HOUSTON - Officials say a northwest Harris County woman was severely beaten by her estranged husband after he unsuccessfully tried to burn down their home while she, their kids and babysitter were inside.

Many Jews consider Christmas Day an opportunity to serve their community while Christian neighbors celebrate their holiday. This year, what's also known as Mitzvah Day in southeast Michigan is getting an added boost from Muslims.

When my friend Birgil Kills Straight (Oglala Lakota) and I founded the Indigenous Law Institute in 1992, and began our campaign to call upon Pope John Paul II to formally revoke the Inter Caetera papal bull of May 4, 1493, we had no way to foresee the ...

Readers share stories of giving back this holiday season

There are ordinary people doing extrodinary things all over the world,saving animals, people and the environment. Read some of the nominees in the Care2 contest that recognizes these everyday heroes.

Interview: Richard Benjamin on being the lone black guy at a white separatist retreat, and other adventures in America's whitest places.

Southampton - The culmination of the Shinnecock Tribe's 31 years of struggle is at hand, as the tribe has received preliminary confirmation for becoming a federally recognized Native American Tribe.

A popular Delaware pediatrician may have sexually assaulted more than 100 of his young patients and videotaped the acts in what officials are calling one of the largest sexual abuse cases in the state's history

A registered sex offender has been charged with kidnapping an 11-year-old Salisbury, Md., girl who was apparently taken from her bedroom Tuesday night, authorities said.

Americans are being taken to the cleaners by the phony charity Police Protective Fund that uses telemarketing to scam people.