Basketball star Shaquille O'Neal paid for the funeral of a 5-year-old North Carolina girl after being moved by national news coverage of the case of Shaniya Davis, who police say was kidnapped and killed

Just as almost every nation has its war heroes, throughout history there have been people, such as Mahatma Gandhi, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Nelson Mandela, who are celebrated for their exceptional contributions to their nations, world peace and

Help the children of Nigeria by signing the petition. This church is labeling children as witches causing them to be abused, abandoned, tortured and killed.

The number of Cherokee children in protective services programs or waiting for foster parents is staggering. Many of them have suffered greatly prior to being removed from their homes. For most, their scars will become

incorrectly indicated that Guttmacher's statistics do not take into account abortions from Mifepristone. We regret the errors.) Swine flu has claimed the lives of at least 114 children in the United States since April, according to the latest data

Experienced in running drug, prostitution and gambling rings, crime groups of various ethnicities and nationalities are learning it's safer and potentially more profitable to file fraudulent claims with the federal Medicare program and state-run Medicaid

A Sudanese journalist facing 40 lashes for wearing "indecent" trousers vowed on the eve of her judgment that she is ready to be whipped 40,000 times in her bid to change the country's harsh laws.

"Give me your money and you can talk to your kid." That may sound like a line from a 1950's Jimmy Cagney gangster movie. But in essence, that is what pay telephone companies are saying every day to millions of people who want to speak with an incarcera

Is giving human milk to a calf any more shocking than giving cow's milk to a baby? TV presenter Kate Garraway doesn't think so.

He was convicted of kidnapping and killing a young girl. A second narrowly escaped after he sexually assaulted her. Earlier this month, and two years after he died in state prison, authorities in California concluded he was responsible for the abduction