The city will pay $340,000 to an autistic Brooklyn man railroaded by NYPD detectives into falsely confessing to murdering his sister.

Scientists say they believe toxins from a blue-green algae plaguing lakes and rivers around the West are harming an endangered fish in the Klamath Basin, adding another obstacle to restoring species that have forced irrigation shutoffs for farmers

FARMINGTON -- A Syracuse woman who pleaded guilty to engaging in sexual activity with three teenage boys and sending nude pictures of herself via cell phone was sentenced to a year in jail on Wednesday.

The sea lion allegedly shot by an angry fisherman on the Sacramento River turned up at Pier 39 on Tuesday, but eluded rescuers. Also Tuesday, a second sea lion was seen in the Delta with a very similar head wound

An El Dorado County judge ruled Tuesday that Tylar Marie Witt must stand trial as an adult in her mother's killing, decrying the teen's alleged

Grand Ronde Tribal Chairwoman Cheryle Kennedy of Dallas received the Fran James Cultural Preservation Award on Saturday at the Potlatch Fund's seventh annual Gala in Seattle.

Native American nonprofit receives $800,000 affordable housing award The Daily Journal A Ukiah-based non-profit housing developer has experienced two landmark achievements during 2009 after years of struggling to gain certification from the State of

Colonists quickly discovered they weren't alone when they founded the Citie of Henricus during the 1600s. Native Americans were already living in and around the Henricus area, as well as other parts of what is now

Chef Kerry Lee Holifield piles china plates high with turkey, homemade stuffing, gravy, mashed potatoes, yams, mixed peas and corn, and fry bread, smoking hot out of the fryer.

A woman called 911 for help this morning from a house in west suburban Addison, and police arrived to find her dead downstairs and the bodies of a man and two boys upstairs believed to be her husband and two sons