Donald Trump has appeared to acknowledge he is under investigation in the inquiry into alleged Russian meddling in the US election.
In a tweet, the president also seemed to accuse the US deputy attorney general of pursuing a "Witch Hunt".
He said: "I am being investigated for firing the FBI Director by the man who told me to fire the FBI Director!"
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein...
A Tennessee homeowner held two escaped inmates wanted in the killing of two prison guards at gunpoint Thursday until authorities arrived and made the arrests.
Tennessee Highway Patrol spokesman Lt. Bill Miller said late Thursday that the homeowner caught Donnie Rowe and Ricky Dubose trying to steal his vehicle.
Miller says the escaped Georgia inmates had crashed a car while being chased by...
At least two people were shot dead and several people were injured when a man believed to be an employee let loose a barrage of gunfire Wednesday morning at the UPS building in the Potrero Hill area of San Francisco, prompting a massive police response and a shelter-in-place warning for the surrounding area, officials and witnesses said.
Multiple victims were being treated at San Francisco...
A top congressman was among five people wounded as a gunman sprayed bullets at Republican lawmakers during baseball practice in a Washington DC suburb.
House of Representatives Majority Whip Steve Scalise was expected to survive after the early morning attack at a park in Alexandria, Virginia.
Two police officers suffered non-life threatening bullet wounds as they fired back at the...
An explosion in Marengo, Ill., leveled two houses, damaged about 50 others and injured two people Sunday morning, emergency officials said.
The blast occurred around 4:40 a.m. and in addition to the two destroyed houses, caught four others on fire.
"The first battalion chief, on arrival, saw two houses that were completely gone. At that point, he pulled a MABAS box alarm, and tried getting...
At least one winning Powerball ticket worth an estimated $447.8 million was sold in California, the seventh largest jackpot in U.S. lottery history.
Lottery officials said one winning ticket was sold in Riverside County, though it's not clear if more than one ticket matched all five numbers plus the Powerball.
Saturday's winning numbers were 20, 26, 32, 38 and 58 with a Powerball of...
Former FBI Director James Comey will testify to Congress on Thursday that President Donald Trump told him at a dinner: "I expect loyalty."
According to his opening statement, Mr Comey will also say the president asked him to drop an inquiry into fired National Security Adviser Mike Flynn.
Mr Comey will back up the president's assertion that the FBI chief assured him Mr Trump was not under...
A 20-year-old US woman whose boyfriend took his own life nearly three years ago after she repeatedly urged him to suicide has gone on trial.
Michelle Carter is charged with involuntary manslaughter for her role in the suicide of Conrad Roy III.
Prosecutors allege Ms Carter drove the Massachusetts 18-year-old to his death to attract sympathy.
She has asked a judge to rule on the case,...
One word was close to breaking the internet on Wednesday morning: "covfefe".
It was an apparent typo in a tweet by US President Donald Trump, and internet users have been mocking him mercilessly.
"Despite the constant negative press covfefe," he tweeted just after midnight, Washington time.
And he then appeared to have gone to bed, without finishing his thought or correcting his...
A white police officer who fatally shot a 12-year-old black boy in Cleveland, Ohio, in November 2014 has been sacked for lying on his cadet application.
Timothy Loehmann opened fire on Tamir Rice as he played with a pellet gun, sparking widespread protests.
City officials announced Mr Loehmann's sacking and a 10-day suspension for his partner at the scene, Frank Garmback.
The penalties...
