Jimmy Carter says the United States is experiencing "a resurgence of racism" and he's calling on Baptist faith leaders to foster change in their communities.
Two men charged with murder in the 1973 shotgun slayings of two young girls can't face the death penalty because it wasn't an option when the girls were sexually assaulted and killed, a California prosecutor said.
A brigade commander who oversaw 4,000 soldiers at a Texas post has been relieved of his duties after an Army investigation found violations of sexual harassment and other policies.
The family of Sandra Bland, a black Chicago-area woman who died in a Texas jail after a contentious traffic stop last summer, has reached a $1.9 million settlement in their wrongful death lawsuit, the family's attorney told a Houston television Thursday.
The most winningest coach in NCAA Division I basketball history wants to show you how to be a better leader. He's qualified to do that, don't you think?
The House on Thursday backed election-year legislation that would temporarily halt the transfer of more terror suspects from the U.S. naval prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
A jury on Wednesday acquitted an Arizona woman accused of flashing underage boys at a bar mitzvah last year and performing a sex act on one of the teens.
An online petition is calling for an Iowa judge's removal after a 19-year-old man was spared jail time after pleading guilty to a child molestation charge involving a toddler.
A 38-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a road rage incident involving a gun that occurred on the southbound shoulder of I-205 near Oregon City.