GREENSBURG — A man wanted in connection to a woman’s death in Anderson County was killed in a crash during a police pursuit Saturday night near Greensburg.  Jerry Wayne Thompson, age 55, of Tidewater, Ore.,…

LAS VEGAS — The brother of Las Vegas Review-Journal investigative reporter Jeff German spoke calmly on Wednesday, before a judge decided how long former Clark County Public Administrator Robert Telles will spend in prison until…

FRONTENAC — A 19-year-old man remained in custody last weekend on suspicion of murder in the fatal shooting Friday night of a neighbor in Frontenac, according to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation. Frontenac police received…

The Kentucky sheriff charged with shooting and killing a local judge is stepping down. Letcher County Sheriff Shawn “Mickey” Stines decided to retire effective Monday, his attorney, Jeremy Bartley, said in a statement. Gov. Andy…

FLORENCE, Italy (AP) — An Italian court reconvicted Amanda Knox of slander Wednesday, quashing her hope of removing a legal stain against her that has persisted after her exoneration in the brutal 2007 murder of…

In a village in the hills of Guerrero State, residents ran from their homes as drones flew overhead, dropping makeshift bombs. For months, drug cartel operatives had been deploying the commercial devices to drop explosives…

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma judge ordered public defenders to represent four members of an anti-government group who appeared in court Wednesday on charges of kidnapping and killing two Kansas women. The judge also…

LAS VEGAS (AP) — O.J. Simpson, the decorated football superstar and Hollywood actor who was acquitted of charges he killed his former wife and her friend but was found liable in a separate civil trial,…

TOPEKA — The state of Kansas will pay $1 million to the family of a 7-year-old who was tortured and killed, settling an almost decade-long legal battle over the state’s child welfare agency’s failure to…

AVA, Mo. (AP) — Authorities in Missouri say a 35-year cold case killing has been solved, thanks to someone who came forward with information about the crime. Douglas County authorities announced Wednesday that three men…