A Phoenix woman stabbed her three young sons to death and put their partially dismembered bodies in a closet before she tried to kill herself at their home, police said Thursday. Officers found the dead boys — ages 2 months old and 5 and 8 years old — in a… Read More

Police in Connecticut say they were able to apprehend a suspect they were running after thanks to a passing motorist who saw the foot pursuit and offered an officer a ride. The Bulletin of Norwich reports that two Norwich officers on Wednesday pulled over a vehicle that was suspected of being… Read More

A 19-year-old Indianapolis man has been charged with killing three people over four days, and authorities say he was inspired by the horror movie “The Purge.” A witness told detectives that Jonathan Cruz told her he had been “purging” by shooting and robbing people, according to court documents filed Wednesday…. Read More

Stephen Curry realizes every last man on the bench can mean so much to winning a championship. As he and Klay Thompson endured rare off nights that even featured Curry tossing his mouthpiece in frustration, the MVP’s “Strength In Numbers” supporting cast made all the timely shots and all the… Read More

A law-enforcement official tells The Associated Press that tests show Prince died of an opioid overdose. The 57-year-old singer was found dead April 21 at his Minneapolis-area estate. The official, who is close to the investigation, spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the… Read More

An Alabama teacher is on leave after giving middle school students a test with math questions about prostitutes, drugs and guns, a school official said Wednesday. Rena Philips, a spokeswoman for Mobile County’s public schools, said the educator from Burns Middle School was placed on administrative leave after a parent… Read More

For nearly six decades, she was the wife of a famed military aviator. Nobody knew she was a hero in her own right, a spy who reported on Soviet troop movements from behind what came to be called the Iron Curtain. Now Stephanie Czech Rader is finally being recognized for… Read More

A burlesque dancer says JetBlue employees at Boston’s Logan International Airport forced her to change clothes before she was allowed to board a connecting flight to Seattle. The 26-year-old dancer uses the stage name Maggie McMuffin. She tells The Boston Globe she was waiting for her flight May 18 when… Read More

Marlon Byrd’s second strike with performance-enhancing drugs cost him a full season — and maybe his career. The Indians’ veteran outfielder was suspended 162 games without pay by Major League Baseball on Wednesday after testing positive for Ipamorelin, a growth hormone releasing peptide. Byrd said in a statement he won’t… Read More

Civil liberties groups are criticizing an FBI proposal that they say would make it harder for people to know if personal information about them such as fingerprints and iris scans is on file. The FBI is proposing to exempt a key identification databases from certain provisions of the federal Privacy… Read More