(AP )"Only in America could the adoptive son of Crow Indians grow up to be president of the United States." President Obama spoke those words this morning, in reaching out to Native Americans at the start of a White House Tribal Nations...

ELDORADO, Texas -- The first polygamist sect member to face criminal trial following last year's raid at the Yearning For Zion Ranch in West Texas was convicted Thursday of sexually assaulting an underage girl with whom he had a so-called

Bigger, better, heavier - that seems to be the motto of Asia's amazing Buddha statues. Our list features actual statues as well as destroyed and planned ones but all have to be taller than 50 m (165 ft). Where does that leave the most famous and sadly des

MANTI -- Ariel Hampton pleaded guilty to reduced charges of child abuse homicide and obstruction of justice. She was sentenced to

If you have a blog, please consider pledging to post about saying no to child pornography on November 20th, World Youth Day. As a father, I'm disgusted by the thought of these sick people searching for, and finding, child pornography on the web.

The New Jersey Law Review Commission is in the process of revisiting and revising the child welfare laws of our state. In the course of this process, an addition had been written in to protect children under 2 from physical maltreatment including

The naked body of a woman was found with her throat slashed in the kitchen of a luxury condo off Central Park on Saturday, police said

In every state in the country, women are still earning less than their male counterparts. The Paycheck Fairness Act would strengthen current laws against wage discrimination and provide tools to enable the federal government to be more proactive in the fi

Investigators say it started out innocently enough. 25-year-old Jeffrey Robert of Knox would offer to sell or fix high performance car parts on eBay. Soon the orders started building up.

(CNN) -- A woman put on trial for wearing clothing deemed indecent by Sudanese authorities was jailed Monday for refusing to pay a court-ordered fine, her lawyer said.