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NBA Investigates LA Clippers Owner

The NBA is investigating a TMZ report alleging that Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling made racists remarks about African Americans during a phone call with his girlfriend. In a news conference...

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Man With Headphones Killed by Train

A man is dead after he was hit by an Amtrak train in Midtown, according to the San Diego Police. The 24-year-old man was struck near Pacific Highway and W. Washington Street around 3:30 p.m. Saturday....

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Twitter Reacts to Donald Sterling's Alleged Remarks

The sports world took to Twitter with their reaction to the racist remarks Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling reportedly made during a phone call with his girlfriend. The comments were made in...

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Woman Killed in Suspected Drive-By

A woman was fatally shot in Chicago Friday night while returning home from an anti-violence group’s fundraiser. Leonore Draper had just returned home from A Charitable Confection, a fundraiser for teen...

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School Mourns Prom Day Tragedy

The Milford, Conn., community continues to come to grips with the tragedy at Jonathan Law High School. Sixteen-year-old Maren Sanchez, a junior, was stabbed to death Friday morning in the school by a...

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Stowaway's Dad Will Fly To Hawaii

The father of the Santa Clara teen stowaway, whose 5 1/2 hour journey inside a Boeing 767 wheel well captured the world's attention, said Sunday that he will fly to Hawaii to bring his son home. The...

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Grimm Expected to Surrender to FBI: Sources

New York Rep. Michael Grimm, who is facing federal criminal charges, is expected to surrender to the FBI on Monday, according to sources familiar with the case. Grimm is believed to be facing charges...

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43 Shot in Chicago Over Weekend

At least 43 people have been shot, five of them fatally, in a spate of violence across Chicago since Friday. The latest homicide took place around 12:25 a.m. Sunday in the 3500 block of West Fullerton...

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Clippers Owner Will Not Be Honored at Gala: NAACP

The interim president of the NAACP said during NBC’s "Meet the Press" on Sunday that embattled Clippers owner Donald Sterling would not be honored at an awards gala in Los Angeles next month. Sterling,...

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Prison Escapee Captured Nude in Tx.

The search is over for a prison escapee with ties to North Texas. Kendrick Rishard Davis, 34, escaped from the Kyle Correctional Center just after 2 p.m. Saturday. He was captured sometime around 8...

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2 Planes Collide in San Francisco

Search crews are looking for a pilot after two small planes crashed in the air in the North Bay Sunday afternoon, according to the Coast Guard. The Coast Guard said a Cessna 210 and Hawker Sea Fury TMK...

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Dodger Matt Kemp Pulled Into Sterling Controversy

Dodgers outfielder Matt Kemp has been dragged into the controversy over racist comments allegedly made by Clippers owner Donald Sterling, according to an audio recording released Sunday by Deadspin....

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Clippers Turn Gear Inside-Out in Protest

Members of the Los Angeles Clippers basketball team are turning their shirts inside-out in what appears to be a player-fueled protest against the team’s embattled owner Donald Sterling, who has come...

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Mystery of Rescued Bear Cub "Tahoe" May Be Solved

The mystery of the adorable bear cub named Tahoe may be solved. The 10-week-old cub was dropped off at the Bear League organization in Lake Tahoe about a week ago weighing just under 5.5 pounds. With...

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Rep. Grimm Arrested on Federal Charges

New York Rep. Michael Grimm surrendered to the FBI Monday morning and was arrested on federal charges, including tax fraud and mail fraud, for allegedly concealing more than $1 million in sales and...

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Kevin Johnson: Players Demand "Maximum" Sanction

Sacramento Mayor and special adviser to the National Basketball Player's Association Kevin Johnson said Monday that players are calling for the most "severe sanction possible" in the wake of racist...

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Magic: "I'm Disappointed... Hurt... Outraged"

NBA Hall of Fame player Magic Johnson addressed Donald Sterling's alleged racist remarks Monday at an event in Gary, Ind. Sterling, the owner of the Los Angeles Clippers, is alleged to be the voice on...

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Sponsors Drop Clippers Over Racism

Some of the Los Angeles Clippers' largest sponsors are severing their ties with the team in efforts to distance themselves from the controversy surrounding its owner's alleged racist remarks. Virgin...

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Deadly Tornadoes Rip Through the South

A storm system producing more than 50 tornado reports in 24 hours has killed more than 30 people in Alabama and Mississippi. Click through to see photos from the wreckage. Photo Credit: AP

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Dad Kicks Son, 6, Off Halfpipe

Cell phone video of a dad kicking his 6-year-old son off a halfpipe at a Florida skate park has provoked public outrage, and now child protection officials say they are investigating. The incident at...

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