A suspected drug kingpin on the "15 Most Wanted" fugitives list has been arrested in Los Angeles, the U.S. Marshals Service announced Thursday.

Former IMF director Dominique Strauss-Kahn, accused of sexually assaulting a hotel maid, is scheduled to make a court

In his last full day on the job, outgoing Defense Secretary Robert Gates was honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, America's highest civilian honor, on Thursday during a tribute in front of the Pentagon.

Authorities say the body of a woman who died in a Massachusetts public pool went undetected for days as swimmers continued to use the pool before the victim was found floating.

Syrian tanks and helicopters opened fire and killed at least two civilians as the military advanced through a series of villages in northwestern Syria Thursday, a push that sent residents running for the hills, a villager told CNN.

A man from Nigeria has been charged with being a stowaway after he allegedly took a flight from John F. Kenney International Airport in New York to Los Angeles, even though he did not have a proper boarding pass and was not on the flight manifest.

As the clock ticks down to the August date in which the U.S. officially defaults on its debt, lawmakers on both sides of aisle appear to be playing a game of political volleyball.

The NBA says it will recommend a lockout after talks between the league and players halted without a new labor agreement. The current deal expires at midnight ET.

Internet search giant Google is bracing for a fine that could top $500 million, after a federal probe of illegal online pharmacy ads placed on the website over the past three years, CNN has confirmed.

The defense rested its case without calling Anthony to testify. She's on trial for capital murder in the death of her 2-year-old daughter, Caylee.