Golfing great Tiger Woods admitted to "transgressions" and offered "a profound apology" to his supporters in a statement posted on his Web site Wednesday morning, but he did not elaborate, saying "personal sins should not require press releases

An eight-year old Saudi Arabian girl who was married off by her father to a man in his 50s has had the union annulled, it was reported yesterday. The case, which had generated local and international outrage, ended with an out-of-court settlement.

California took a major step Friday to clear one of two legal hurdles that have halted executions at the state prison at San Quentin for more than three years. The state posted its new lethal injection protocol for executions and opened a public comment

The thug responsible for the death of Baby P is set to use human rights legislation to appeal over his conviction for raping a two-year-old girl. Lawyers for the sadistic brute made eight separate attempts to have his rape trial thrown out at

The recession has caused more people to seek help at food banks, but it's also prompted an outpouring of generosity.

The policies of the Bush administration were not just horrific in themselves or to others-- they may also have brought to an end the human rights movement as we know it.

April 22 -- Faux News' torture enthusiast Sean Hannity agreed to be waterboarded for charity to prove that it is not torture. Keith Olbermann offered last week to donate $1,000 to military families for every second Hannity is waterboarded. Well, Hannity?

Adam Lambert wears eyeliner and diamond stud earrings, sings like a dream and has won a rare standing ovation from tough-minded judge Simon Cowell.

An 8-year-old Saudi girl has divorced her middle-aged husband after her father forced her to marry him last year in exchange for about $13,000, her lawyer said Thursday. Saudi Arabia has come under increasing criticism at home and abroad for permitting ch

First lady's dark skin and modest upbringing gives women hope