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PHOENIX (AP) -- The mother of a 19-year-old man fatally shot in the back by a U.S. Border Patrol agent has sued the federal government and the agent himself, claiming it was "an appalling use of excessive force" because her son was unarmed, had his back to the agent and posed no threat....

The Church of England warns that government proposals to legalise gay marriage by 2015 could undermine its status.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- A man accused of killing three people at a party near Auburn University turned himself in Tuesday after a three-day manhunt that included a tense but fruitless search of a Montgomery home by police tactical units....

LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Emergency officials in Nevada are responding to a tunnel collapse near Lake Mead National Recreation Area that may have trapped a crew of construction workers....

A Florida man lit the mother of his 4-year-old son on fire early Monday, then chased her with a knife before she found refuge inside a convenience store, police said.

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez rallied tens of thousands of supporters Monday, wearing his signature red beret and singing a folk song as he launched his re-election bid....

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez rallied tens of thousands of supporters Monday, wearing his signature red beret and singing a folk song as he launched his re-election bid....

BELLEFONTE, Pa. — Jerry Sandusky's trial in the Penn State scandal opened in graphic fashion Monday with the first witness testifying that the retired coach molested him in the locker-room showers and in hotels while trying to ensure his silence with gifts and trips to bowl games.

The man, now ...

Police in the Bahamas say a boat carrying Haitian immigrants apparently trying to reach the United States has sunk killing at least 11 people.

HLN's Evening Express team reveal video of a new invention where a bed automatically makes itself.

The cases seem to be popping up everywhere — and with alarming frequency.

Married English teacher Erin Sayar, 35, is accused of having sex with an 11th-grader at least eight times while supposedly tutoring him at his Brooklyn high school.

Michael Montgomery, a 49-year-old language instructor in Salem, Ore., is ...

As the ranks of America's long-term unemployed continue to swell, CNN's Lizzie O'Leary talks to a 50-year-old college graduate who hasn't had a full-time job in 18 months.

LANSING, Mich. |— As the clock ticks down on Detroit's long-coming financial meltdown, some residents wonder if the Motor City is poised on the edge of an explosive summer of unrest.

Last week, members of the Detroit City Council said they would let play out a legal challenge to an ...

MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Hordes of school-skipping "tween" girls and their parents streamed into Mexico City's historic main plaza Monday jostling for the best spots at a free concert by teen superstar Justin Bieber that was expected to draw 200,000 people....

BEIRUT (AP) -- The United States accused the Syrian government of using "new horrific tactics" Monday, as U.N. observers reported Syrian helicopters were firing on rebellious areas and concerns mounted that civilians were trapped in besieged cities....

BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) -- A former Penn State assistant coach who was a central figure in Joe Paterno's downfall testified Tuesday that he heard a "skin-on-skin smacking sound" in a campus locker room one night in 2001 and saw something that was "more than my brain could handle."...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- Police identified a paroled gang member on Monday as the suspect in a late-night weekend assault that left four people dead, including the gunman, in a Sacramento home, authorities said....

In Austria, a pair of tortoises who've been together for more than a century have grown apart. Here's CNN's Jeanne Moos.

Police charge two 15-year-old girls with offering other teen girls as prostitutes to various men. Affiliate CBC reports.

Every year the brains behind your favorite reality TV shows flock to Santa Monica, California, to talk shop and honor the best in nonfiction TV.