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Ohio officials have granted a woman's request to have President Donald Trump's mysterious tweeted typo, "covfefe," on her license plate.

Protesters in North Carolina toppled a nearly century-old statue of a Confederate soldier Monday at a rally against racism.

A 23-year-old man who was "out for blood" when he attempted to detonate what he believed was an explosives-laden van outside an Oklahoma bank in a plot similar to the deadly 1995 bombing of the Oklahoma City federal building, authorities said Monday.

North Korea said Tuesday that leader Kim Jong Un was briefed on his military's plans to launch missiles into waters near Guam as part of an effort to create "enveloping fire" near the U.S. military hub in the Pacific.

More than 70 people gathered near Tompkinsville Park Monday night to hold a candlelight vigil for the people killed in Charlottesville Virginia over the weekend.

The portrait of a violent teen emerged as Fields was denied bail Monday during his first court appearance in connection with the Charlottesville attack that killed one and injured 19 others when his Dodge Challenger plowed into a mass of counterprotesters at a white nationalist rally Saturday.

The efforts show that angry online groups can be used to renounce racism as well as promote it.

Police in Texas acting on a tip found 16 immigrants locked inside a tractor-trailer parked at a gas station about 20 miles from the border with Mexico, less than a month after 10 people died in the back of a hot truck in San Antonio.

Airbnb banned white supremacists from its platform before the "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, to prevent their platform from being used for hate. Many say this is an example of a tech company that's finally figured out how to do the right thing. Companies like Facebook are known for terms of service that ban people from saying "all white people are racist," but allow actual white supremacists and hate groups to use their tools to organize events. Should companies take a moral stance?

Surveillance footage provided to the Advance by a Bulls Head resident shows a man attempting to break into cars outside her home.