Author: Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY

A Virginia judge ruled that frozen human embryos can be legally considered as property, citing a 19th-century law concerning the treatment of slaves.

Republican Idaho lawmakers have introduced a new bill that would criminalize the administration of mRNA vaccines, targeting COVID-19 vaccines.

Authorities said Benjamin Obadiah Foster, 36, the subject of the manhunt, tortured a woman, who remained hospitalized in critical condition.

A man suspected of torturing a woman in Oregon is using dating apps to target new victims or have people help him escape capture, authorities said.

The gunman who killed 11 people and injured nine others at a dance studio in Monterey Park had not been to the studio in five years, authorities said.

7 people were fatally shot Monday in a Northern California agricultural area and a man suspected in the killings is in custody, authorities said.