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A city in California adopted an innovative program to stop violence: By offering potential criminals support services and cash for good behavior. Since then, the murder rate has dramatically declined.

Former private security chief José Luis López Medina is Tijuana's new police chief. A spokesman for the mayor explained why the previous chief was forced out.

The transformation of Pittsburgh echoes the triumphs and challenges of cities across the country where gentrification is changing neighborhoods after a generation of economic decline.

McGregor made the announcement on Twitter, but some MMA fans are questioning whether the brash 27-year-old fighter means what he says or if this is simply a move to get more money from UFC.

First-time candidates are seeking offices across the country. And several nonprofits are helping American Muslims get involved in the political process.

A trio of female college students didn't like the way "matrimonial adverts" depict women. So they wrote a song about it.

Opposition legislators have now spoken for some 150 hours straight, holding up a bill that would give new surveillance powers to South Korea's spy agency.

Two years after an NPR investigation showed mines owned by Jim Justice failed to pay safety penalties, a new analysis shows he is the nation's top mine safety delinquent and owes millions.

A major quake in the early hours of Sunday morning woke up residents of Anchorage and could be felt across much of southern Alaska. There's no risk of a tsunami, the National Weather Service says.

An apparent drunk driver careened into spectators at one of Mardi Gras' biggest parades Saturday. "We are grateful that none of the injuries appear to be life-threatening," New Orleans' mayor said.