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Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway says a former social worker has been sentenced to five years in prison for falsifying records on child abuse and…

Law experts say the abuses by New York City Police have gone almost entirely unpunished. They calling for NYPD to take bold steps to address the problems.

Officials may say something one day, only to change their stories the next. NPR's Sean Carberry runs through how details about a police officer's defection to the Taliban varied in less than 24 hours.

Thomas Martinez and Tamara Hardy dreamed of leaving home and going to college. But they grew up on a Navajo reservation and were torn, between those aspirations and their ties to their poverty-stricken community. Up Heartbreak Hill follows the high school seniors as they struggle with the decision.

A federal judge has ruled against opponents of the $3 billion Interstate 69 extension between Indianapolis and Evansville who claimed the U.S. Army Corps…

When Oregon couldn't pay for everyone eligible for Medicaid to be covered, the state resorted to a lottery. Researchers then compared the health of people who won coverage with those who didn't. The results show that Medicaid improves people's health.

Major retailers have agreed to stop carrying the "high-powered magnets."

The nation's gross domestic product grew at a 1.5 percent annual rate, the Bureau of Economic Analysis estimates, down from a 2 percent pace in the first quarter.

Rodney Dwayne Valentine asked police officers for a ride to a motel after he was released from jail. The officers said no and told him to call a cab. But he stayed put — and was arrested for trespassing. The Greensboro News and Record reports that he's back in the slammer.

The U.S. men's gymnastics team is in London, and gold isn't the only color on their minds: The competition floor is covered in hot pink. The gymnasts are struggling to adjust; they say the array of colors makes it hard to spot the high bars. As one gymnast put it, "Real men compete on pink floors!"