Joseph Owusu, 24, was found dead inside a duffel bag abandoned on a Brooklyn sidewalk after surveillance footage captured two people removing the bag from a white sedan and leaving it behind. His family is demanding answers as police investigate his death.

Democratic Senate candidate Scott Colom flipped Forrest County, Mississippi, a county named after the Ku Klux Klan's first grand wizard, in his closely contested race against Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith.

Pittsburgh officials and the Larimer Consensus Group have launched a project to add 26 affordable homes to the historic neighborhood through a mix of new construction and property rehabilitation.

Michael Sanft, defense attorney for convicted 'shot-caller' Duane "Keffe D" Davis in the Tupac Shakur murder trial, has died.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom is commuting all 548 death sentences in the state to life without parole, citing concerns about capital punishment and the criminal justice system.

Jacqueline Kelly, a former federal prosecutor who oversaw investigations involving Sean “Diddy” Combs, will lead the criminal investigation into allegations that seven Cornell fraternity members sexually assaulted a former student in 2024.

Pittsburgh Public Schools has achieved most of its initial restructuring milestones, but parents remain concerned about transportation and academic stability during the transition.

Scott Colom is a longtime Mississippi prosecutor seeking to become the state's first Black U.S. senator since Reconstruction. Get to know his background, legal career, policy priorities and historic Senate campaign.