Expand . Australia's sovereign wealth fund dumped holdings in mine and cluster-bomb makers as the nation prepares to ratify a treaty banning the...

Expand . Ding, dong, the witch is dead. Osama bin Laden, the author of the 9/11 atrocities in the United States and various lesser terrorist...

The present political scenario in the State is in a confused state and administration is in doldrums and major political changes can be seen once...

The LePage administration unveiled $250 million in budget changes Friday that propose to cut health insurance to 28,000 adults, eliminate vacant...

Press Statement . . . I am deeply troubled that the Syrian Government chooses to continue to use force and intimidation against the Syrian people...

Media Note . . . Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton has appointed Ambassador Carlos Pascual as the Department of State Special Envoy and Coordinator...

The Legislature will face many decisions next winter regarding the future of health care services in South Dakota. The agenda has largely been...

THE people will decide whether the KC Stadium should be sold to Hull City's owners, the new council leader has revealed.. . Councillor Steve Brady...

Area police chiefs scramble to find ways to prosecute domestic violence Foster's Daily Democrat By JAKE O'DONNELL ROCHESTER — The proposed elimination of the Strafford County Domestic Violence Prosecution Unit is leaving local police departments scrambling for solutions. Rochester Police Chief David Dubois told his city's Police Commission this ...

Man in Piedmont standoff faces domestic violence, kidnapping charge Greenville News 2011 2:00AM A Piedmont man was arraigned Friday on charges of criminal domestic violence and kidnapping, authorities said. After facing a magistrate in Anderson Friday evening, Rocky L. Ingram, 52, of 109 Ingram Lane, was remanded to the Anderson ... Bond set for Piedmont man arrested after standoffAnderson Independent Mail all 2 news articles »

Shattered:. Modern Motherhood and the Illusion of Equality. By Rebecca Asher. Vintage, $21.14I approached this book with cynical reluctance. “Not...

Bannock County prosecutors say the estranged husband of a Pocatello woman who was found beaten to death late Monday has been charged with first ...

Police and domestic violence help agencies took to the central business district in Levin to share information about how to deal with the issue and ...

A good cup of coffee was scarce during most of Mark Hebert's nearly 12 years as a missionary in central Asia.. . Since moving back to Baton Rouge...

Alcohol and drug use can progress into abuse and even addiction so insidiously that sometimes people do not realize that it has become a problem...

Password: Close Close Close OR Close Andrew Wilson will face death penalty Suspect in stabbing deaths charged with 2 counts of murder By Jennifer Portman * DEMOCRAT senior WRITER * Published: May 07.

For the first time in his 30 years of public service, Police Chief Steve Adams' integrity has been called into question.

According to latest media reports Oksana Grigorieva let Mel Gibson off the hook in court, concerning her domestic violence claim being grounds for changing their custody order.

HERALD What's next? A song sung blue? A show tune about American injustice? Operatic trills on judicial ills? First, J. William Gallup penned a poem, in iambic pentameter, to protest a judge's verdict in a domestic violence case.

Tammy Scott holds her 7-month-old granddaughter Myonie, at the site where Scott's son and Myonis' father Deante Fuller was killed in Antioch, Calif.

Ask Lucinda Jackson about her son and her weary eyes light up. The Antioch woman is quick to share how the gregarious young man reluctantly became a dedicated father; his successes working as a mechanic; the yellow 1971 Pontiac Firebird he restored; and his affectionate nature.

Temp: 62.0 F Fair Temp: 58.0 F Fair Temp: 54.0 F Fair Temp: 59.0 F UPDATE 5-6-2011 Tallahassee, FL - On January 24, 2011, the Tallahassee Police Department initiated an investigation due to allegations of abuse by an officer.

The horrific series of domestic killings and murder-suicides across the country suggests strongly that something has gone awfully wrong in this society.

Raleigh County Prosecutor Kristen Keller called a variety of witness, from ballistic experts to an ex-wife, who testified to physical evidence and what Circuit Court Judge John Hutchison called the "historical context" or "whole story surrounding the death of Tresa Bowling." Christopher Bowling, 38, is charged with the first-degree murder of his ...

A woman who began work at the Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office as a child-support intern took the oath Friday to become the county’s top law enforcement officer.After being sworn in as the county prosecutor, Jean Peters-Baker resigned from the 39th District seat in the Missouri House of Representatives, to which she was elected in ...

A man was arrested after a standoff involving SWAT in Battle Ground on Friday. Battle Ground Police officers were called to a home on SW 4th St.

The selectmen gave out another building permit this week. Great. Let's keep this up.

Battle Ground police took a man safely into custody Friday evening after he reportedly was involved in a domestic dispute, was suicidal and holed up in his home with a rifle.

Eden Landow Mother's Day weekend is a good time to get your game on -- or to strengthen the moves that are already working for you -- so take these tips from the all-female ownership team of the reigning WNBA Eastern Conference championship Atlanta Dream.

SYCAMORE – The sentencing of a former Northern Illinois University student found guilty last year of shooting a fellow student has been scheduled for later this month after a request for a new trial was denied Friday.

Google this sparse online brand is getting pretty good at melting hearts. Dirt Devil you think you know where the punchline will fall, but the creators knew better than to make it immediately obvious.

WESTMINSTER A man suspected of stabbing his ex-girlfriend multiple times during a domestic dispute was arrested Thursday after police found him driving her stolen SUV, authorities said.

As I like to remind myself, I am the luckiest man alive. I have a wife who thinks Valentine's Day is insufferably lame and a mother who hates Mother's Day.

In her debut novel, Purple Knot, romantic suspense author and Menifee resident, Raquel Byrnes, delves into the world of dark family secrets, high stakes corporate intrigue, and dangerous drug rings as takes she the reader on an whirlwind romance.

K-State Settles Lawsuit with Former Head Football Coach. . MANHATTAN, Kan. - Kansas State University and K-State Athletics, Inc., have reached an ...

The parents of Spc. Bowe Bergdahl have declined to say much publicly since their son went missing from his base in southern Afghanistan on June 30 ...

Prime Minister Stephen Harper's new majority government will quickly table a budget when Parliament is convened in the coming weeks and it is ...

Less than four months after opposition anger over contested national elections triggered deadly clashes with police, Albanians vote for local ...

THE WRONG Clifton Jones showed up at Thursday's Savannah City Council meeting. . . Either that, or the veteran city alderman suffered a temporary...

Houston News.Net Friday 6th May, 2011 Authorities say a Texas man riding in a car with three women shot and killed each of them, fled on foot after the vehicle smashed into a pole and was caught after a bystander chased and tackled him.

EDITORIAL: Domestic violence: call to action Jamaica Gleaner As the tally of women murdered by their intimate partners rises, we need to recognise that domestic violence is a public health and safety issue with far-reaching consequences for individuals, workplaces, schools, and the community in general. ...

Randi's Race for domestic violence is Saturday CBS 21 Her murder shook a quiet Cumberland County neighborhood in 2003, but now, Randi Trimble's legacy is being heard loud and clear through a fundraiser to fight domestic violence. Hundreds of people will join Saturday morning's Randi's Race, ... and more »

Actor Nicolas Cage has avoided prosecution in New Orleans three weeks after he was arrested following a drunken argument with his wife, People...

Decker Middle School was placed on lockdown for over an hour Friday after a domestic dispute Thursday night.. . The lockdown lasted from 11:30 a.m...

Authorities were searching for a Westminster man Friday who they believe brutally stabbed his ex-girlfriend in a domestic dispute.. . Westminster...

Police and domestic violence help agencies took to the central business district in Levin to share information about how to deal with the issue and...

In Friday's pages, the editorial board supports President Obama's decision to keep Osama bin Laden's death photo under wraps, praising the decision ...

A 21-year-old boy has been charged with the murder of three women after he allegedly shot them while driving in his car following a furious row...

Latinas who endure violence at the hands of a partner during or within a year of pregnancy are five times more likely to suffer postpartum depression than women who have not experienced such violence, according to a new study by researchers at the UCLA Center for Culture, Trauma and Mental Health Disparities.

Anthony Stonecipher says federal agents trashed his Alamogordo home during a search.