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On Monday, a Colorado Catholic hospital and the state's bishops released a statement saying it was "morally wrong" to have previously argued that a fetus was not a human being to defend themselves in a wrongful death case.

Essie Mae Washington-Williams, who in 2003 revealed she was the biracial daughter of segregationist Senator Strom Thurmond, has died in South Carolina at age 87, a funeral home representative said on Monday.

Exclusive: A confidential Justice Department memo concludes that the U.S. government can order the killing of American citizens if they are believed to be “senior operational leaders” of al-Qaida or “an associated force” -- even if there is no intelligence indicating they are engaged in an active plot against the U.S.

A former federal prosecutor has been named to lead an investigation of Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett's handling of the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal.

The FBI is playing a significant role in the investigation into the death of a New York City woman in Istanbul while on a solo vacation, a U.S. congressman said Monday. Rep. Michael Grimm, a former FBI agent, said U.S.

A coalition of Boy Scouts councils representing some 540,000 youth asked the national organization on Monday to hold off on determining whether to end the controversial policy banning gay Scouts and leaders, saying it was concerned about the executives’ fast pace on a decision that can’t be “undone.”

Firing bullets at a gun range — as a Marine reservist was doing Saturday when he allegedly killed ex-Navy SEAL and "American Sniper" author Chris Kyle — can ignite combat flashbacks, a leading expert on post-traumatic stress disorder said Monday, adding, however, that hunting and target practice can be therapeutic for veterans if their shooting buddies intimately know war.

A 5-year-old boy held captive for seven days in an underground bunker in southern Alabama is alive and his kidnapper is dead, a law enforcement official told NBC News on Monday afternoon.

A 5-year-old boy held captive for seven days in an underground bunker in southern Alabama is alive and his kidnapper is dead.

A 5-year-old boy held captive for seven days in an underground bunker in southern Alabama is alive and his kidnapper is dead.