Barbara Byrd-Bennett is expected to appear in court on Tuesday. She is accused of taking $2.3 million in kickbacks for steering no-bid contracts worth $23 million to a former employer.
The electric car company Tesla is now becoming the self-driving carmaker. Today it releases software to tens of thousands of Model S owners to automate steering, lane change and parallel parking.
When the Major League Baseball playoffs began, Jessica Mendoza made history as the first woman to do play-by-play for a nationally televised post-season contest. She talks to NPR's David Greene.
Machines purchased after the 2000 presidential election are nearing the end of their useful lives. It could cost $1 billion to replace them, but Congress has shown no signs of footing the bill.
He is accused of agreeing to pay $3.5 million to an individual to cover up allegations of misconduct stemming from days as a high school teacher and coach and then lying about it to authorities.
New Hartford, N.Y., police say Bruce and Deborah Leonard are among those who fatally beat the Leonards' son, age 19, inside the Word of Life Church. Another son, 17, is in the hospital.
The 22 states that didn't ease Medicaid eligibility under Obamacare cover a much smaller percentage of their low-income residents than other states do and have seen their costs rise more.
An owl is attacking runners on a trail in Bethesda, Md. The trail is favored by super-fit residents of the nation's capital. At least three joggers said they were attacked by a large bird.