The National Rifle Association tried to set a world record Monday for the number of people firing two rounds at the same time -- but they claimed the Guinness World Records committee shot them down.
A Missouri appellate court has ruled that a divorced man and woman must have the other's consent before using embryos they had frozen and stored when they were married.
A 14-year-old boy who weighs about 55 pounds is fighting for his life in a hospital after spending much of two years locked away in the basement of his suburban Alabama home, authorities said Tuesday.
A Pennsylvania woman is due in court on charges she killed her toddler son and sent a video of the boy's lifeless body to his father during a jealous, vengeful rage over text message.
The University of Pennsylvania says a former University of Oklahoma student who sent racist text messages to black Penn freshmen had been offered admission to the Ivy League school in May.
A Mexican immigrant who had been living in Philadelphia has relocated to a church, where he is now seeking sanctuary from deportation by federal authorities.
Police have charged a Pittsburgh woman after they say she physically abused her 5-year-old son, left him alone for extended periods of time and forced him to smoke crack cocaine.
Tens of thousands of dead fish have been found floating in a canal on New York's Long Island and authorities are investigating what caused the massive die off.