Crime

Pope Francis is driven through the crowd in his popemobile in St. Peter's Square for his inauguration Mass at the Vatican.

Midday Roundup: Francis urges faithful to consider the least of these

Newsworthy |  Pope installed. Foreign dignitaries joined 200,000 people who gathered in St. Peter’s Square this morning for Pope Francis’ official installation. During…

Kermit Gosnell

Philadelphia abortionist goes on trial for murder

Abortion |  A 72-year-old Philadelphia abortionist may spend the rest of his life on death row for murder. His trial begins today. Kermit Gosnell is charged with running…

A criminal investigator holds a cotton swab and a glass tube for collecting a DNA sample.

Swabbing suspects

Supreme Court |  The high court hears a challenge to law enforcement DNA collection as a means to solve past crimes

A Burmese python from the Florida Everglades.

Serpents tempt pastor off narrow path

Religion |  No matter how Christian the copperheads, or how religious the rattlesnakes, state laws still apply, a snake-handling Pentecostal pastor found out last month.

Sean Banks

Rapist used Christian dating site to prey on women

Crime |  When it comes to online dating, singles can never be too careful. As if they needed any more proof of that, a Southern California man has been arrested on…

Pistorius starts the men's 400-meter semifinal at the 2012 Olympic Games in London.

Another athlete tumbles from grace

Sports |  Double-amputee Olympian and Paralympian Oscar Pistorius won’t be running in any of his upcoming scheduled races after being charged with the shooting death…

Christopher Dorner

California manhunt comes to fiery end

Crime |  A 10-day saga involving an ex-cop out for revenge is believed to have come to a fiery end yesterday in Southern California. After a gunfight that killed one…

A warning displayed on the case for Grand Theft Auto.

Glorifying destructive acts

Culture |  To family and friends, Nehemiah Griego was just a normal teen who loved playing sports, jamming in the church band, and accompanying his father on mission…

Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies stand alert outside the Twin Towers jail, which was put on lockdown after an alleged sighting of suspect Christopher Jordan Dorner.

LAPD launches manhunt for cop turned killer

Crime |  In a scenario straight out of movie plot, an ex-Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officer is on the run after being accused of killing three people in…

Family Research Council President Tony Perkins gestures during a news conference shortly after the August shooting.

FRC shooter pleads guilty

Crime |  The man who planned a shooting spree at the headquarters of Family Research Council (FRC) in August, pleaded guilty this morning to three charges, including…

Tim Shier holds up his family Bible, which dates from the 1700's.

Burgled Bible back home

Crime |  When burglars broke in and stole a central Ohio man’s safe, he not only felt violated, but emotionally crushed. Inside that safe was his most prized…

A sign posted on a tree in front of the Midland City Town Hall on Monday, Feb. 4, 2013 asks for prayers and a safe rescue for boy taken captive.

Faith on display during Alabama hostage crisis

Crime |  For six days, residents of the small town of Midland City, Ala., could do nothing but pray for the 5-year-old boy taken hostage—and nothing could have…

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