You’re certainly not alone if you think that two pets are better than one, but bringing home a new pet doesn’t always go smoothly when there’s another animal already in the house. Introducing your new pet to resident pets that have already been in your life can be a tricky process, one that’s going to require some patience, according to...

Former national security adviser Michael Flynn has pleaded guilty to a count of making false statements to the FBI. He is the fourth person charged in special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russia’s involvement in the 2016 presidential election.

Virginia’s first lady apologized Wednesday after a state employee reportedly told lawmakers and the governor’s office that Pam Northam handed out cotton to the woman’s daughter and another black child during a recent tour of the governor’s mansion, NBC News reported. “I regret that I have upset anyone,” Northam said. “I am still committed to chronicling the important history of...

British lawmakers rejected a Brexit deal put forth by British Prime Minister Theresa May by a record margin on Jan. 15, with 432 MPs voting against her deal at the House of Commons.

The public had its first look Monday at the man suspected of kidnapping 13-year-old Jayme Closs and killing her parents. Jake Patterson, 21, went before a judge for a bond hearing in Barron County, Wisconsin, Monday afternoon. His bond was set for $5 million. NBC 5 Chicago’s Kate Chappell reports.

Dashcam footage shows a child in a car seat fall out of a moving vehicle.

“Full House” actress Lori Loughlin and her fashion designer husband are contesting expanded charges against them in the college admissions bribery scandal. Lawyers for Loughlin and Mossimo Giannulli entered not guilty pleas on their behalf Tuesday to charges of conspiracy to commit federal program bribery.

WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange had spent up to six years in self-imposed exile at the Ecuadorean embassy in London until he was forcibly carried out and arrested by British police. These were the events that led up to it.

A federal court in Boston has ruled that warrantless U.S. government searches of the phones and laptops of international travelers at airports and other U.S. ports of entry violate the Fourth Amendment. Tuesday’s ruling in U.S. District Court came in a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Electronic Frontier Foundation on behalf of 11...

Former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick is exploring a late run for president, according to people with knowledge of Patrick’s deliberations, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the matter publicly. Patrick would need to decide soon, as the deadline for candidates to get their names on the ballot is rapidly approaching in some states,...

A man and woman were in custody in connection with the death of a New Hampshire couple found in a shallow grave last month in Texas, authortities confirmed Thursday. Richard Kirkpatrick, sheriff of Kleberg County, Texas, told reporters Adam Curtis Williams was in police custody in Texas and being held on $1 million bond.

Rep. Ayanna Pressley backed fellow Massachusetts Democrat Sen. Elizabeth Warren in her bid to be president Wednesday, citing the way the senator has been fighting for the people. Pressley’s endorsement adds a prominent progressive voice to Warren’s list of supporters.

A small plane crashed in a cemetery in New Bedford, Massachusetts, Monday, leaving its pilot dead and debris scattered across several graves. It wasn’t immediately clear what caused the crash, now under federal investigation, at Rural Cemetery in the city.

“You are the embodiment of evil,” Judge James C. Babler told Jake Patterson before sentencing him to life without parole for kidnapping 13-year-old Jayme Closs and killing her parents, “and the public can only be safe if you are incarcerated until you die.” Watch Judge Babler’s full statement in the player above.

Two people dressed as police officers, including guns in holsters, forced their way into a home in Lowell, Massachusetts, Friday and tied up the homeowners, authorities said. One person is in custody on armed home invasion charges but another is still at large, Lowell police said.

Police were able to track down a man believed to have dumped a couch and mattress in a state park in Spencer, Massachusetts, all thanks to a ticket for a “Jersey Shore” star Pauly D concert discovered inside the couch. The ticket was discovered by a Spencer resident so angered and upset by the furniture dumped off the side of...

Elizabeth Warren raised $24.6 million over the past three months, relying largely on a massive small donor operation to solidify her status as a leading contender for the Democratic presidential nomination. The Massachusetts senator’s haul, announced on Friday, is just less than the $25.3 million her chief liberal rival, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, posted during the third quarter.