The grandfather of a boy who Pennsylvania authorities say was starved nearly to death, appeared in court on Tuesday to face 14 charges including aggravated assault, false imprisonment and attempted first-degree murder.
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A cellphone video shows police in Indiana breaking a car window and using a stun gun on a passenger.
Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the biggest private-sector employer in the United States, said on Tuesday it would no longer provide health benefits to some of its part-time workers due to ballooning health care costs.
In a case underscoring the perils of caring for Ebola patients, a nurse in Spain has come down with the disease — the first time someone has caught the disease outside West Africa during the current epidemic.
The parents of the first baby born to a woman who had a womb transplant say they hope they can be an inspiration to others struggling with infertility.
The Seattle City Council has voted to celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day on the same day as the federally recognized holiday, Columbus Day.
The Veterans Affairs Department said it is firing four senior executives as officials move to crack down on wrongdoing following a nationwide scandal over long wait times for veterans seeking medical care, and falsified records covering up the delays.
Political rivals for New Mexico governor faced off in a Spanish debate Monday, a rare event that marked an emerging trend as Republicans and Democrats around the U.S. court Hispanic voters.
A Michigan woman who admits she tried to kill herself and her autistic daughter is selfish and manipulative, a family member testified Monday during a sentencing hearing.
A 3-month-old boy has died a day after being left in a hot car for several hours while his mother and a family friend were in church for a choir practice, police said Monday.
Authorities were investigating the cause of two fiery vehicle crashes in Southern California that left 10 dead, including five teenagers returning from an amusement park, as family members and friends mourned their loss.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up the hotly contested issue of gay marriage, a surprise move that will allow gay men and women to marry in five states where same-sex weddings were previously banned.
The wealthiest Americans are giving a smaller share of their income to charity, while poor and middle-income people are donating a larger share, according to an analysis conducted by the Chronicle of Philanthropy.
The parents of an U.S. aid worker held hostage by Islamic State militants on Sunday released photographs of their son and parts of a letter he wrote them from captivity in which he says he is scared to die but at peace with his belief.
Mexican authorities examining a clandestine mass grave have found the bodies too badly burned to determine quickly whether they are among 43 students unaccounted for after a deadly clash between police and protesters a week ago.
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