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Bob McDonnell, once considered a potential 2016 presidential candidate, is the first Virginia governor ever convicted of a crime.

Only hours earlier Mayor Bill de Blasio and Police Commissioner Bill Bratton had praised the NYPD for the record low crime rate in 2014.

Popular travel destinations for 2015 include a home for samurais and white-capped volcanoes.

An attorney says FBI personnel with foreign ties have no idea how they get put into an internal surveillance program.

More than 3.2 million registered refugees have fled war-torn Syria to live in neighboring countries, such as Lebanon.

The youngest victim was 12 years old; the oldest was 37. Most of them were female.

Last year saw less pedestrian deaths in New York City that at any time since 1910 when records began.

Mario Cuomo, the outspoken former Democratic governor of New York, died Thursday.

The alleged act of arson is thought to be part of a wave of rising anti-immigrant sentiment.

The Tallahassee Police Department says it released details of the Freedom of Information Act request for the sake of "transparency."

Some have speculated the the outages are a U.S. response to the Sony hack, but Internet security experts see this as an unlikely prospect.

The ride service company is facing legal charges in South Korea, just the latest country to challenge the service.

Sony Pictures had reportedly approached Apple to stream the controversial film, which is releasing Thursday after being pulled from theaters.

Only high-level government officials and a few others have unfettered Internet access in North Korea.

In a televised speech, Raul Castro pledged that renewal of U.S. relations would not end communism in Cuba.

An investigation by the Guardian has revealed that al Qaeda-linked clerics attempted to secure the release of Peter Kassig from ISIS.

Some adolescent inmates were put in solitary confinement on Rikers Island until this month.

North Korea played a major role in the hacking against Sony that spurred the studio to cancel the theatrical release of "The Interview."

The administration of Gov. Andrew Cuomo said it will ban the practice of hydraulic fracking in New York State.

The longstanding embargo on the island nation will officially remain in place despite a historic diplomatic shift.

Abu Anas al-Libi is suspected of helping orchestrate the 1998 attacks on U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania.

Dr. Vivek Murthy's confirmation as U.S. surgeon general was impeded by Republicans over his views supporting gun control.

Vivek Murthy became President Barack Obama's nominee for surgeon general in 2013, and the Senate could finally vote on his candidacy Monday.

Jeb Bush has seen some GOP opposition to his possible presidential run, but that could be a good thing.

Production of some Sony films has reportedly been halted because of the cyberattacks plaguing the company since last month.

With most of the U.S.-led coalition forces about to exit Afghanistan, the Taliban has resurfaced to inflict major casualties.

What happens when a government agency lies to a reporter?

Twenty-one members of the Church of Almighty God, an illegal cult in China, were given prison sentences Wednesday.

Ex-President George W. Bush and former Vice President Dick Cheney were misled about the CIA's interrogation program, a Senate committee found.