SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) - An elderly former policeman has been arrested and charged with eight murders attributed to the Golden State Killer, a serial criminal responsible for dozens of rapes and slayings that terrorized parts of California during the 1970s and 1980s, authorities said on Wednesday.

(Reuters) - One of the two Dallas police officers shot outside a Home Depot store died on Wednesday and the man suspected of the crime was being held on a capital murder charge, which can bring the death penalty, officials said.

NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Liberal U.S. Supreme Court justices sought assurances on Wednesday that the Trump administration's policy for granting medical or other exceptions to a ban on travelers from several Muslim-majority countries amounted to more than window dressing.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court's conservative majority appeared poised to hand President Donald Trump a huge legal victory, signaling on Wednesday it was likely to uphold his contentious travel ban targeting several Muslim-majority countries.

TIJUANA, Mexico (Reuters) - Hundreds of Central American migrants from a caravan that crossed Mexico reunited in Tijuana on Wednesday and planned to cross the border together this weekend in defiance of threats by U.S. President Donald Trump to repel them.

(Reuters) - President Donald Trump's lawyer Michael Cohen said on Wednesday he would assert his right under the U.S. Constitution to avoid self-incrimination in a lawsuit filed by adult-film star Stormy Daniels, who says she had an affair with Trump.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A behind-the-scenes dramatization on how the New York Times broke the story that accused powerful Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein of a pattern of sexual misconduct will be developed as a feature film, one of its backers said on Wednesday.

(Reuters) - A former Minnesota police officer charged with murdering an unarmed Australian woman in July will argue that he acted in self-defense when he fired the fatal shot from his police car, a newspaper report on Wednesday said.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Reuters) - The Waffle House restaurant in Nashville where a gunman killed four people reopened on Wednesday for the first time since the weekend attack, filling up with customers ordering breakfasts as a makeshift memorial of flowers piled up outside.

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Texas on Wednesday executed a man convicted of opening fire at a children's birthday party in 2008, believing a rival gang member was present and fatally shooting a woman and her 5-year-old granddaughter in a spray of bullets.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- A man once sworn to protect the public from crime was accused Wednesday of living a double life terrorizing suburban neighborhoods at night, becoming one of California's most feared serial killers and rapists in the 1970s and '80s before leaving a cold trail that baffled investigators for more than three decades.. […]

WASHINGTON (AP) -- White House doctor Ronny Jackson exhibited a pattern of recklessly prescribing drugs and drunken behavior, including crashing a government vehicle while intoxicated and doling out such a large supply of a prescription opioid that staffers panicked because they thought the drugs were missing, according to accusations compiled by Democratic […]

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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- Seoul says North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon-Jae-in will plant a tree together and inspect an honor guard after Kim walks across the border for the leaders' historic summit....

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- It may lack the punch of President Donald Trump's vow to unleash "fire and fury" and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's "nuclear button" boasts, but the stakes will be high on Friday when Kim and South Korean President Moon Jae-in sit down on the southern side of the no man's land that […]

NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) -- The jury in Bill Cosby's sexual assault case ended a marathon first day of deliberations without reaching a verdict Wednesday as his lawyers came under heavy criticism for what some called a blatant attempt to "victim-shame" the parade of women who have leveled accusations against the 80-year-old comedian....

TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) -- About 130 Central Americans, mostly women and children, have arrived at the U.S. border with Mexico in a "caravan" of asylum-seeking immigrants that has drawn the fury of President Donald Trump....

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- President Donald Trump's personal attorney said Wednesday he will assert his constitutional right against self-incrimination in a civil case brought by a porn actress who said she had an affair with Trump....

TORONTO (AP) -- The deadly van rampage in Toronto is training attention on an online world of sexual loneliness, rage and misogyny after the suspect invoked an uprising by "involuntary celibates" and gave a shoutout to a California killer who seethed at women for rejecting him....

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Employees at a Waffle House where four people were killed in a weekend shooting rampage wore orange ribbons, hugged each other and wept as the restaurant re-opened. And a steady stream of customers came in to the Nashville restaurant Wednesday to show support....

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By the end of the argument, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority seemed ready to defer to the president’s national security judgments and discount his campaign promises to impose a “Muslim ban.”

Developments on the president’s travel ban and efforts to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program signal that he could find a new way to counter the legal resistance to his crackdown.

The young undocumented immigrants have seen their hopes alternately elevated and dashed, sometimes in a single week.

Accusations that Dr. Jackson, the president’s pick to lead the V.A., mishandled an opioid and wrecked a car while intoxicated surfaced in a document compiled by the Democratic staff of a Senate panel.

A day before a hearing in his federal investigation in New York, Mr. Cohen said he would not testify if called as a witness in the civi lawsuit in California.

A new document shows how Scott Pruitt, the E.P.A. chief, is preparing to answer tough questions about his ethics and spending scandals when he appears before Congress on Thursday.

“Let’s make sure that we keep this confidential,” Roger Goodell said to begin the session. The New York Times obtained an audio recording of the meeting.

— Patriots owner Robert Kraft​

Drugs to prevent HIV-positive pregnant women from infecting their unborn babies appear safe, new research indicates.

The number of illnesses linked to Arizona romaine lettuce tainted with E. coli have risen sharply, from 53 cases a week ago to 84 on Wednesday.

The racial gap between black and white Americans for dying early has narrowed.

As recently as a century ago, the people of New Guinea were carving daggers from the thighbones of cassowaries, flightless, dinosaur-like birds.

Researchers have figured out why exercise is good for the heart, at least in mice: It helps the organ generate more new heart muscle cells.

Researchers have developed a new use for low-cost 3D printers: hand sensors to detect chemical or biological agents, or even charge electronic devices with cells.

As promised, Gaia made its second data release available to the public on Wednesday, offering new details on some 1.38 billion stars.

Over-the-counter ibuprofen and acetaminophen provide better relief for dental pain than opioids and are less likely to cause side effects, a new study says.

An Australian couple with a taste for fast food surprised guests at their wedding by bringing in a feast of 300 McDonald's cheeseburgers.

A man crawled underneath a family's pick-up truck in Thailand to rescue a tiny kitten that crawled into the vehicle's engine.

An aurora can dance across the night sky in a variety of colors in one of nature's most breathtaking phenomenon.

A storm sending snow to the Ohio Valley on Friday night will bypass the swath from Philadelphia to New York City on Saturday, but may still swing northward along the Atlantic coast during Saturday night.

A magnitude 5.3 earthquake shook Southern California early Thursday afternoon, the strongest earthquake to rattle the region since 2014.

A blast of arctic air will bring frigid nights to the central United States and may cause damage to the winter wheat crop over the southern Plains this weekend.

The risk of severe thunderstorms and flooding downpours will return to parts of the south-central and southeastern United States spanning Friday and Saturday.

The common misconception is that cell phones attract lightning. This isn't the case.

Capable of flattening entire neighborhoods and taking many lives, a tornado's winds can reach speeds of up to 300 mph.

Residents of California are being put on alert for a renewed risk of flooding, mudslides and travel disruptions through the first part of the weekend.

Strong winds howled across part of the northeastern United States and Ontario on Wednesday, leaving thousands without power and causing widespread travel disruptions.

Lingering Arctic air will set the stage for additional snowfall in the northeastern United States over the next five days, including the potential for a few inches of snow during the first full weekend of April.