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Hundreds of worried people gathered to hear state officials tell them that testing so far has shown local air is safe to breathe and to promise that safety testing of the air and water would continue.

Jury selection begins this week in Jackson, Miss., in the trial of a man charged with killing two young black men more than 40 years ago. James Ford Seale, 71, was initially arrested in 1964 for allegedly abducting and killing Charles Moore and Henry Dee.

And what about a cold or RSV? With all the illness spreading, it's virus soup out there these days. Some people feel so sick they're wondering if they're fighting more than one germ at once.

U.S. prosecutors laid out several documents and recordings in their racketeering case against former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder and former FirstEnergy lobbyist Matt Borges.

Neighboring Thailand sent firetrucks and emergency workers to help cope with the 12-hour inferno in a bustling border town. Some victims are believed to still be under debris or in locked rooms.

The Akron Education Association Thursday filed a notice with the state signifying it intends to go on strike if an agreement can't be reached on a contract with Akron Public Schools Board of Education within the next 10 days.

The senator launched a nationwide conversation when he challenged the president's pick to lead the CIA. He vowed to keep talking until the White House clarified whether it has authority to kill U.S. citizens on American soil with drones. He finally stood down, but the debate is far from over.

The federal government once considered whistle-blowers a nuisance, or worse. But over the past few years, that attitude has slowly started to change. More agencies have been reaching out for tips about fraud and abuse, even if digging through the stacks of complaints can present a challenge.

For the first time, researchers have surveyed more than 1,600 young people serving life without the possibility of parole. The study found that many came from homes of violence and abuse. And for many young offenders, educational programs in jail are out of reach.

Agents at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives have spent months testing new plastic weapons, and report that the guns can be lethal and hard to detect. The findings come just as a federal law that requires guns to be composed of at least some metal to help people in schools and airports detect them is set to expire.