A gunman who wounded a police officer in the leg after a brief car chase shot himself to death, the Albany police chief said Thursday, and was not killed by the officer’s returning fire as police initially implied. Autopsy results showed that Amiel Layeni, 28, "died from a self-inflicted gunshot …...Read More

Perhaps these solar eclipse spectators had a little bit too much fun preparing for the event — two black vultures found "drunk" inside a dumpster in Watertown, Connecticut. The vultures were rescued by Watertown Animal Control the day before the eclipse on April 7, and transported to A Place Called …...Read More

As two other major gambling scandals shake up professional sports, the NFL has reinstated five players who had been suspended indefinitely for violating the league's betting rules. Shaka Toney, Rashod Berry, Quintez Cephus, C.J. Moore and Demetrius Taylor were officially reinstated by the NFL. The latter four are all free …...Read More

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania House Democrats on Thursday proposed a process to determine if state representatives are "incapacitated" and to sanction or expel them, moving in the wake of intense criticism after one of their members voted remotely this week while being sought on charges he violated a restraining …...Read More

Officials on Cape Cod have reportedly solved a piece of history after a mysterious object dating back to the Cold War was found on a local beach. The large artifact, resembling an aircraft fuselage, was found on Marconi Beach in Massachusetts in early April, according to a recent post shared …...Read More

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The Alabama Senate on Thursday advanced legislation aimed at strengthening the state's weak open records law by setting deadlines to respond to requests to view public documents. Senators voted 29-0 for the legislation. The bill now moves to the House. "Right now, under current law, it’s …...Read More

Florida school districts will soon have the option of allowing volunteer chaplains to counsel students under a bill signed Thursday by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, who dismissed critics opposed to mixing religion with public education. The only requirements for a chaplain to participate would be passing a background check and …...Read More

Authorities evacuated an area of Ohio's capital, Columbus, for several hours on Thursday out of fear that a fire in truck's trailer could have caused lithium ion batteries to explode. DRIVER DEAD AFTER FIERY CRASH INTO CHICAGO-AREA TOLL PLAZA Police began evacuating a several-block area west of downtown shortly after …...Read More

Scottie Scheffler dominated this year's Masters to earn a four-shot victory, his second at Augusta National in the last three years. However, this past week's tournament wound up being one of the worst-rated in recent memory. Sports Business Journal reported that CBS drew 9.589 million viewers for the final round …...Read More

New Jersey researchers recently announced that a U.S. Marine's partial remains had been sitting in a child's rock collection for an unknown number of years. According to officials, the story begins with the death of Marine Corps Captain Everett Leland Yager in July 1951. He was flying over Riverside County, …...Read More