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A Tennessee woman was the apparent victim of an abduction Friday. Eliza Fletcher, 34, was running on Central Avenue in Memphis when she was approached by an unknown person, according ...

A 6-year-old Ohio girl was taking out the trash Tuesday when her screams echoed in the Hamilton, Ohio, neighborhood where she lives. Only a few seconds of the family’s doorbell ...

"I look up and she's gone."

"The U.S. Attorney’s Office and our law enforcement partners will not tolerate online threats of violence..."

More often than not, the scams that make the news focus on elderly victims. People seeking to take advantage of that vulnerable group do so by preying on their technological ...

The world of dating has changed dramatically over the past decade as more and more people have made the shift to online dating. There are plenty of perks to being ...

Passing children on bicycles and a man who appeared to be their dad, most people would think nothing of it. On Monday, one Florida woman was presented with this situation ...

Editor’s Note: Our readers responded strongly to this story when it originally ran; we’re reposting it here in case you missed it. Holding a baby in one hand and a ...

An Arizona judge denied a request to delay the execution of a prisoner who argued that the state's death penalty procedures would violate his rights by subjecting him to severe ...

Editor’s Note: Our readers responded strongly to this story when it originally ran; we’re reposting it here in case you missed it. It's difficult to imagine what could lead a ...

On May 8, 37-year-old mother Zayra Mendoza was walking home from work in Birmingham, Massachusetts, when she realized a man was following her. He quickly caught up to the petite ...

A San Jose family was desperate to locate their little boy after he was kidnapped on Monday while his grandmother was unloading groceries. In what police are calling a "planned" ...

These days if you see a story with "TikTok" in the title, you're more than likely going to read about some ridiculous new challenge imperiling both teenagers and common sense. ...

"I am deeply ashamed of myself for my behavior..."

When a mother in Tigard, Oregon, spotted a man take her child into his apartment and lock the door, she wasted no time rectifying the situation. It was on Wednesday ...

On July 31, 1960, a schoolteacher from Las Vegas was in the Arizona desert looking for rocks to add to his garden. Instead, he found the remains of a child, ...

Six years ago, many were intrigued and concerned over the case of Sherri Papini, a mother of two who disappeared on Nov. 2, 2016, from Shasta County, California, and did ...

The suspect in the murder of a 4-year-old boy will not face a trial on murder charges, a Texas judge ruled Friday. Darriynn Brown has been accused of kidnapping and ...

Most people who have driven alone in cars have felt, at one point or another, that something or someone might have sneaked into the car without them knowing. It's mostly ...

The families of the 17 missionaries who were kidnapped in Haiti on Oct. 16 have been safely reunited with their loved ones after the 12 remaining hostages managed to escape ...