A girl of 15 killed herself three weeks after revealing that she had been raped to a nurse who failed to alert police. Anna Marie Averill was once among the brightest students in the country and dreamed of becoming a paediatrician.

A Chilean court has for the first time indicted a Catholic priest in a human rights case dating from Gen. Augusto Pinochet's 1973-90 dictatorship.

"We have met the enemy, and he is us," the comic-strip character Pogo said decades ago. A new analysis of last year's near-record temperatures in the United States suggests he was right.

Ten days after the quake, the baby's grandparents and his rescuers were insisting that if the government had mobilized its rescue efforts sooner, Gerson would not be an orphan.

A new report from Harvard Health Publications dispels common myths concerning diet and diabetes and explains what people with diabetes should eat to keep their blood sugar levels in check.

Video-sharing Web site YouTube has met with harsh criticism in Germany for hosting clips that incite racial hatred, according to a news report due to be broadcast on German public TV late on Monday.

A top police sniffer dog working for an elite Mexican drug squad was stolen during an airport transfer by thieves who left a mixed-breed puppy in its place, the attorney general's office said.

I have friends who are in volunteering in Peru doing Animal Rescue (ASPPA) and the animal situation is BAD. Customs almost wouldn't let them take the medical/vet supplies through. SUV rental for transport is $1,600 a week. Trying to take more supplies ...

A 15-year-old schoolboy was fined Friday for posting a video on YouTube showing a karaoke performance of his teacher and for claiming she was a lunatic.

Prince Charles's wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, said Sunday she will not attend this week's memorial service marking the 10th anniversary of princess Diana's death.