WECT Staff

The judge in penalty trial of Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz will soon decide whether the jury will be told about some brain exams his lawyers had conducted on him.

Police say a man drove his car into a barricade near the U.S. Capitol and then began firing gunshots in the air from the burning car before fatally shooting himself.

There is no word yet if any charges will be filed.

Arizona authorities say a man is facing a murder charge after he used his car to run over and kill another man on Friday.

A Delaware man is celebrating his second lottery win in about a month.

Officers in Arizona say an armed suspect has been arrested after he tried to enter an elementary school on Friday.

Disaster struck at the Medusa Festival “due to a strong gust of wind,” they said.

FoodShare providers plan to use a federal grant to improve fraud prevention tactics through new detection technology.

The owner of a horse carriage business in South Carolina says a horse was not injured after it fell in downtown Charleston.

Kelly Hanna Goodlett, one of the former Louisville Metro Police Department officers now charged in Breonna Taylor’s case, intends to plead guilty to a federal charge. Her attorney agreed Goodlett will change her plea from not guilty to guilty on a conspiracy charge.

Democrats happily declared victory on top-tier goals like providing Congress’ largest ever investment in curbing carbon emissions, reining in pharmaceutical costs and taxing large companies.

Luke Venne takes over as camp begins this week

While Heche is legally dead, she’s on life support and “her heart is still beating” so it can be determined if she can be an organ donor.

A federal judge determined Floyd Roseberry, who is diagnosed with bipolar disorder and PTSD, was improperly medicated when he allegedly threatened there were a series of bombs placed around Washington D.C. Roseberry will be permitted to await his trial under house arrest with his wife in North Carolina

The first of the six babies is due Sept. 27, with one other due in October, two in November and two in December.

The manager of a Family Dollar store in Alabama is in critical condition after police say she was stabbed by a shoplifter.

With more than 9,000 cases nationwide, worries linger ahead of the new school year.

The Forest County Humane Society said they are caring for six 2-3 week old puppies.

As recovery efforts continue, state leaders are calling out the Federal Emergency Management Agency after they said a “steady stream of reports” from eastern Kentuckians indicate they are being denied federal aid.

A 24-year-old man convicted for his role in a shooting in Abbotsford will spend 18 months in prison followed by 36 months of extended supervision.

Federal investigators are examining social media accounts they believe are tied to Ricky Shiffer and posts that urged violence after the FBI searched Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate,

A 51-year-old Weyauwega is expected to be formally charged Friday for the 1992 murders of two people.

The goats, along with an adult mustang and emu, were seized in January as part of an investigation.

With voting already under way in Florida’s Aug. 23 election, officials in a county where about one in four voters are Hispanic are scrambling to fix a Spanish translation error that can’t help efforts to raise more money for education.

On Thursday, the New Hampshire Attorney General’s office announced that a juvenile was charged in the juvenile justice system with three counts of murder and one count of falsifying evidence.

A rare orange lobster that was found in Gatlinburg restaurant is now in the aquarium.

Phoenix police are investigating the death of a bicyclist after he was lying in the road when he was hit by a car.

The ages of the dogs range from puppies to 12 years old. According to Leitermann, criminal charges are pending so where the animals will ultimately end up is unknown.