Leatha Kaye Slauson, 30, of Atlantic Iowa is facing charges linked to an allegation that she solicited money and widespread attention by claiming her 5-year-old daughter had terminal cancer. The child is not sick

A central Florida man has been charged with murder in the death of his baby daughter, who authorities say was left in the man’s truck for at least four hours.

A former rapper fighting with the Islamic State (Isis) in Syria is believed to be one of several British jihadists under investigation following the beheading of James Foley.

The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team has been assigned to investigate the police arrest of a young Calgary murder victim days before he went missing.

Overweight adults with type-2 diabetes can lower their health care costs by shedding some extra pounds, a new study reveals. Type-2 diabetes is the chronic condition in which the body fails to use insulin properly. It was once known as adult-onset or noninsulin-dependent diabetes. It affects the way the body metabolizes sugar. Among those diagnosed with type-2 diabetes, nearly 80-90 …

Mountains in Calif. have risen slightly more than half an inch in the past 18 months as a result of a massive draught. According to Climate Central, the water disappearing from the land is acting like a weight being lifted off a spring. Researchers estimate 63 trillion gallons of groundwater and surface water has evaporated in the Western region’s drought.

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health announced today that a Middlesex County man has the first reported human case of the West Nile virus in the state this year. The man was diagnosed at the Hinton State Laboratory institute. The patient, who is in his 60s, remains hospitalized but is recovering, state officials said.

Despite an official hearing on the issue Monday, the parents of slain 6-year-old Jenise Wright still don’t know when they will regain custody of their other three children who were removed by Child Protective Services.

Dating Naked’s Jessie Nizewitz is suing Viacom (VIA.B) — parent company of VH1 — for showing her in the nude.

A huge kilometre-long crack has appeared in a remote part of Mexico, leaving scientists and locals baffled.

Astronomers have discovered a low-mass star that exhibits the peculiar chemical abundance ratios associated with the process of creating new atomic nuclei in a first-generation massive star.