SOMERVILLE, MA—"He's a sweet old guy, and he's been through a lot," said Brian Pressman, 33, who received the cat as a ...

The execution of Ohio murderer Kenneth Biros made use of an untested one-drug technique that is purportedly an improvement over the three-drug...

ROANOKE, VA—"He fought that terrible gorilla with every last ounce of strength he had, but in the end, David's body just couldn’t ...

Corpses are piling up in the Wayne County Morgue in Detroit because families and loved ones can't afford to bury or cremate the bodies ...

A clarification of law makes it less likely that relatives of terminally ill people will be prosecuted in England for helping a loved one end ...

8 year old Lucas Armitage has become a national hero after bravely defending his home by shooting a burglar multiple times in the chest and ...

A Johns Hopkins University student used a samurai sword to kill a man who had broken into his home. What do you think?

Malachy O'Halloran: Dorchester, MA retired ironworker, bar regular, and professional Irish American You: Could...

WASHINGTON—In a stirring display of his commitment to the institution he pledged his life to 34 years ago, Associate Justice John Paul...

LONDON—Sources close to the British royal family confirmed Tuesday that relatives of Queen Elizabeth II have privately expressed feelings of...

Columnist Robert Novak, notable most recently for his role in the outing of CIA agent Valerie Plame, died Tuesday. What do you think?

John Hughes, director of The Breakfast Club and Ferris Bueller's Day Off, died suddenly at 59. What do you think?

Ziketan, a farming town of 10,000 in the Qinghai province of China, has been locked down in an attempt to prevent the spread of ...

Scientists recently discovered a new strain of HIV that originated in gorillas but is now infecting humans. What do you think?

The Food and Drug Administration ordered "black box" warnings be placed on two popular smoking-cessation drugs after numerous reports from users of...