A U.S. Army soldier who ran across a border into North Korea from the South pleaded guilty to five charges including desertion and disobeying an officer, receiving a sentence of confinement for a year, his lawyer said in a...Read More

Ukraine’s prospects for success in its defense against Russia might depend on “whether the Biden administration will be braver” and provide decisive support between the election and inauguration of the next U.S. ...Read More

LAS VEGAS — The man found guilty of murdering Las Vegas Review-Journal investigative reporter Jeff German is now asking the court to hold a hearing to clarify statements jurors made after the trial.

At a trial last ...Read More

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Gov. Andy Beshear declined Friday to comment on the motive behind the shooting of an Eastern Kentucky judge by a sheriff.

As a former prosecutor, Beshear said at a morning news conference in Frankfort, ...Read More

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Freddie Owens was executed by lethal injection Friday evening for the killing of a Greenville County mother of three, becoming the first first person executed in South Carolina in 13 years.

Owens, 46, ...Read More

CHICAGO — A trial over the constitutionality of Illinois’ ban on certain high-powered firearms ended this week after four days of arguments and now is in the hands of a federal judge who is expected to make a decision ...Read More