Leaders of this famously green city last year passed America’s first grocery bag fee, and other cities around the U.S. quickly followed.

Safety officials say an air traffic controller making a personal phone call initially failed to warn a small plane of another aircraft in its path and then tried unsuccessfully to contact the pilot.

Organizers canceled a lecture at the Library of Congress by the woman who became a symbol of the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal after threats caused concerns about staff safety.

Eunice Kennedy Shriver, the presidential sister who founded the Special Olympics, was celebrated Friday at a funeral Mass as a warrior for the voiceless who changed the world for millions.

Since 2005, nine women who lived at the edges of a poor North Carolina community have disappeared.  Police will not say whether they suspect a serial killer, but residents say they do.

The Charles Manson follower convicted of trying to assassinate President Gerald Ford has been released after more than three decades behind bars.

Crews battling wildfires across California are getting more manpower and some help from Mother Nature after the blazes forced thousands of people to leave their homes in the Santa Cruz Mountains.

The former dean of an exclusive boarding school has been charged with molesting three students, leading to a lawsuit and fears about additional victims.

Thousands of people have moved to North Dakota during the past year, finding work in a state once only known for its remoteness but now enjoying the nation’s lowest unemployment rate.

The air traffic controller responsible for handling the airplane involved in Saturday’s fatal midair collision with a helicopter over the Hudson River was put on administrative leave Thursday.