By Tom Livsey, OurTown National News Editor, Four middle agded UGA frat brothers try to spend a weekend together, just to recall their college lives... More...
The police officer who accidentally killed a Long Island college student along with an armed intruder faced the most harrowing decision of a law enforcement career: choosing the split-second moment when the risk is so high that you must act to save a life, says an expert in the field. More...
After two tension-filled days that saw a bizarre ransom request for $1,000, Walter, the deaf, ailing 11-year-old mini Yorkie callously snatched from a fenced-in backyard Thursday, has reportedly been reunited with his owners. More...
Some lucky person walked into a Publix supermarket in suburban Florida over the past few days and bought a winning Powerball ticket now worth an estimated $590.5 million. More...
The Somali community in Minnesota is reacting with a mix of outrage, confusion and relief to sentences handed down last week in the long-running investigations into recruiting and financing for the terrorist group al-Shabab. More...
Commuter trains damaged in a crash in Connecticut were being removed Sunday in the first step to making repairs and restoring service, the agency that runs Metro-North said. More...
In the spring of 1963, a prominent civil rights leader led dozens of protesters on a march from a predominantly African-American college campus to the center of Charlotte's downtown. More...
Deployed for a year in Afghanistan, Army Spc. Larry Shaffer returned to North Carolina this week to discover his wife, Misty, had dropped more than 100 pounds in that 12-month period as a homecoming gift to her husband.  More...
But because of about $28,000 in student loans, which she's paid down to about $17,000, the 2010 Xavier University graduate will continue living paycheck to paycheck. More...
The Mansfield Community Center is getting a new name. Saturday, it will become the Ann Short Turner Community Center, after a big-time donation. More...