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A 47-year-old man from Northern Ireland was found not guilty Friday of murder in the 2009 killings of two British soldiers at an army base in Northern Ireland.

The killings we've seen at a Connecticut elementary school, and more recently at the Boston Marathon, are fortunately rare events.

Susan Hasler, one of the analysts who hunted the al Qaeda leader, says the role of women in terrorism investigations is often downplayed

Though her mother has suddenly reappeared after 11 years, don't expect a family reunion any time soon, Morgan Heist says.

A lawyer for Michael Jackson's family says Conrad Murray was at least $1 million in debt before working with the star, and the company that they're suing should have known that.

Lindsay Lohan's legal situation has more drama than a Lifetime movie and more twists and turns than a high-speed car chase. And it could land the actress in jail soon.

Investigators have plenty of questions for the widow of slain Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev:

The sister of a U.S. citizen sentenced to 15 years in a North Korean labor camp defended her brother Thursday, asking leaders of both nations to "please, just see him as one man."

Gunman killed a high-level prosecutor of terrorism cases in Pakistan Friday, shooting multiple times as he was on his way to a hearing, officials said.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie signed a law Thursday that encourages people to report drug overdoses without fear of being arrested, a measure he says will help save lives.

A fugitive now in Cuba and wanted in the killing of a New Jersey state trooper 40 years ago has been placed on the FBI most wanted terrorist list, the first woman to be put there.

A military judge on Wednesday set a May 29 court-martial for U.S. Army Maj. Nidal Hasan, who is charged in a shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas, in November 2009 that left 13 people dead.

Amanda Knox describes her strange actions after her roommate's murder as the behavior of a "tone-deaf girl in a trauma" during a wide-ranging and at times tearful interview that aired Tuesday.

Nina Burleigh says Amanda Knox is finally speaking for herself, yet the only real question remains: Who did it?

Two brothers and two of their uncles are among nine people indicted on allegations of distributing cocaine to Italy and trafficking within the United States the same drug as well as methamphetamine, federal prosecutors in California announced Wednesday.

Three young men who'd enrolled together at a Massachusetts university worked together to cover-up for a mutual friend, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who some of them suspected was at least partially responded for last month's deadly Boston Marathon bombings, according to an FBI affidavit released Wednesday.

The maker of a fake bomb detector that investigators say put lives at risk was sentenced Thursday to 10 years in prison by a London court.

The collateral effects of life on the registry is the subject of a new Human Rights Watch report recommending that adolescents be exempt from registration and community notification in the absence of empirical data showing that doing so makes communities safer.

Ruben Navarrette says watering down the privileges that are attached to citizenship is a mistake

A Pennsylvania woman who mysteriously disappeared 11 years ago has resurfaced in Florida, saying that she just walked out on her family, her life and her problems.