Faith Johnson

Rape survivor advocates expressed disappointment with a plea deal that allowed a former Baylor university student, accused of raping a woman at a fraternity party, to avoid jail time.

Former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger is now facing a murder charge in the shooting death of unarmed neighbor Botham Jean, court records show.

The remains of a U.S. Army paratrooper killed in World War II have been returned to his Pennsylvania hometown, 74 years after he died in the battle chronicled in the 1977 film “A Bridge Too Far.”

The fate of a former New Jersey woman arrested in Zimbabwe for allegedly calling the African country’s leader a “sick man” on Twitter remains as uncertain as ever as that leader himself has apparently been removed from power.

Through tears, former Dallas County ADA Jody Warner apologized Tuesday for the way she recently spoke to an Uber driver, but added that there was more to the story than what was heard in an audio recording posted on social media.

For the first time in a major U.S. city, the top law enforcement agencies of Dallas are led by women.

A white former Balch Springs police officer has been indicted on a murder charge in the April shooting death of a black teenager who was leaving a party, prosecutors said Monday.

Attorneys representing the family of slain teen Jordan Edwards said the DA is committed to justice and securing a conviction against fired Balch Springs police officer Roy Oliver.

A Pennsylvania girl has earned an associate’s degree at a community college even before she has received her high school diploma.

Police in Pittsburgh say a homeless woman attacked a man’s car because she received a “prophecy from God” urging her to “throw bricks at white men.”

Police say an 11-year-old girl had to be revived with the antidote Narcan after a drug overdose in her Pittsburgh home.

A glorious old opera house that takes up a full city block in Philadelphia will reopen as a live music venue.

Two airmen stationed at Dover Air Force Base have pleaded not guilty to sexually abusing a teenage runaway they allegedly harbored on base.

A Pennsylvania man trying to scare away opossums by setting a fire has destroyed his home.

A federal grand jury has indicted a Delaware man accused of creating a fake Facebook account under the alias “Chase Reacher” to coerce teens into sending him explicit pictures.

For local high school students, prom is a major event. For Pennsbury students, promposals are half the fun of it. But they could be coming to an end after new restrictions.

For Pennsbury High School students in Bucks County PA promposals are now a thing of the past.

Police are investigating the death of a man whose body was found in an eastern Pennsylvania pond.