Veterans have a demonstration on Backwater bridge during a protest against plans to pass the Dakota Access pipeline near the Standing Rock Indian Reservation, near Cannon Ball, North Dakota, U.S., December 1, 2016. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith
Demonstrators protesting the controversial oil pipeline in North Dakota are up against a deadline to clear out, and if they stay, they face plunging temperatures as wintry cold weather continues to move in.
The jury reviewing the police shooting death of Walter Scott announced multiple times that they were deadlocked, but the judge admonished them to continue deliberations, which they are doing.
A Louisiana sheriff said Friday that the driver who killed football star Joe McKnight had been released without charges, but the investigation was ongoing and charges were still possible.
With a red flag turning heads around the world, especially in China, President-elect Trump spoke with the president of Taiwan — a move that hasn’t happened in decades.
Residents under mandatory evacuation orders in and around Tennessee reports town made emotional returns to their homes Friday to discover if they have anything left.
President-elect Donald Trump has chosen retired Marine Gen. James Mattis — a man known for his battlefield bravado and blunt talk — to head the Department of Defense.
A 3-year-old girl was found hanging by a drawstring from blinds inside her family home — a tragic accident that experts say happens more often that many people realize.
