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Presidential historian pleads guilty to stealing documents

Posted: February 7th, 2012, 9:40pm MST

A self-styled presidential historian who claimed to have moved among presidential circles pleaded guilty Tuesday to stealing historical documents worth well over a million dollars, officials said.
Psychologist: Hinckley 'would not pose a significant risk'

Posted: February 7th, 2012, 8:09pm MST

A forensic psychologist endorsed a proposal to allow presidential assailant John Hinckley Jr. more freedom away from his mental hospital, giving his opinion that Hinckley "would not pose a significant risk."
Suspect dies after 3 people are shot at transit station near Dallas

Posted: February 7th, 2012, 5:39pm MST

A shooting suspect died of a gunshot wound after allegedly shooting three people Tuesday at a Dallas Area Rapid Transit station just north of Dallas, officials said.
Caribbean cruise cut short by illness

Posted: February 7th, 2012, 4:44pm MST

Passengers on the Crown Princess are coming home early from a Caribbean cruise, thanks to a second nasty outbreak of gastrointestinal illness.
South Carolina responds in court on voter ID law

Posted: February 7th, 2012, 4:23pm MST

The state of South Carolina told a federal court in the nation's capital Tuesday it has a right to require voters to present a photo ID at the polls, despite opposition from the Obama administration's civil rights lawyers.
Coroner rules Don Cornelius death a suicide

Posted: February 7th, 2012, 4:00pm MST

The death of Don Cornelius, the founder of the "Soul Train" television show, has been ruled a suicide, officials said Tuesday.
Texas begins enforcing law requiring pre-abortion sonogram

Posted: February 7th, 2012, 1:30pm MST

Texas health officials began enforcing Tuesday a controversial law that requires doctors to provide a sonogram to pregnant women before they get an abortion.
Komen Foundation VP resigns after funding controversy

Posted: February 7th, 2012, 9:57am MST

Karen Handel, a vice president with the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation, resigned her position Tuesday following a controversy over funding for some Planned Parenthood projects, the foundation said.
A bullet, broken heart & murder

Posted: February 7th, 2012, 9:21am MST

The prosecutor sounded like the narrator of a hard-boiled police drama as he carefully laid out pieces of the puzzle that led detectives to arrest one of their own in a 23-year-old cold case.
Authorities: Powell kids struck with hatchet before blaze

Posted: February 7th, 2012, 8:12am MST

The tragic tale of two boys killed along with their father in an apparent murder-suicide took another gruesome turn after authorities said the children suffered hatchet wounds before dying of carbon monoxide poisoning.
Military rape victims need justice

Posted: February 7th, 2012, 7:11am MST

Jackie Speier: Rape in the military is epidemic, yet only a few cases go to trial -- largely because commanders call all the shots. Victims deserve impartial investigations and a chance for cases to be tried in a military court.
Pardoned murderer 'not going' back to Mississippi for hearing

Posted: February 7th, 2012, 3:21am MST

A Wyoming attorney representing a convicted murderer recently pardoned by Mississippi's outgoing governor says his client will not attend a Mississippi Supreme Court hearing this week on the constitutionality of his and some 200 other pardons.
Appeals court to rule on Proposition 8

Posted: February 7th, 2012, 2:51am MST

A federal appeals court ruled against California's voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage Tuesday, arguing the ban unconstitutionally singles out gays and lesbians for discrimination.
L.A. school to replace staff

Posted: February 7th, 2012, 12:54am MST

Students at Miramonte Elementary School will return to class later this week to a new staff because administrators do not want any more "surprises" at the Los Angeles school that is at the center of two child abuse cases. The school will be closed Tuesday and Wednesday to "take a break," the Los Angeles Unified School system said.