Jim Vertuno, Associated Press

Flames moved with alarming speed and blackened the landscape across a vast stretch of small towns and cattle ranches.

After the killing, Kaitlin Armstrong fled to Costa Rica, where prosecutors say she got plastic surgery to change her appearance.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has been pressing for the chance to pardon Daniel Perry under the state’s “Stand Your Ground” law.

Prosecutors sought Tuesday to portray as racist a U.S. Army sergeant assigned to Fort Wainwright who shot an armed man during a Black Lives Matter protest.

The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency erased 14 years of Lance Armstrong's career Friday — including his record seven Tour de France titles — and banned him for life from the sport that made him a hero to millions of cancer survivors after concluding he used banned substances.

The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency is bringing noncriminal doping charges against seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong, threatening to strip his victories in those storied cycling races.