BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) -- A Montana judge on Wednesday stood by his decision to send a former teacher to prison for 30 days for raping a 14-year-old girl who later killed herself, but said he... READ MORE »

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) -- Protesters are calling for the resignation of a Montana judge who said a 14-year-old rape victim was "older than her chronological age" and had "as much control of... READ MORE »

BEIJING (AP) -- Police in northern China launched a massive search Wednesday for a woman accused of gouging out the eyes of a 6-year-old boy. Authorities in the city of Linfen in Shanxi... READ MORE »

PLAINVILLE, Conn. (AP) -- Connecticut officials say part of a fire extinguisher flew nearly a quarter-mile through the air into a house after a workplace accident. No one was injured.... READ MORE »

ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) -- A judge has ordered an eastern Pennsylvania woman to stand trial on charges she tried to poison her husband and daughter with burritos laced with prescription... READ MORE »

After just one year, some schools around the country are dropping out of the healthier new federal lunch program, complaining that so many students turned up their noses at meals packed... READ MORE »

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Government agents in 74 countries demanded information on about 38,000 Facebook users in the first half of this year, with about half the orders coming from authorities... READ MORE »

BETHEL PARK, Pa. (AP) -- Police say a woman who confessed to being a "shopaholic" has stolen more than $19,000 from a cheerleading group she once headed. But attorneys for 41-year-old Mary... READ MORE »

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -- A New Mexico judge on Monday declared same-sex marriage legal, ordering the clerk of the state's most populous county to join two other counties in issuing... READ MORE »

DALLAS (AP) -- A Texas megachurch linked to at least 21 measles cases has been trying to contain the outbreak by hosting vaccination clinics, officials said Monday. The outbreak started... READ MORE »