A Detroit man sentenced to life in prison as a teenager on a drug offense decades ago is not entitled to a new sentencing hearing, the Michigan appeals court ruled on Tuesday. Richard Wershe, 46, known as “White Boy Rick,” was...

Georgia’s parole board denied a request for clemency by the lone woman on the state’s death row, just hours before her scheduled execution on Tuesday for her role in her husband’s murder. Barring a last-minute court stay, Kelly...

A U.S. judge on Tuesday dismissed claims against Saudi Arabia by families of victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, who accused the country of providing material support to al Qaeda. U.S. District Judge George Daniels in Manhattan said Saudi...

Former Vice President Al Gore blasted Republicans on Tuesday for continuing to deny climate change, as he and MSNBC host Chris Hayes noted that American conservatives are unique in doing so. “We’re the only country in the world where...

The second-highest ranked official in the Indiana House of Representatives resigned abruptly on Tuesday, the Indianapolis Star reported. State House Majority Leader Rep. Jud McMillin (R) quit after telling several contacts in a text message last...

Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback will announce the beginning of “Zombie Preparedness Month” for his state on Wednesday, the Wichita Eagle reported. “If you’re prepared for zombies, you’re prepared for anything,”...

Two men were charged on Tuesday in the murder of a University of California, Los Angeles student and sorority member found slain in her burned-out apartment near the campus last week following an apparent botched robbery, prosecutors said....

This story is adapted from a presentation Vyckie Garrison gave at the 2015 American Atheist National Convention where she was named “Atheist of the Year.”

Children whose mothers smoke during pregnancy — and even those born into smokers’ homes — are nearly twice as likely to develop behavioural problems, researchers said Tuesday. A study of some 5,200 French primary school...

The search for extra-terrestrial life just got a big boost from NASA’s stunning announcement that it now has its strongest evidence yet of liquid water on Mars. So did the prospects for human exploration of the red planet because the...

Pope Francis raised eyebrows in Italy on Tuesday by slapping down the left-leaning mayor of Rome as someone who “pretends to be Catholic”. The unforgiving assessment of Ignazio Marino — a man the Italian media love to hate...

An Oklahoma commission voted on Tuesday to remove a privately funded granite monument of the Ten Commandments from the State Capitol grounds, after a judge ordered its removal by Oct. 12. The Capitol Preservation Commission, which oversees art...

Five short months into her surprising presidential run, former HP CEO Carly Fiorina is not only moving to the top of the polls, she is also gaining a reputation as the campaign’s biggest liar — an impressive feat in a field full of...

An agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) was arrested on Friday after he assaulted one man and held his gun on a crowd of people at a high school football game in Houston, Texas. According to KHOU Channel 11, Special Agent...

A man and his girlfriend who prosecutors say kept his sister locked in a storage shed in the Southern California community of Lancaster have been charged with torture and false imprisonment, prosecutors said on Tuesday. Elias Abdurahman, 61, and...