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Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky 45 counts of sexual abuse of minors. The judge affirmed a 30 to 60 year sentence.

A tornado touched ground near Adairsville, Ga., leaving major structural damage and at least one death. The severe weather will continue to move east, affecting areas from New York to Pensacola.

Rubio's push on immigration overhaul is getting him all kinds of attention. But some of it, he probably would be just as happy without.

Looking at 29 mass shootings since 1999, researchers found most happened at a work place and were perpetrated by men aged 17 to 48.

The Boy Scouts of America may drop its ban against gay members and leaders, just a dozen years after winning the right to maintain the policy at the U.S. Supreme Court. A lawyer who has written extensively about gay Americans, discrimination and the Scouts discusses what might be going on.

The Boy Scouts are set to let local troops decide on rules for admitting gay members and leaders, a policy similar to its approach to racial integration that many find unsatisfactory.

The nation's first Latina justice tells her story of rising from poverty to reach the epitome of the legal world.

Patrice Motsepe made his fortune in the mining business and said he wanted his fortune to benefit the millions of South Africans who have remained poor after white-minority rule ended in 1994.

Repairs to the New York City hospital are expected to allow a full reopening in early February. Engineers have been working around the clock to make everything is ready. Bellevue hasn't been able to care for trauma patients since the storm. That has put a strain on neighboring hospitals.

The message, delivered by homily and a short film, is a controversial one in a country that has seen 70,000 deaths as the result of drug violence.