A 44-year-old New Orleans man died in front of his two sons Wednesday after he responded to a woman's screams and was shot by an apparent carjacker, according to police and family members.
The accused trigger man in the slayings of three men who answered a Craigslist ad for work on a cattle farm pleaded not guilty Wednesday, officials in Ohio said.
It was a semester of student teaching in Nairobi that opened Jessica Buchanan's heart to Africa. It is yet to be seen how another singular -- but harrowing -- experience, being held by pirates for three months, will shape her. Navy SEALs rescued Buchanan and fellow aid worker Poul Thisted in a daring overnight raid.
Five Missouri state senators, all Democrats, found stickers resembling rifle crosshairs on the doors to their capitol offices Tuesday as the legislature debated health care reform, several senators said.
Less than two weeks after the Costa Concordia cruise disaster, customers are still booking cruises for 2012 -- even as they ask more questions about safety at sea. The cruise industry is in the middle of its "wave season," the first three months of the year when the majority of customers book their cruises.
A University of Wisconsin senior official resigned after making unwanted sexual advances to a male student employee of the school's athletic department, according to a report released this week.
Former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno will be laid to rest Wednesday at a private funeral and burial service after thousands of mourners lined up Tuesday to say goodbye.