Adults at home at the time of accidental shooting. Denton police said an 8-year-old boy accidentally shot his 5-year-old friend in the head with a .22 caliber rifle on Saturday morning. Read the rest of this entry »

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Two inmates who fled a Kansas prison face several charges in Missouri where they're accused of trying to ambush the officers pursuing them and of attempting to kidnap the mayor of the small town where they were eventually captured after less than a day on the run. Read the rest of this entry »

OTTAWA, Kan. — Authorities believe that a slain 18-month-old girl whose body was found over the weekend was killed on the eastern Kansas farm where her mother and two men were killed, and that the child's body was later disposed of in the next county. Read the rest of this entry »

A Florida bus driver was busted for allegedly forcing two teenaged female students to fight in her backyard while dozens of other students watched, according to news reports and a police statement. Patrice Sanders, 29, was hit with charges of false imprisonment, two counts of child abuse and two counts of child neglect, according to a statement from the Polk County Sheriff's Office. Read the rest of this entry »

LAS VEGAS – Like a recurring nightmare, the return of O.J. Simpson to a Las Vegas courtroom come Monday will remind Americans of a tragedy that became a national obsession and in the process changed the country's attitude toward the justice system, the media and celebrity. Read the rest of this entry »

Three children are safe after a 36-hour standoff with an armed man in Trenton, N.J., ended early Sunday, state law enforcement officials said. But the bodies of a woman, presumed to be home owner Carmelita Stevens, 44 -- the mother of the children -- and a young boy, presumed to be her 13-year-old son, were found decomposing in the home, police revealed at a Sunday morning press conference. Read the rest of this entry »

At least nineteen people in New Orleans, including two children, were injured on Sunday when multiple gunmen opened fire on a Mother’s Day parade, police said. Read the rest of this entry »

A man sexually abused a peacock, which was later found dead in his garage, according to authorities in Illinois. Roselle police report that they discovered the dead bird, named Phyl, and learned about its abuse while investigating an alleged case of indecent solicitation of a child, NBC Chicago reports. Read the rest of this entry »

CLEVELAND -- Law enforcement officials in Cleveland are investigating one other missing person case in the neighborhood where three women had been held captive for years. Read the rest of this entry »