DETROIT - A Detroit man was so obsessed over toilet training that he fatally beat his 2-year-old daughter for having an accident, a prosecutor said Wednesday in an opening statement to jurors at the man's first-degree murder trial.
PHOENIX - A judge has ruled that police in Arizona can immediately start enforcing the most contentious section of the state's immigration law, marking the first time officers can carry out a requirement that officers, while enforcing other laws, question the immigration status of those suspected of being in the country illegally.
CHICAGO - Delegates: Chicago teachers suspend strike, will resume classes in nation's 3rd-largest city. -á
NEW YORK - A provocative new study suggests a connection between the BPA chemical used in food packaging and childhood obesity, but the researchers say their findings don't prove it's the cause.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Two-time Olympic snowboarding champion Shaun White has apologized for the "unwise choices" he made that left him facing charges of public intoxication and vandalism.
INDIANAPOLIS - Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan is rebutting a Democratic Senate ad by asking Hoosiers to "please, please, send us Richard Mourdock."
BOSTON - A convicted murderer in Massachusetts says a judge's decision to grant her request for sex-reassignment surgery is "the right thing to do."
INDIANAPOLIS - A former police officer from Kentucky was named Indianapolis' new public safety director Tuesday, replacing an official who resigned amid criticism over his handling of the city's police department.
The parents of an eastern Indiana woman don't think it's fair the man who killed their daughter walked out of prison five years to the day after being sentenced to 20 years.
MORTON, Ind. - Indiana State Police say a highway work site flagger has died after being struck by a vehicle.
DALLAS - American Airlines is sending layoff warning notices to more than 11,000 employees although a spokesman says the company expects job losses to be closer to 4,400. -á
Online voting for homecoming king and queen is now available.
Student Voluntary Services has extended its deadline to apply for this year's Fall Alternative Break.
BATON ROUGE, La. - Thousands of students, professors and workers were being evacuated from Louisiana State University's main campus Monday following a bomb threat, school officials said.
As the fire and temperatures heat up, an artistic masterpiece is created using only one's mouth and hands.
Officials at Brownsburg High School in Brownsburg, Ind., put the building on lockdown Monday after a student falsely reported being attacked.
CHICAGO - Mayor Rahm Emanuel asked a state court Monday to force Chicago school teachers back to work and end a weeklong strike he calls illegal.
INDIANAPOLIS - Police say one person has died and another has been injured in a shooting at an Indianapolis gun store.
BURLINGTON, Iowa - Just how competitive is Iowa in the presidential campaign? Enough so that both vice presidential candidates were vying for voters on Monday, just 140 miles apart.
INDIANAPOLIS - Children with severe mental illnesses will be able to get state-funded services without their parents admitting neglect charges under a plan from Indiana's troubled Department of Child Services.
