Florida prosecutors said Wednesday that they would not file domestic violence charges against George Zimmerman after his girlfriend told police he had pointed a shotgun at her three weeks ago.

(CNN) -- This is another one of those stories that seems absolutely hard to believe. A 6-year-old boy near Colorado Springs, Colorado, was suspended from school for kissing a girl on the hand.

LANSING - The Michigan Senate has voted unanimously to ensure people who file certain types of lawsuits against the state have a right to a jury trial.

WASHINGTON - National Security Agency Director Keith Alexander said Wednesday that "there isn't a better way'' to help defend the country from potential terror threats than the ongoing and controversial bulk collection of telephone records involving ...

Lynchburg, VA - They survived two days in sub-zero temperatures, and a Nevada family has Lynchburg's Civil Air Patrol to thank for their rescue.

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BRODHEADSVILLE, Pa. (AP) - Police are investigating the death of a 19-year-old college student from New York City who was in Pennsylvania with fraternity members.

After more than three decades in prison, Stanley Wrice was released today from Pontiac Correctional Center a day after a Cook County judge threw out his conviction for rape.

Salvation Army Red Kettle collections are down this holiday season, but leaders hope two anonymous challenge pledges will be just the incentive givers need to help the charity meet its campaign goal.

WASHINGTON -- A new senior adviser to President Barack Obama will not be involved in deliberations on the Keystone XL oil pipeline, the White House said Wednesday.

Millennial women and men have the narrowest gender wage gap on record, according to a study out Wednesday from the Pew Research Center.

SAN DIEGO - Lawsuits that include accusations of child pornography have been piling up for a San Diego man charged with operating a “revenge porn” website and extorting money from women to have their photos removed.

A defense attorney for a former employee of Bernard L. Madoff sought to undermine a key government witness by highlighting the witness's 30-year career as an alleged “confidence man” with a record of lying.

The Mega Millions jackpot could be the second largest for a single winner after surging past $400 million this week. As it stood on Wednesday, the potential cash payout sat at about $216.4 million, but that amount, along with the total jackpot, would grow as ...

O Christmas . . . decal? Don't rule it out. In recent years, Web sites such as Apartment Therapy , which specializes in small-space living and related urban conundrums, have featured wildly imaginative galleries of alternatives to traditional Christmas trees for ...

A man convicted of brutally killing two elderly women more than a quarter-century ago is set to be executed in Oklahoma. Fifty-three-year-old Ronald Clinton Lott is scheduled to be executed Tuesday by lethal injection at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in ...