A police officer involved with the investigation called the crime one of the most "bizarre" he has heard of in his career

Gov. John Kitzhaber, a former emergency room doctor, spotted a woman in need of help from his car Monday evening and stopped to assist

California's Rialto Unified School District is under fire for a writing project that asked students to consider whether the Holocaust actually happened. The superintendent's office said the "intent of the writing prompt was to exercise the use of critical thinking skills"

Police say the Cincinnati man is accused of fatally punching his daughter because she would not stop crying

A 14-year-old girl in Chicago was charged with murder for shooting another teenage girl. The victim’s family said the confrontation escalated out of a dispute over a boy that began on Facebook. Two others, including the girl's uncle, are being held in connection to the killing

Amid growing fears from Western nations that the country won't live up to its promise to destroy its chemical weapons arsenal, Syria allows an international group to probe new allegations