Colorado prosecutors say they’ve filed criminal charges against the parents accused of staging a hoax when they reported their 6-year-old son floated away aboard a helium balloon.

Prosecutors say they haven’t decided whether to file charges against the Colorado parents accused of falsely reporting their son was in a runaway balloon. Prosecutors said Tuesday they’re waiting for more information from the sheriff.

A 27-year-old Massachusetts man has been charged with conspiring with others to carry out terror attacks against shoppers in U.S. malls and against U.S. military in Iraq.

There were plenty of doubters, but the story of the runaway balloon with a boy trapped inside was tragically compelling anyway. Now, authorities say Thursday’s balloon drama really was just a hoax. Richard Heene and his wife have not been arrested, but Monday morning, they face a long list of possible charges. ABC News’ Viviana Hurtado has more.

A driver is facing criminal charges after he crashed into a woman’s vehicle and killed her while she was helping another motorist on a busy metro Atlanta highway.

A lot of consumers haven’t heard about the Credit Cardholders’ Bill of Rights, but it has already made changes to their credit card accounts and more will be coming in February. The South Carolina Department of Consumer Affairs wants to explain the changes, especially before people start making holiday purchases. WJBF News Channel 6’s SC Capitol reporter, Robert Kittle, has more.

Savannah-Chatham County police revealed the grisly details of the July 14 slaying, for the first time at a court hearing Thursday.

Members of the Senate grilled executives from the wireless phone companies…about their massive profits…from text messaging. This is big business: more than 3,000,000,000,000 (3 trillion) text messages will be sent this year…but with success comes scrutiny, and members of Congress want to know how the companies can charge so much for a simple text message. ABC News’ Elizabeth Leamy has more.

According to Captain Steve Morris, the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office is looking for a suspect in a credit card fraud case.

A South Carolina man has been charged with cruelty to animals after authorities seized six horses and a pony from his home. Jail officials said Thursday that 54-year-old Glenn Chestnut has been released on $800 bond. The Morning News of Florence reports that Chestnut was arrested Tuesday, nearly a week after authorities took the horses.

Rapper T.I., sentenced to prison in Arkansas for a federal weapons charge, asked a court Thursday to let him remain free while he seeks placement in a minimum-security prison closer to his Atlanta home.

Rapper T.I., sentenced to prison in Arkansas for a federal weapons charge, asked a court Thursday to let him remain free while he seeks placement in a minimum-security prison closer to his Atlanta home.

According to our news partner, EdgefieldDaily.com, a 37-year-old Johnston man has been arrested and charged with an alleged molestation involving a young girl between the ages of 13 and 14 years, on Saturday. The suspect is identified as Gustav Paul Sawvell.

The manager of a Greenville poultry plant has been indicted on a charge he knowingly hired illegal immigrants. Prosecutors say Barry Cronic began hiring illegal immigrants at Columbia Farms in Greenville in 2000, and kept hiring them until a raid last October. The raid found more than 300 people working at the plant who were in the country illegally.

According to the Aiken Department of Public Safety, an Aiken man is in jail, charged with several counts of Criminal Sexual conduct. The suspect is identified as 52-year-old Kenneth Lamberth.