Drilling into a rock near its landing spot, the Curiosity rover has answered a key question about Mars: The red planet long ago harbored some of the ingredients needed for primitive life to thrive.
A judge sentenced an eastern Indiana woman to 60 years in prison Tuesday for the starvation death of her 3-month-old son.
A self-styled U.S. street preacher accused in a deadly plot to lure men with Craigslist job offers and then rob them was found guilty of aggravated murder on Tuesday and could face the death penalty.
DENVER — Colorado lawmakers took a historic vote to approve civil unions for gay couples Tuesday, delivering on a campaign promise from Democrats who have capitalized on the changing political landscape of a state where voters banned same-sex marriage not long ago.
INDIANAPOLIS — The private company chosen to run the Hoosier Lottery has launched its first advertising campaign, focusing on what lottery players dream of doing with a big payout.
NEW YORK — Police Officer Gilberto Valle's lawyers said he was just spinning sick and twisted fantasies for his own pleasure when he chatted online about abducting, roasting and eating women. A jury, though, decided he was deadly serious.
Black smoke poured from the Sistine Chapel chimney on Tuesday, signaling that cardinals had failed on their first vote of the papal conclave to choose a new leader.
CENTENNIAL, Colo. — The judge in the deadly Colorado movie theater shooting case entered a not guilty plea on behalf of James Holmes on Tuesday after the former graduate student's defense team said he was not ready to enter one.
The mother of a kindergartner who died in a 2012 school bus crash says she's angry that lawmakers haven't found a way to pay for seat belts on school buses.
An unpredictable North Korea, with its nuclear weapons and missile programs, stands as a serious threat to the United States and East Asia nations, the director of National Intelligence warned Tuesday in a sober assessment of worldwide threats.
A series of emergency notifications sent to students through email and text messages to the community that left many students not attending class and wondering if there was an actual lock-down.
Drew Bogs got to shake Jose Contreras’ hand, something he said he never imagined he would get to do.
Facing one of college baseball’s powerhouses, the Cardinals had them on the ropes with the bases loaded and nobody out.
When left fielder Jennifer Gilbert blasted a home run over the left-center field wall against Florida International on March 5, she put herself atop Ball State’s record book.
Monday morning marked yet another moment this year where I have sincerely worried about my safety at Ball State University.
