A trendy sushi restaurant in Santa Monica, California, is accused of serving the meat of endangered whales. The federal probe was spurred by the team behind the Oscar-winning documentary "The Cove."
Simmering tension spilled into public this week when Chief Justice John Roberts labeled the political atmosphere at the State of the Union address "very troubling."
A background check conducted in 2009 on an Ohio State University employee suspected of opening fire Tuesday on his co-workers turned up no criminal record, even though he apparently served five years in prison.
A Pennsylvania woman has been indicted for conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists and kill a person in a foreign country, the Justice Department announced Tuesday.
Robert "Joe" Halderman, the television producer accused of trying to blackmail comedian David Letterman, pleaded guilty to second-degree grand larceny at a hearing Tuesday afternoon.