The family of a Florida man who died after Georgia sheriff's deputies repeatedly used their stun guns on him is asking for a federal investigation into his death.
A Massachusetts woman convicted of withholding potentially life-saving medications from her cancer-stricken son is back in court for a change of plea hearing.
Officials in a Georgia county say they will lift a ban on building permits for religious institutions that had been sparked by local opposition to a mosque and Muslim cemetery.
A Texas death row inmate may have faked mental illness to avoid execution for the fatal shooting of his ex-girlfriend and her daughter 23 years ago in Houston, a federal appeals court said.
More Americans signed contracts to purchase homes in July, a sign that demand for home ownership remains strong despite a shortage of listings on the market.
An Ohio man who shot a couple, killing a woman, at a school bus stop amid what neighbors called a long-running feud has died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
A 6-year-old girl who survived open heart surgery before her family lost nearly everything they owned in the devastating Louisiana floods got a special gift from a caring sheriff's deputy: a small, stuffed dinosaur.
U.S. businesses added a solid 177,000 jobs in August, according to a private survey, suggesting that hiring remains healthy after two months of strong gains.
A woman who was kidnapped at gunpoint by her husband while he was under home confinement on charges he beat and abducted her two months earlier was found dead inside a barn, and he was hospitalized with a self-inflicted gunshot wound, state police said Wednesday.
A 97-year-old World War II veteran was awarded medals for his service on Tuesday, more than 70 years after he defended U.S. troops under fire from German soldiers.
The University of North Dakota is offering a special housing option for students “interested in learning more about and practicing principles of social justice,” reports Campus Reform.
George Washington University is feeling the heat after hiring Jesse Morton, a reformed Islamic extremist, to work as a fellow in its Program on Extremism.
The attorney for a woman charged with child abuse says Indiana's religious freedom law gives her the right to discipline her children according to her evangelical Christian beliefs.