents, according to the Pentagon.
Human rights attorney Mohammed Mostafaei helped bring the world's attention to his client, Sakineh Mohammedie Ashtiani, a 43-year-old mother of two who was set to be stoned to death for allegedly committing adultery in Iran
A towing vessel struck an oil well in the Barataria Waterway off the southeastern Louisiana coast on Tuesday, causing the well to emit oil and natural gas into Barataria Bay, the Coast Guard said in a news release.
What happens to all the tar balls, oily sand and vegetation, and soiled gloves and suits from the thousands of temporary BP workers who've been working to clean up beaches along the Gulf of Mexico?
A 19-year-old Kentucky woman who has been missing for more than a week is believed to be with a registered sex offender who has a history of kidnapping and unlawful confinement, authorities said Tuesday.
City council members in the small California town of Bell -- where outrage over high salaries forced three officials to resign last week -- voted Monday night to slash their pay.