A fast-moving brush fire burning just south of Reno, Nevada, on Thursday prompted evacuations, closed a major highway and led the governor of Nevada to declare a state of emergency.
Newt Gingrich offered his second wife a choice of an open marriage or a divorce when he revealed to her he was having an affair with the woman he later made his third wife, Marianne Gingrich said in interviews with ABC News and The Washington Post. The presidential candidate forcefully denied the accusation Thursday night during a CNN debate in Charleston, South Carolina.
"Hacktivist" collective Anonymous on Thursday took credit for taking down U.S. Department of Justice, FBI and music company websites following arrests in one of the federal government's largest anti-piracy crackdowns.
Ryan Brunn, the man who this week was sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty to killing a Georgia girl, apparently killed himself in his prison cell Thursday, a corrections spokeswoman said.
A 10-year-old Southern California boy is in a juvenile detention center after denying Thursday, in court, a charge that he murdered another child, authorities said.
It started as an argument between a white policeman and an African-American amateur boxer over a simple parking spot. When it was over, the boxer was shot dead and the cop was serving a murder sentence. CNN investigates this bizarre case.
Newt Gingrich's adult daughters are coming to their father's defense ahead of a potentially damaging interview with his second wife scheduled to air two days before the Republican South Carolina primary.
A day after heavy snowfall made Seattle streets look more like ski runs, freezing rain and accumulating ice shut runways at the city's airport Thursday and made travel even more treacherous.