MICHAEL BIESECKER, AP John Edwards follows his daughter, Cate Edwards as they leave for lunch from a federal courthouse as the jury deliberates for a fourth day in his trial on charges of campaign corruption in Greensboro, NC, Wednesday, May 23, 2012.

A suspect in the disappearance of 6-year-old Etan Patz 33 years ago has confessed to strangling the little boy and disposing his lifeless body in a box, authorities said.

AP MIAMI - US forecasters predicted Thursday that this year's Atlantic hurricane season would produce a normal number of about nine to 15 tropical storms.

CHARDON, Ohio (AP) - A 17-year-old boy will be tried as an adult in the Ohio school shooting deaths of three students, a juvenile court judge ruled Thursday.

Two female soldiers filed a lawsuit yesterday charging that the military's ban on women in combat is unconstitutional and violates their equal protection rights under the Fifth Amendment.

By Meagan Clark - The Daily Caller Sterilization victim Elaine Riddick sheds a tear as she talks to the media following the Governor's Eugenics Compensation Task Force meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2012 in Raleigh.

By David Hill Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley, right, hugs Speaker of the House of Delegates Michael Busch after the House passed a gay marriage bill in Annapolis, Md.

By Natalie DiBlasio, USA TODAY A California police chief is defending the use of 10 officers - some on overtime - to search for his teenage son's stolen iPhone.

AP AUSTIN - Former presidential candidate Rick Santorum endorsed Ted Cruz in Texas' crowded race for a US Senate seat on Thursday, saying the firebrand attorney and tea party favorite "has the wow factor.

The Los Angeles City Council's decision to become the largest city in the nation to ban plastic grocery bags has generated mixed reaction from shoppers.

By George Anastasia Craig Arno, left, with his attorney, is to be sentenced May 24 for Martin Caballero's killing. MAYS LANDING - Craig Arno was sentenced to 120 years in prison this morning for the brutal kidnapping and murder of an Atlantic City ...

By Lisa Fernandez and Kris Sanchez A Silicon Valley executive could soon be trading LEGO blocks for cell blocks. It's a story you will only see on NBC Bay Area News.

By MIKE SCHNEIDER, AP - 1 minute ago ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Band members' statements to investigators that a Florida A&M University drum major willingly got on a bus where he endured a beating with drumsticks, mallets and fists help explain why ...

A student from Texas is the champion of this year's National Geographic Bee after correctly answering the question: What Bavarian city on the Danube River served as the legislative seat of the Holy Roman Empire?

By David G. Savage WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court has limited the Constitution's protection against double jeopardy in cases involving multiple charges and a deadlocked jury.

A fire on board the nuclear-powered submarine USS Miami injured at least seven people at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, authorities announced Thursday.

One day after failing to commit his November vote to President Obama's reelection, Democratic congressional nominee Ron Barber released a statement insisting he's an Obama supporter.