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A homicide investigation is underway on Bessemer Road in Birmingham.

The Coast Guard wants to remind everyone that knowingly transmitting false distress calls is a federal crime, punishable by up to 10 years in prison and fines of up to $250,000, plus the cost of the search.

Multiple attempted car break-ins happened Friday morning in different neighborhoods across Simpsonville

Florida Highway Patrol said a Lake County crash left one person dead and two others injured Friday.

Graphene was discovered in 2004, has been described as a miracle material, and its discoverers were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2010 as a completely new material. We’ve written about graphene before, and usually there’s a graphene item in our weekly Friday Around the Web feature. But for more depth, this article reviews a recent study on products claiming graphene content and also encourages materials suppliers and manufacturers to do their due diligence and to seek certification t...

Authorities are investigating the death of two men at a residence in Lincoln on Friday.

Iowa officials issued an advisory for a missing 84-year-old man on Friday.

When police approached the suspect, he fled into his apartment and barricaded himself, according to the Melbourne Police Department.

Police have charged a man in connection to two violent crimes in Savannah’s Southside this month. He was also charged in connection to a homicide.