Ken Stanford

A federal judge has ruled that the New York Police Department's surveillance of Muslims in New Jersey was a lawful effort to prevent terrorism, not a civil rights violation.

Two Western states with some of the nation's lowest smoking rates are considering cracking down even more by raising the tobacco age to 21.

An eviction hearing at an American Indian headquarters in Northern California turned deadly as a woman who once served as a tribal leader allegedly opened fire, killing four people and critically wounding two others in a gun and knife attack, authorities said.

A Jackson County School bus was involved in a wreck involving two other vehicles Thursday afternoon.

The number of U.S. farms is declining even as the value of their crops and livestock has increased over the past five years, a government census of American agriculture released Thursday says.

The Arizona Legislature gave final approval to legislation that allows business owners asserting their religious beliefs to refuse service to gays, drawing backlash from Democrats who called the proposal "state-sanctioned discrimination" and an embarrassment.

More than $2 million has been awarded to the family of a northeast Georgia pastor who was fatally shot by a Stephens County sheriff's deputy more than four years ago.