A series of “little miracles” saw several thousand Latter-day Saints living in the Colorado Springs area safely through a frightening week during which the Black Forest Fire has raged,... Read more »

Recent news stories with strong statements supporting same-sex marriage outnumbered stories strongly expressing the opposing viewpoint by a 5-to-1 ratio. Read more »

The world has changed since 1938 when Superman made his first comic book appearance, and that changing culture can perhaps help explain why Mitt Romney lost the 2012 presidential election,... Read more »

Miss Utah USA Marissa Powell became flustered during a question posed to her Sunday at the Miss USA pageant. Read more »

NPR writer Linda Holmes defends Miss Utah USA Marissa Powell's answer during the national competition on Sunday, saying the question was "dumb" and an "impossible question to answer." Read more »

An elementary school in Nova Scotia canceled all Mother's Day and Father's Day celebrations, replacing the holidays with a more inclusive "International Day of Families." Many parents have... Read more »

Nearly 50 years ago, a national report on the black family in America found serious challenges. Many of those issues remain, according to a new look, "The Moynihan Report Revisited." The issues... Read more »

Internal Revenue Service officials in Washington scrutinized the very first application from a tea party group seeking tax-exempt status — and dozens of others. Read more »

The director of the National Security Agency insisted on Tuesday that the government's sweeping surveillance programs has foiled some 50 terrorist plots worldwide in a forceful defense echoed by... Read more »

Gawker reports that Cap'n Crunch, everyone's beloved cereal captain, may not, in fact, be a captain. Read more »

Google is stepping up its fight against child pornography, announcing its intention to take action through "hashing" technology, which allows it to tag known child sexual abuse images and then... Read more »

NSA leaker Edward Snowden is defending his disclosure of top-secret U.S. spying programs in an online chat Monday with The Guardian and is attacking U.S. officials for calling him a traitor. Read more »

On Friday, a judge in Steuebenville, Ohio, classified one of the teenagers convicted in the Steubenville rape case as a sex offender. Read more »

Gordon Ramsay, the fiery British chef known to Americans for being the demanding bully on "Hell's Kitchen" and "Kitchen Nightmares," is being sued by four ex-employees, Yahoo! TV reports. Read more »

House Republicans on Tuesday make their most concerted effort of the year to change federal abortion law with legislation that would ban almost all abortions after a fetus reaches the age of 20 weeks. Read more »

Down Right Now, an Internet services monitoring site, noted that Facebook is experiencing a "likely service disruption" at 9:28 p.m. (EST) on Tuesday, June 18. Read more »

Students at a private New York school, some as young as age 14, were required to write a suicide letter as an offshoot lesson plan from the best-selling book and movie, “The Secret Life of... Read more »

Scientists say a wooden beam extending from the floor of northern Lake Michigan appears to have been there for centuries, an important finding as they try to determine whether it's part of the... Read more »

Nine owners and managers of 7-Eleven stores across Long Island and in Virginia were charged Monday with making tens of millions of dollars by exploiting immigrants from Pakistan and the... Read more »

If you're up to no good in this pocket of northeast Ohio, especially in a witless way, you're risking not only jail time or a fine but a swifter repercussion with a much larger audience: You're in... Read more »

Afghan forces have taken over the lead from the U.S.-led NATO coalition for security nationwide, President Hamid Karzai announced Tuesday in a significant milestone in the 12-year war. Read more »

A key committee in the Republican-led House moved Tuesday toward approving a tough enforcement-focused immigration bill opposed by Democrats and immigrant advocates, who interrupted the proceedings... Read more »

Unpaid internships have long been a path of opportunity for students and recent grads looking to get a foot in the door in the entertainment, publishing and other prominent industries, even if it... Read more »

The Supreme Court says prosecutors can use a person's silence against them if it comes before he's told of his right to remain silent. Read more »