Bob and Barbara Schmidt dashed to their home on a dirt road in a heavily wooded area northeast of Colorado Springs as smoke from what would become the most destructive wildfire in Colorado history filled the air.

North Carolina has repealed a landmark law that had allowed convicted murderers to have their sentences reduced to life in prison if they could prove racial bias influenced the outcome of their cases.

Authorities say an Ohio woman who buried her mother in her yard and cashed the dead woman's Social Security checks for 14 years has been sentenced

Stone or bronze carvings depicting Dwight D. Eisenhower's accomplishments as Army general and president mark the latest creative change Architect Frank Gehry has made to his design for a memorial park in Washington, D.C.

A Texas House panel on Wednesday endorsed a bill to create a mandatory life sentence with the possibility of parole after 40 years -- for persons under the age of 18 convicted of capital murder.

Del's Lemonade is accusing a Virginia lemonade company of ripping off its unique -- and trademarked -- lemon logo.