Public Safety

Authorities say the crash appears to be an accident. Its exact cause remains under investigation.

"I'm staying hopeful," she said. "Until the final word comes, you keep fighting against it."

U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops announced it will delay for at least several months any votes on proposed new steps to address the clergy sex abuse crisis.

So far this year, nearly 30 minors have been fatally shot in Philadelphia. Last year, 22 teens were shot and killed.

31 people have died so far in wildfires in both Northern and Southern California.

Not a single resident of Paradise can be seen anywhere in town after most of them fled the burning Northern California community that may be lost forever.

Measures including expanded background checks and a ban on assault-style weapons are likely to reach the House floor.

Nearly 2 weeks after a gunman shot to death 11 people inside a Pittsburgh synagogue, their lives were remembered Friday with a moment of silence and rally for peace in a park.

A shooter killed 12 people and injured several more at a country music bar in Ventura County, Calif., late Wednesday, police said.

The Carney administration, confirming what ...

Authorities say two suspects have been arrested in a shooting that wounded a Philadelphia police officer.

Standing in Pennypack where the trail opens, the crack of gunfire can often be heard in the distance.

After Dorothy Johnson-Speight lost her son to gun violence nearly two decades ago, she started a movement to take her city back by eradicating gun violence.