Posted: 11:57 AM An elected official in California has been arrested on accusations of felony child abuse after a neighbor videotaped him beating his stepson with a belt during a backyard game of catch, authorities told CNN Saturday.
Posted: 11:55 AM Nonprofit organization, Operation Freedom Paws is helping veterans with PTSD and depression get back on track with an 8-month program designed to train a service dog to assist in the developement of the soldier's heath
Updated: 11:40 AM Clyfford Still was one of the most influential artists of the 20th century, but it's likely you've never heard of him. That may be starting to change though. More than a half-century after walking away from fame and fortune, the late painter is gaining renewed appreciation, with his work finding a permanent home at a Denver museum.
Posted: 11:33 AM Plum Island sits at the end of New York's Long Island like a question mark. For nearly 60 years, controversies and mysteries have engulfed it.
Posted: 11:26 AM Authorities were considering charges after a man allegedly became disruptive aboard a US Airways flight from Charlotte to Los Angeles, an FBI spokesman said Saturday.
Posted: 11:20 AM Her Latin American background is clear in her speech as Lynnette Acosta talks about how President Barack Obama's health care plan could help a diabetic neighbor.
Posted: 11:18 AM British adventurer rescued after a failed attempt to sail solo around the globe says she is relieved to be back on land.
Posted: 11:08 AM The National Park Service says an 18-year-old woman has died after falling 400 feet in the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone.
Posted: 9:15 AM The Miami Beach, Florida, mansion outside which owner and fashion designer Gianni Versace was killed is up for sale at $125 million, a real estate firm said
Posted: 9:08 AM This great-great-grandson of the legendary Secretariat had won nearly $200,000 in prize money at tracks around Southern California. It had been a modestly successful racing career, but by December of last year it was over.
Posted: 9:08 AM Firefighters in Colorado and New Mexico are battling wind-fueled wildfires that are moving fast through parched forests, forcing scores of evacuations and destroying or damaging numerous structures.
Posted: 9:02 AM Gabrielle Giffords only spoke a few words on Saturday night, but her many supporters who came to a get-out-the-vote rally and concert at the Rialto Theater say that was enough to make their night.
Posted: 9:00 AM A helicopter crashed in the outskirts of Nairobi on Sunday, killing the Kenyan internal security minister -- a man who once served as vice president and was a presidential contender in an upcoming election.
Posted: 8:59 AM The police chief in the Alabama city of Auburn said early Sunday in a report that authorities have responded to a report of multiple gunshot victims at an apartment complex, but he gave no information on the situation.
Posted: 8:55 AM Timothy Bradley shook the boxing world after a stunning split decision against Manny Pacquiao to win the WBO welterweight title.
Posted: 9:26 AM Attorneys for Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio asked a federal court Friday to dismiss a lawsuit that claims his office carried out a pattern of discrimination against Latinos in the sheriff's trademark immigration patrols and had a culture of disregard for basic constitutional rights.
Posted: 9:24 AM The cost to dine with investor Warren Buffett has apparently spiked in value, with one deep-pocketed bidder forking over nearly $3.5 million during a charity auction.
Posted: 9:21 AM Police have turned up possible new evidence in the Etan Patz case.
Posted: 7:27 AM Aviation enthusiasts aren't interested in your complaints about airline security or packed planes or high prices. To them, the thrill of flight has never gone away, and modern airline technology and design are more fascinating than ever.
Updated: 6:26 AM Federal health authorities Friday recommended that 50 types of cancer be added to the list of covered illnesses for people who were exposed to toxins at the site of the World Trade Center in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks.
Posted: 11:22 PM "I'll Have Another" has suffered "the start of tendonitis," the trainer says after Friday's scratch from the Belmont. Owner says, "it was a hell of a run."
Posted: 11:00 PM Almost 40 percent of young adults between the ages of 19 and 29 did not have health insurance at some point in 2011, according to a new report from the Commonwealth Fund.
Posted: 10:55 PM Credit rating agency Standard & Poor's said Friday the United States could be in for another credit downgrade by 2014 if Congress doesn't tackle the national debt with a serious plan.
Posted: 10:52 PM Federal health officials say 14 people in six states have been sickened by the same strain of E. coli over the past couple of months.
Posted: 10:47 PM Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference, the annual gathering where the secretive company hosts folks who make a living writing software for its products, kicks off Monday.
