Ohio woman, child held captive threatened with pit bulls, snakes

A disabled woman and her child were beaten and forced to work while in captivity for more than two years, during which they were...

George Zimmerman trial: Profiles of 40 prospective jurors

Prosecutors and defense attorneys have settled on 40 prospective jurors to move on to the second round of questioning in the George...

Chrysler backs down, recalls 2.7 million Jeeps for fire risk

Two weeks after refusing a government request to recall roughly 2.7 million Jeep sport utility vehicles for alleged fire risks, Chrysler has...

White House pushes gun safety, but it means little without Congress

WASHINGTON -- The White House plans to announce Tuesday that it has improved gun safety in the country...

Iran's president-elect promises openness on nuclear program

TEHRAN — Iranian President-elect Hassan Rowhani on Monday promised to make the country’s nuclear program more transparent,...

Assange could be long-term guest at Ecuadorean embassy

LONDON -- Julian Assange, the founder of the WikiLeaks website, is prepared to stay holed up inside the Ecuadorean embassy in London for...

Hearing on Zimmerman audio experts continues

SANFORD - Attorneys in the George Zimmerman trial worked well into the evening on Monday, taking testimony disputing state audio experts who...

Helen Brush Jenkins dies at 94; pioneering photojournalist

With a click of the camera pressed against her forehead, the photojournalist broke ground in a way her male colleagues never could.

In Pakistan, attackers bomb women's university bus, hospital

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Militants laid siege to a hospital and bombed a women's university bus in the southwestern Pakistani city of...

Senate rejects move to tie immigration overhaul to border security

WASHINGTON — In the first and only vote Thursday on the immigration bill, senators turned back a Republican measure that would have...

Obama meets with Chicago youths, fathers at White House

WASHINGTON — Continuing the first family’s outreach to Chicago teens, President Barack Obama today welcomed 14 students and five...

Day 5 of jury selection in Trayvon Martin shooting

SANFORD - At 9:30 a.m. Friday, 23 people who survived Round 1 of jury selection this week in the George Zimmerman murder trial caught a...

Santa Monica College library workers' 'diversion' saved lives

Jan Juliani was standing behind the counter of the Santa Monica College library about noon when a group of terrified, screaming students...

Officials: Snowden took NSA secrets on thumb drive

WASHINGTON -- Former National Security Agency contract employee Edward Snowden used a computer thumb drive to smuggle highly classified...

Alleged gang members charged with murder in Santa Monica slaying

Two men with alleged gang ties were charged with murder and attempted murder Thursday in connection to a shooting earlier this week near...

Zimmerman jury to be sequestered, selection continues

SANFORD — A middle-aged housewife in a hot-pink jacket — a prospective juror in the George Zimmerman trial — bluntly...

Window washers stranded in Manhattan are rescued

Two window washers were rescued 46 floors above street level Wednesday afternoon after their scaffolding collapsed outside a skyscraper in...

Ban on demonstrations outside Supreme Court struck down

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court’s opinions protecting the right to free speech and public protest came back home Wednesday,...

Thousands still without power after storms hit Chicago region

Maintenance crews restored power to tens of thousands of homes overnight after severe thunderstorms in the Chicago region brought powerful...

Day 3 of jury selection in Trayvon Martin shooting

SANFORD — Fifteen months ago 8,000 demonstrators poured into downtown Sanford and cheered as the Rev. Al Sharpton demanded the...

Russia votes 436-0 to ban information on homosexuality from kids

MOSCOW – Despite opposition from human rights activists, Russia’s lower house of parliament Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a...

Senate vote starts immigration debate

WASHINGTON -- With an overwhelming vote, the Senate agreed Tuesday to launch a debate on an overhaul of...

Second day of jury selection over in Zimmerman case

SANFORD — For now, they are nameless people, potential jurors in the George Zimmerman murder trial whose identities are protected by...