Bryan Pirkle

The number of police officers killed as a result of criminal acts decreased in 2015 from the year before, dropping from 51 to 41, the FBI said Tuesday.

A heat expert testified that temperatures peaked around 125 degrees inside the SUV where 22-month-old Cooper Harris died after being left there all day in June 2014.

A traffic stop in Lumpkin County ended with two arrests and the seizure of roughly $8,000 worth of methamphetamine on Friday.

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, marked by an outpouring of pink in various forms, from ribbons, to t-shirts, to football uniforms. The Better Business Bureau warns, however, that not every charity looking to ride the pink wave will handle your money properly, in a practice known as "pinkwashing."

Disaster relief efforts are in full swing along the southeastern seaboard, as emergency workers and volunteers endeavor to provide shelter to those displaced by Hurricane Matthew and clean up the damage left in the storm's wake.

Author and certified Interface Therapist Tammy Billups, who specializes in relationships between people and their pets, joined the ANW this week to discuss her book "Beyond the Fur" and share a few tips on how to maximize the owner-pet dynamic.

North Carolina officials say the death toll associated with Hurricane Matthew has risen to 18. Gov. Pat McCrory told a briefing Tuesday afternoon that two people drowned in Robeson County.

Tens of thousands of customers were still without power Tuesday along Georgia's coast in the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew as residents continued the tasks of cleaning up and putting their lives back together.

A recently published survey showed that most respondents aged 22-26 did not feel "life-ready" upon graduation from high school and college, with 40% saying college did not prepare them for the real world. With tuition rates rising, student loans piling up and many technical careers paying more than ever before, is a college degree still worth all the costs and sacrifices?

The Federal Emergency Management Agency is opening emergency operation centers for people evacuating from areas expected to be impacted by Hurricane Matthew.