WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will appoint veteran Secret Service agent Julia Pierson as the agency's first female director, a White House official said, signaling his desire to change the culture at ... Read more
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota woman at the center of a long-running court fight over the unauthorized downloading of copyrighted music said there's still no way she can pay record companies the $222,000 ... Read more
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina woman said Monday that her child's father is the Air Force aviation mechanic whose rabies-infected organs were transplanted into other recipients, including a Maryland man ... Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has turned away an appeal from a Minnesota woman who has been ordered to pay record companies $222,000 for the unauthorized downloading of copyrighted music. The justices did ... Read more
PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — A 75-year-old Detroit-area woman on trial for killing her grandson stumbled Thursday when a juror asked a key question: Why confront a rebellious teenager with a gun? Sandra Layne didn't ... Read more
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Family members of the young woman killed in a lion attack at a Central California animal park say they believe no rules were broken and the volunteer worker's death was a tragic ... Read more
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Family members of a 24-year-old intern killed by a lion at a California animal park said Friday they believe the facility followed safety protocols and the death was a tragic ... Read more
PRIJEDOR, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — There were days when she prayed for a bullet to end her suffering. When she thought she was dying of a heart attack, she whispered "Thank you God." A young judge, Nusreta ... Read more
DUNLAP, Calif. (AP) — The investigation into a lion attack that killed a 24-year-old woman who loved big cats is focusing on a cage door that the 550-pound animal managed to escape through to reach the volunteer ... Read more
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The company whose employee refused to administer CPR to a dying woman said Tuesday that the employee wrongly interpreted its policy. But the elderly woman's family said she would not ... Read more