CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (AP) — A Cape Girardeau man was charged Monday with a hate crime after a fire destroyed a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints church in the city, officials...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Authorities say a man accused of manufacturing drugs in an Albuquerque apartment was injured in an explosion.

Albuquerque police say the suspect was transferred to a...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Three houses that burned in Savannah earlier this month are believed to have been set on fire by burglars.

Georgia Insurance Commissioner John King said Thursday that...

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — A Maine man accused of setting fire to a Massachusetts church with a predominantly Black congregation been charged with hate crime offenses, federal prosecutors said...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — For the second time this month, people evacuated a Las Vegas-area Walmart while firefighters and ceiling sprinklers doused a paper products fire.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Portland police declared a riot for the second night in a row Tuesday after a crowd of about 100 people set out on a “direct action” march from Kenton Park to the Portland...

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A murder trial has again begun for a man accused of killing his ex-girlfriend and her mother and setting a fire that killed his own infant son.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A prosecutor says a woman who was strangled to death in her Pennsylvania home before the structure was set afire almost two years ago was able to give authorities the proof...

FERNDALE, Pa. (AP) — Four teenage girls ranging in age from 12 to 14 have been arrested on juvenile court charges of setting a fire that destroyed an unoccupied western Pennsylvania house earlier...

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi man will remain on death row after the state Supreme Court on Thursday denied his most recent appeal.

David Dickerson, now 51, was convicted of capital...

DRESDEN, Tenn. (AP) — A former volunteer firefighter has been charged with setting a blaze at a church on Easter Sunday in Tennessee, authorities said.

PHOENIX (AP) — A Peoria couple has been arrested in a hit-and-run crash in which a SUV struck and killed a 21-year-old Grand Canyon University student in a Phoenix crosswalk, authorities said...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Officials say a weekend fire that caused shoppers to flee a Walmart store in Las Vegas was intentionally set.

Las Vegas Fire and Rescue said the injured person was taken to...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — An early morning fire in a Baton Rouge neighborhood is the work of an arsonist, fire officials said.

The blaze broke out Tuesday on East Washington Street, WBRZ-TV...

PHOENIX (AP) — A Maricopa County grand jury has indicted a Phoenix-area couple on first-degree murder charges for the death of their adopted daughter.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — A man has pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter in the deaths of two men authorities say he fought with and whose bodies were found after a Pittsburgh house fire more than...

ALEXANDRIA, La. (AP) — Authorities in Central Louisiana are asking for the public’s help in finding whoever set multiple fires in the Kisatchie National Forest.

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A fire that killed three people at a San Diego home on Thursday may have been deliberately set, authorities said.

LEESVILLE, La. (AP) — A Louisiana woman accused of setting fires told investigators she and her boyfriend were trying to get rid of snakes, the state Department of Agriculture and Forestry...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Authorities say a man is in custody after starting a fire that tore through a Las Vegas thrift store.

Las Vegas fire officials say a passer-by called 911 around 7:15 p.m....

LEXINGTON, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina authorities charged a 28-year-old man with setting fire to a pair of vacant buildings in Lexington County.

OCALA, Fla. (AP) — A man accused of setting a Florida church on fire last year is facing a federal hate crime charge, prosecutors announced Thursday.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — An arson suspect who was shot and wounded by Kentucky police last week has been accused of throwing a trash can at officers and attempting to stab himself and an officer...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A man threw a Molotov cocktail at a north Philadelphia day care center, breaking a window, but no children were present and there were no injuries, police said.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — A teenager has been charged with setting a man on fire last week in an attack that left the victim in critical condition.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Police have charged a North Carolina man with intentionally setting fire to a home while a woman was inside.

Gastonia police said Desmond Ray Hunter, 64, of Bessemer...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia man has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for setting fire to a Savannah city government office building.

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A Cass County District Court jury has found a Fargo man guilty in the death of his girlfriend.

Sheldon Davis, 46, was convicted Friday of murder, arson and endangering by...

CHICAGO (AP) — A 63-year-old man made his intentions known before burning down a Chicago home and killing a sleeping 10-year-old girl and her mother, Cook County prosecutors said...

CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago man has been charged with arson and two counts of murder in connection with a house fire that killed a woman and her pre-teen daughter and injured four other people,...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Investigators arrested a man Monday who is suspected of causing an explosion that tore through a recreational vehicle in Northeast Portland, police said.

MADRAS, Ore. (AP) — A Bend man currently being held at a regional jail in The Dalles has been indicted on two first-degree arson charges in a 2019 fire that heavily damaged a downtown Madras law...

SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina man is in custody for allegedly twice attacking his girlfriend and setting several fires because he was angry his $600 stimulus check was taken by the...

TONOPAH, Nev. (AP) — A 60-year-old Arizona man has been arrested in rural Nevada after a search launched when he was identified as the suspect a fire that had been deliberately set at a home on a...

LAUREL, Md. (AP) — A former Maryland police chief is accused of setting fires to multiple structures that belonged to his adversaries, authorities said.

OLD SAYBROOK, Conn. (AP) — A Torrington man who authorities say targeted at least four Connecticut EMS agencies with Molotov cocktails has been arrested in Pennsylvania, police said.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A senior adviser in the U.S. Department of Interior on Friday rescinded a January Trump administration decision to grant grazing allotments to an Oregon ranching family whose...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Philadelphia man faces arson charges related to a fire set during the unrest that followed the first night of protests against police brutality sparked by the killing of...

DETROIT (AP) — A man accused of arson who apparently couldn't pay bond to get out of jail has died behind bars while waiting months for a court hearing.

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — One person died in a house fire in Tampa early Tuesday, officials said.

Tampa Fire Rescue said on Twitter that crews responded to a 911 call shortly after 4 a.m. at the...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Federal authorities said Thursday they've charged two more people in arson fires set during protests that followed George Floyd's death in Minneapolis after being arrested by...

DETROIT (AP) — Prosecutors plan to ask a judge to dismiss the murder convictions and charges against a man serving life in prison for a firebombing that killed two young children in a Detroit...

MIAMI (AP) — A former South Florida lawyer whose pants caught on fire during a 2017 arson trial has been charged with cocaine possession, authorities said.