A US woman who admitted to beating her 2-year-old daughter and gluing her hands to a wall is to be sentenced.

Elizabeth Escalona pleaded guilty July 12 to injury to a child. The young mother is sched

The man accused of opening fire on an Aurora movie theater told a classmate he wanted to kill people four months before the shooting, newly released court records allege.

Prosecutors made the allegat

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has picked Wisconsin congressman Paul Ryan to be his running mate, according to a Republican with knowledge of the development.

The official spoke on con

The US Anti-Doping Agency is bringing doping charges against seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong, threatening to strip his famous victories in those cycling races.

Armstrong could face a

A 74-year-old woman has been charged with murder in the shooting death of her 17-year-old grandson.

Police said Jonathan Hoffman called police and told an emergency dispatcher that he had been shot i

Cisco Systems Inc forecast quarterly earnings below Wall Street's expectations, accentuating concerns about global technology spending and the network equipment maker's ability to weather persistent e

A loud explosion heard across much of Nevada and California rattled homes and prompted a flood of calls to law enforcement agencies on both sides of the Sierra Nevada mountains, some reporting firebal

Dow Chemical will cut 900 jobs and shutter plants on three continents because of weakness in Europe, which may soon tip back into recession of it has not done so already.

Dow was ravaged during the g

Deputy Speaker of New Jersey State Assembly and prominent Indian-American politician, Upendra Chivukula is all set to run for the US House of Representatives in the ensuing national elections slated f

Nerves were strained as an Iranian patrol boat approached the USS Abraham Lincoln at speed.

A helicopter escort hovered above the vessel in a warning not to get any closer, and the grey boat, tiny co