A measure that would force women seeking an abortion to submit to an ultrasound faced strong scrutiny from lawmakers Wednesday as it was presented before a legislative committee that vets health regulations in Ohio.
An alum at the University of Central Missouri will spend three years in prison and must pay more than $61,000 under the sentence he received Wednesday.
World War II survivors in both the U.S. and Europe condemned the news that a former commander of a Nazi military unit has lived in Minneapolis for the six decades.
At least 24 men convicted or charged based on bite marks on the flesh of victims have been exonerated since 2000, many after spending more than a decade in prison.
Over the last decade, clogged social mobility and rising economic inequality have shifted the conversation on campuses and in the country as a whole.
Mumford & Sons was forced to pull out of its headline slot on Thursday after their bassist underwent a surgical procedure earlier in the week to treat a blood clot.
A pair of cargo planes was mobilized to help battle wildfires in the West as crews surveyed the damage from a large blaze burning near Colorado Springs.
The defense hinted at avoiding a trial for the man accused of holding three women captive in his home for about a decade if the death penalty were ruled out.
The Southern Baptist Convention approved a resolution Wednesday expressing its opposition to the Boy Scouts of America’s new policy allowing gay Scouts.
Wildwood passed a law banning overly saggy pants on the boardwalk, prompted by numerous complaints about having to see people’s rear ends hanging out.
Jan Cooper had been on the phone for almost eight minutes with the 911 operator when she realized there wasn’t time to wait.
FEMA said it reviewed Texas's appeal to help rebuild but decided that the explosion “is not of the severity and magnitude that warrants a major disaster declaration.”
A woman who was critically wounded in last week’s Santa Monica shooting rampage died Sunday, bringing the total number of victims killed by the gunman to five.
Authorities believe Sean Benschop had been under the influence of marijuana Wednesday when the remains of a building under demolition gave way, killing six.
The Guardian said it was publishing the identity of Edward Snowden, a former technical assistant for the CIA, at his own request.
A building that was being torn down in Philadelphia collapsed with a thunderous boom Wednesday, raining bricks on a neighboring thrift store.
Indiana’s average gas price soared Wednesday to nearly $4.16 a gallon, putting the state some 50 cents above the national average.
The identities of potential jurors in the trial of the former neighborhood watch volunteer charged with killing an unarmed teenager will be kept confidential.
The soldier is charged under federal espionage and computer fraud laws, but the most serious offense the military has accused him of is aiding the enemy.
Three veteran storm chasers died doing what they loved: roaming the Great Plains in search of dangerous storms like the one in Oklahoma that ended their final pursuit.
