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According to police, a third-grade teacher sent at least 65 harassing messages to a teen on Ask.FM, a site that allows people to anonymously ask questions of users.

Police say the boy fell from a sixth-floor apartment window to a third-floor balcony.

Much-needed rain is headed to areas that have long prayed for it, with the first drops expected to come down as soon as Thursday.

A growing number of states are using controversial teacher evaluations to determine which teachers earn and hold onto tenure, says a report released Thursday by the Education Commission of the States, a nonpartisan research organization.

They’re on the go, living their lives on smartphones and using social media. They’re skipping the doctor more and more, relying instead on pharmacists for medical advice. And they want to save money.

Flash floods closed sections of interstates in Ohio as a system of thunderstorms deluged the Midwest on Wednesday afternoon and evening.Video posted by NBC station WDTN of Dayton showed vehicles submerged or floating in deep water along Interstate 70 north of Dayton.

Rep. Joe Garcia backtracked Wednesday on a recent remark on communism that had sparked conservatives' ire.

The accused Boston Marathon bombers used powder from crushed fireworks, fuses made from Christmas lights and detonators assembled from model car parts to construct their bombs, prosecutors allege in new court documents.

Eighty American service members are on the ground in North Africa to oversee drone operations in the search for the 276 abducted Nigerian schoolgirls, the Obama administration said Wednesday.The White House formally notified Congress that the troops are in the neighboring African nation of Chad.

An NBC News investigation suggests there are widespread, systemic problems that may be hindering the delivery of high-quality care to U.S. veterans.