A recently fired caricature artist at Universal Orlando Resort tried to kill his manager by stabbing him in the neck with scissors on New Year's Day, according to a police report released Monday.
Federal authorities are suing Volkswagen over emissions-cheating software found in nearly 600,000 vehicles sold in the United States.
"Most of us are relieved to be back at work. We want to continue with the normalcy, and we miss each other very much," Executive Director Lavinia Johnson told reporters.
Armed anti-government protesters took over a remote national wildlife refuge in Oregon as part of a decades-long fight over public lands in the West while federal authorities are keeping watch but keeping their distance.
President Barack Obama is slated Monday to finalize a set of new executive actions tightening the nation's gun laws, making his first order of business in the new year a clear signal the president in his final year doesn't intend to go quietly.
Construction on the I-77 toll lanes are underway, but the project could still be stopped.
The snow making machines are up and running at Sugar Mountain Resort.
Bill Cosby was charged Wednesday with sexually assaulting a woman at his home 12 years ago - the first criminal charges brought against the comedian out of the torrent of allegations that destroyed his good-guy image as America's Dad.
Country music singer Craig Strickland is reportedly missing and feared dead after he went duck hunting with a friend in Oklahoma during a violent storm.
Legendary MotΓΆrhead frontman and bassist Lemmy has died following a short battle with cancer, his bandmates have announced.
The so-called 'affluenza' teen Ethan Couch and his mother, who were being sought by Texas authorities, have been detained in the Pacific resort town town of Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
Winter storms out west are causing havoc at U.S. airports. More than 6,500 flights were delayed or cancelled Monday.
Local voters will soon get another chance to hear Donald Trump's presidential pitch in person.
An Ohio grand jury has decided not to return an indictment in the 2014 police shooting death of 12-year-old Tamir Rice, prosecutor Tim McGinty said Monday.
It's a case of suspected animal abuse caught on camera in California.
Authorities identified a 33-year-old man from out of town who fell to his death at Sunset Cliffs in San Diego, Calif., when he apparently became distracted by an electronic device.
Bettie Jones, known in her Chicago neighborhood for her work with anti-violence community groups, was killed by police responding to a domestic disturbance just hours after she hosted family on Christmas Day.
George "Meadowlark" Lemon, the basketball star who entertained millions of fans around the world with his antics as a longtime member of the Harlem Globetrotters, died Sunday.
Take a look at the damage numerous tornadoes caused in Texas over the weekend.
NASCAR fans began lining up as early as 7 a-m for "UnDeck the Hall" event
