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Authorities have delivered a red Hot Wheels car and Cheez-It crackers to the 5-year-old Alabama boy held captive underground for almost a week.

If prayer can't sway Boy Scouts board members as they vote whether to end the organization's ban on gays, it won't be for lack of trying.

Oscar came to the United States at the age of 16 to work. There were no jobs for him in his native Guatemala, and he felt obligated to help support his parents.He was lured across borders by the promise of work. He believed, as so many immigrants do, that there would be a job for him in America.For the past five years, he has worked at a Los Angeles carwash that cheated him and other immigrant workers out of pay, refused protective gear and even denied drinking water.

If you have an iPhone, make sure you take a minute to download the new free app, BizVizz. BizVizz people track taxes, government subsidies and political campaign donations of major corporations. Once you download the app, simply enter a company’s name or snap a picture of its logo and then the company information pops up. Future developments include creating an Android version of the app and expanding the catalog of corporate information. 

A 25-year-old Iraq war veteran charged with killing former Navy SEAL and "American Sniper" author Chris Kyle and his friend turned his semi-automatic handgun onto the pair while they were at a North Texas shooting range, authorities said Sunday.

Author and Judge Lise A. Pearlman will be at the 14th Street Busboys and Poets location Monday, Feb. 4, to sign her new book, The Sky's the Limit: People v. Newton, The Real Trial of the 20th Century?

Elated fans in Baltimore and disappointed fans in San Francisco spilled into the streets of both cities after a tight finish in Super Bowl XLVII. Scattered violence was reported in both places.

Despite headlines Monday about a New York City tourist killed while traveling in Turkey, the woman’s two children have yet to learn about her brutal death, the victim’s mother told TODAY.

A 17-year-old boy accused of throwing a 9-year-old boy off the roof of a Bronx apartment building pleaded not guilty Sunday.

This week’s news cycle has been packed with immigration-related stories. Immigration policy reform is finally moving in Congress, and creating a road map to citizenship for 11 million immigrants living in the United States is becoming a top priority for lawmakers. In the political negotiations, some lawmakers also have demanded enhanced border controls and other enforcement measures.