Authorities say a 55-year-old woman died alone in a bedroom of her central Florida home after locking herself in the room for several weeks for a lengthy religious fast.

A new Manhattan hotel is marketing its proximity to Ground Zero as a selling point and creating a stir among some trying to preserve the memory of those lost during the September

There was enough time for straphangers to save the woman killed by a subway train while retrieving her gym bag, an investigator told The New York Post.

Kidnap plots, pursuing mobsters, child-pornography rings, murderous conspirators bent on stealing her $40 million fortune, The New York Post reported.

America is springing forward. Most Americans trade an hour's sleep this weekend for more evening sunshine to enjoy after work.

A federal appeals court has upheld the conviction of a reputed Ku Klux Klan member accused in the kidnapping of two black men who were abducted and killed in rural Mississippi in

The 11,000 rescue and recovery workers sickened from their days toiling in the debris of the World Trade Center must be heard before a $657 million proposed settlement is put to a

Students have wrapped ribbons around 8,000 sunflowers to hand out at a memorial service for Chelsea King, the 17-year-old girl whose murder has shaken her community and spurred

Authorities say a man tried to sexually assault a Malibu jogger who escaped by jumping off a cliff and sliding about 100 feet down a steep hillside.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger ordered a review Friday of the way the state handled a molestation case involving a man who is now charged with murdering one California teenager and

Thousands of New York City taxi drivers overcharged passengers by more than $8.3 million over the past two years by setting their meters at a rate that was supposed to be used for

18-year-old Jose Manuel Campos was arraigned Friday afternoon, and he is being held on $2 million bail

After losing a bet with his Canadian counterpart over the outcome of last month's Canada-U.S. Olympic gold medal showdown, White House Spokesman Robert Gibbs

Newly released documents show an ambulance crew that responded to golfer Tiger Woods' car crash wouldn't let his wife ride with him to the hospital because they thought it was a

For five months, Virginia carpenter Steve Williams lived with a $200 million-dollar secret.