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The bipartisan group of lawmakers are seeking a review of a Defense Department initiative that transfers hardware like bayonets and grenade launchers to police departments.

Cities across the US were rocked by yet another night of heated protests, violence against cops and looting -- one week after the death of George Floyd at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer. The nighttime chaos un...

Ben Crump, the attorney for the family of George Floyd, called for peace on Monday: "Let's take a breath to heal our country."       

Delegates at pledging conference scheduled for Tuesday expected to hear of unfolding 'tragedy' in war-torn country.

Up to 15,000 kilometres of the country’s sandy beaches could be lost by 2100 unless erosion is tackled.

Arrests and a military show of force came after law enforcement officers used shields and tear gas to clear protesters from a park       

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Louisville’s police chief was fired Monday after the mayor learned that officers involved in a shooting that killed the popular owner of a barbecue spot failed to activate body cameras during the cha...

As the protesters moved north, fringe groups hung back, setting fires, breaking windows and grabbing goods from a string of luxury boutiques.

Supporters are asking people not to use the #BlackLivesMatter hashtag

Mr. Biden, traveling to Philadelphia for a speech on the crises in America, declared the president had "the duty to care'' as he assailed his handling of the protests over racial justice.

Christoph Berger, 24, allegedly set a fire within Portsmouth Middle School, authorities said.

Four former fraternity brothers were killed when the small plane they were in crashed in an Illinois farm field — just minutes after posing for a photo together aboard the doomed aircraft. Pilot Joshua Daniel Sweers, 3...

China delayed releasing critical information about the coronavirus in the weeks after the outbreak was first reported – even as the World Health Organization publicly lauded the communist country for its quick response...

A retired NYPD cop was shot during a dispute in the Bronx early Tuesday, cops said. The 53-year-old man was in the middle of a confrontation with another man around 5 a.m. on Morris Avenue near East 182nd Street in Fordh...

Louisville cop Katie Crews, who was put on leave after returning fire on a large crowd during protests, mocked demonstrators days earlier on Facebook.

The Federal Bureau of Prisons ordered a national lockdown amid continuing civil unrest in cities across the country over the death of George Floyd.       

A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 375,000 people worldwide.

Judge Emmet Sullivan argued in a brief submitted to the federal appeals court that he should have the right to review the Flynn case before ruling on it.

Charges included burglary, arson, aggravated assault, rioting, looting, defacing public property and violating curfew.

"We barely get a sorry. We rarely get accountability and we never get change," she said. "So what are people to do?"

The U.S. Justice Department has deployed it law enforcement components to maximize the federal security presence in Washington in a bid to quell violent protests, a department spokeswoman said on Monday.

NFL teams joined millions in highlighting #BlackoutTuesday on social media, but they have come up short ever since Colin Kaepernick first took a knee.