BB&T Corp. will soon take over Colonial BancGroup Inc. of Montgomery, Ala., according to numerous media reports

A 14-year-old New York girl was sentenced to 18 months in a juvenile facility for putting a kitten in an oven and leaving it to roast alive, officials said. The New York Law Department said Whitney B. pleaded guilty to burglary and animal cruelty

Police issued an Amber Alert for a 6-year-old boy who was allegedly abducted by his armed father and could be in the Flagstaff area.

SUQUAMISH, WA.--"Paddle to Suquamish" Aug. 1-11 was a dramatic sign that the Indian tribes of the Pacific Northwest are in the midst of a cultural reawakening. Participation continues to grow 20 years after "Paddle to Seattle," the first tribal canoe

RICHMOND, Va. -- Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine on Thursday ordered freedom for three of four former sailors convicted of raping and killing another sailor's wife in 1997.

A mother was drinking vodka and smoking marijuana while driving a vanload of children home from a weekend camping trip that ended in disaster when she went the wrong way on a highway and crashed into an SUV, killing eight people, police said Tuesday.

(CNN) -- Naomi Sims, one of the world's first black supermodels, has died at the age of 61 after a battle with breast cancer, according to her family. Naomi Sims became an icon of the "Black is Beautiful" movement with her modeling. Continued >

He is being charged with murder, felony murder, possession of a firearm by a felon in commission of a crime, aggravated assault and armed robbery.

Five wait as one of them pulls six bright orange vests from a storage container, each with the words "Montavilla Neighborhood Foot Patrol" emblazoned across the back.

Two Phoenix police officers shot and killed a man, 53, after watching him stab a woman in his bedroom and then turn on them.