The suspect, Stephen Spencer Pittman, was turned in by his father, who said his son had laughed as he confessed to the fire that damaged the synagogue, investigators said.

Florida mom Crystal Roure shot protecting children when husband Jason Kenney flew into rage over NFL game, police say. Roure died after telling son to call 911.

A federal judge has rejected attorney Bruce Fein's bid to join the legal team representing former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro against charges in a long running drug conspiracy

An Oakley neighborhood was in lockdown Monday afternoon while law enforcement officers searched for an armed man who may have been involved in an earlier shooting.