Two people are held in the shooting of Malala Yousufzai. The Taliban said it warned the girl to stop advocating for better educational opportunites for girls, and put out a hit squad to stop the teen's protest.

A U.S. Secret Service agent was found passed out on the Miami sidewalk early Friday morning after President Barack Obama had left South Florida.

Authorities shift focus to tracking down apparent kidnapper. Ridgeway's body was found Wednesday about 7 miles southwest of her home/

The family of a Fort Riley soldier continues to search for answers a year after he was shot and killed near his home in Ogden. A memorial will be held for Sergeant Ronald Evans Taylor in his hometown this weekend, marking the one year anniversary of his death.

Westminster Police Chief Lee Birk told reporters that a body found earlier this week "has been positively identified" as that of young Jessica Ridgeway.

Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt Friday announced that the Crime Victims Compensation Board awarded $273,895.80 to victims of crime.

An inmate who fled from a north-central Kansas jail has been sentenced to another 18 years in federal prison for carjacking.

Police officers say a juvenile male was shot late Thursday evening while walking in the area of 29th and Moundview in Topeka. His injuries are not life-threatening.

Prosecutors announced Thursday that 22-year-old Eric James was sentenced on one count of carjacking that followed his escape from the Ottawa County Jail in April.

Police in Colorado say positive identification on a body found Wednesday while searching for 10-year-old Jessica Ridgeway may not come until Friday afternoon.

Prosecutors say they expect to file more charges against a Junction City minister at the center of a growing church sex scandal.

Topeka Police say they a tip Thursday led them to a statue that had been stolen from Topeka's First Congregational Church.

Jill Gregg, 41, was sentenced to one year in federal prison and ordered to pay $574,000 for embezzling her Salina employer from July 2010 to November 2011.

Authorities in Colorado say a body was found Wednesday night, but they won't say if it's related to the disappearance of 10-year-old Jessica Ridgeway.

A tip led officers in Grandview Plaza to uncover a portable meth lab inside a room at a local hotel.

A 2-year-old boy was found sleeping in a locked vehicle with a crack pipe and a juice bottle containing alcohol on Saturday, CBS Detroit reports.

A person dressed as a nun was caught stealing beer from a convenience store on a surveillance video that has gone viral, CBS Philly reports.

A 77-year-old retired Chicago police officer accidentally shot and killed his son early Tuesday, after mistaking him for a burglar, family members said.

Authorities say Jason Gleason, who was released from prison in June, was the man who exchanged gunfire with a KHP trooper Tuesday night. The KBI confirms a woman and child in the vehicle with Gleason were shot in the incident.

Detectives want to close the case files on the city's latest three murders, but they say a subculture of gang violence makes it harder to find leads.

Riley County police are searching for a man caught peeking into a woman's window in Manhattan.

Victim No. 4 spoke angrily as he looked directly at Sandusky Tuesday morning. He said he came from a broken home, and that Sandusky only made his life worse.

The Hiawatha World reports Judge Robert Bednar denied a change of venue request from attorneys representing Eugene Kimmi, Rebecca Hollister and Roger Hollister.

Former Florida reporter Sean Dugas was reported missing August 27th. A buried body encased in concrete was found Monday in a Georgia backyard, as two brothers told their father they used his backyard to bury the missing man's dog.

Mexico confirmed its forces killed the reputed boss of the ruthless Zetas cartel. A group of armed men stole Heriberto Lazcano's body from a funeral home. Mexican marines killed Lazcano in a shootout Sunday in a small town in northern Mexico.