The University of North Alabama said the school will keep its lion mascot following a request by an animal rights group that the lion be transferred to a sanctuary.

A teenage driver has pleaded guilty to charges in a crash that killed a Tennessee police officer.

A Georgia woman accused of neglecting her 17-year-old daughter has been charged with murder and child cruelty in the girl's death, according to authorities.

Hollywood's technical expertise can awe us with monsters and imaginary worlds. But is it capable of delivering a simple screen kiss during a pandemic marked by masks and social distancing?

Three people are now charged in the killing of an 8-year-old boy who was shot to death inside Alabama's largest shopping mall, news outlets reported.

Heavy overnight rains quickly swamped the west Alabama city of Tuscaloosa, covering roads with water and leaving guests stranded in a motel.

Nashville authorities are investigating a weekend fire at a storage facility that killed one person in a unit that included materials used for methamphetamine production.

An Alabama man who was charged in a 1990 slaying in which another man was cleared has pleaded guilty in the killing.

Police are investigating allegations that an Alabama prison system employee pulled a gun on another motorist in a fast food drive-thru lane.

A dog in Tennessee became a hero on the Fourth of July by alerting her owner to a house fire next door.

Author and true-crime buff Michelle McNamara devoted the final years of her life trying to track down the shadowy predator she dubbed the "Golden State Killer" -- a serial rapist and murderer who terrorized California in the 1970s and '80s.

A Texas man has been arrested in connection with the discovery of the body of a woman in a plastic container floating in Kentucky Lake, authorities said.

A 16-year-old Tennessee boy working at a construction site has died after falling from scaffolding, police said.

The American Museum of Natural History will remove a prominent statue of Theodore Roosevelt from its entrance after years of objections that it symbolizes colonial expansion and racial discrimination, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Sunday.

An Uber driver in Georgia has been placed on life support after she was allegedly shot by passengers she picked up from a Dollar General store.

A Florida man is facing felony charges after police said he let a 12-year-old girl drive his SUV and told her to speed because he wanted to be a "cool father" -- even though he is not her dad.

A writer from a "Law & Order" spin-off and the play-by-play broadcaster for the NBA's Sacramento Kings found themselves out of jobs after making social media posts this week that their bosses found too incendiary or insensitive, highlighting an apparent surge in such firings across many lines of work.

Master builders of the sea construct the equivalent of a complex five-story house that protects them from predators and funnels and filters food for them — all from snot coming out of their heads.

The body of a teenager was recovered from a lake the day after he ran into the water trying to escape officers during a traffic stop, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said.

A Utah judge blocked a concert protesting coronavirus restrictions Friday, siding with county health officials who said the event expected to attract thousands of people could worsen the pandemic.

Following the arrest of a CNN crew on live television by police on Friday, an apologetic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz promised that journalists would not be interfered with in reporting on violent protests following the death of George Floyd.

A man in Alabama died when he got caught in a wood chipper that got jammed at his workplace, police said.

A murder charge has been added against a Georgia woman accused of neglecting her mother who had a stroke in 2015 and died in January.