Habitat for Humanity is vowing a theft worth thousands of dollars won't stop it from completing a project for low-income families.

A death row inmate scheduled for execution in October says he's so fat that Ohio executioners would have trouble finding his veins and that his weight could diminish the effectiveness of one of the lethal injection drugs.

Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman was in a hospital in Memphis, Tenn., on Monday after being injured in a car accident in Mississippi. Regional Medical Center spokeswoman Kathy Stringer said Freeman, 71, is in serious condition. The hospital is about

A former New York City police detective accused of forcing a 13-year-old runaway into prostitution has been sentenced to more than three years in prison.Wayne Taylor pleaded guilty last month to attempted kidnapping. But Taylor says he was "100 percent

A newspaper is asking John McCain's campaign why a black reporter assigned to cover a rally was singled out by security and told to leave a backstage area.Stephen Price, a reporter for the Tallahassee Democrat, was among four Florida capital press corps

NEW YORK - Despite surviving three mistrials in two years and declaring himself long retired from the mob, John A. "Junior" Gotti was hit with new federal charges Tuesday involving three gangland slayings -- including one ordered by his infamous father

AARP joined forces with other special interest groups to help Floridians of all ages overcome financial barriers, despite declining budgets.Although she's a long way from becoming an AARP member, Whitney Smith is fighting for a joint cause. She has 2 sib

An Israeli couple going on a European vacation remembered to take their duty-free shopping and their 18 suitcases, but forgot their 3-year-old daughter at the airport, police said Monday.The couple and their five children were late for a charter flight

Husband, Wife Fight Off Would-Be Robbers Armed With 9-Millimeters Using Fists, Pepper SprayA Jersey City, N.J. couple who own a bodega were tired of being robbed of their hard-earned cash. So when a group of would-be robbers tried to take their money

Mexican national Jose Ernesto Medellin, whose death penalty conviction in the rape and murder of two teen girls sparked international controversy, was put to death in Texas on Tuesday night, prison officials said.Corrections spokeswoman said Medellin died