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Nathaniel Jouett will face two counts of first-degree murder, four counts of assault with intent to commit a violent felony, four counts of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and one count of child abuse.

Just as cannabis is gaining traction as a legitimate treatment option for military veterans, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has given the “breakthrough therapy” designation to MDMA — the main chemical in the club drug Ecstasy — for treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD.

The ice that caked the Polar Sea came from heavy freezing spray kicked up from turbulent water on a chilly day. Photographs show that the bow of his boat resembled the inside of a blast freezer.

A federal judge wants to know whether an Ohio man who admitted he plotted to kill military members in the U.S. is likely to repeat the crime.

Lawyers for convicted serial killer Ronald A. Gray are still battling over whether the military can carry out the death sentence Gray received nearly 30 years ago.

Rome authorities are looking into whether buildings confiscated from the mafia can be used to house migrants, a move that comes after police were criticized for the violent clashes that erupted as they tried to evacuate a building occupied by asylum-seekers.

President Donald Trump, who last week announced that he would be sending more troops to Afghanistan, believes the country's estimated $1 trillion in mineral resources can be used to repay the United States for what it has spent there.

The nation's fourth-largest city remained mostly paralyzed by one of the largest downpours in U.S. history. And there was no relief in sight from the storm that spun into Texas as a Category 4 hurricane, then parked over the Gulf Coast.

Louisiana's governor offered Tuesday to take in Harvey victims from Texas, while Houston officials planned to open two to three more mega-shelters to accommodate people who continue to arrive at the overflowing George R. Brown Convention Center seeking refuge from Harvey's record-breaking flooding.