Kermit Gosnell is escorted from the courthouse following Monday's verdict.

Gosnell guilty of first-degree murder

Gosnell Trial |  The jury must now decide whether he deserves the death penalty for taking the lives of infants born at his abortion facility

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus

Midday Roundup: Everyone wants a piece of the IRS

Newsworthy |  Piling on. Three Democrats have joined a chorus of Republicans calling for the IRS to be held accountable for targeting conservative groups for heightened…

A woman rests on a stretcher after being rescued from the collapsed garment factory.

Midday Roundup: Miraculous escape from garment factory rubble

Newsworthy |  Garment factory miracle. Crowds gathered at the site of the collapsed Bangladesh garment factory cheered Friday as rescuers freed a woman trapped in the…

Ariel Castro

Cleveland captor could face murder charges for killing unborn babies

Abortion |  Ohio prosecutors announced late Thursday they might charge Ariel Castro with murder and seek the death penalty after one of his captives claimed he…

Tamerlan Tsarnaev

Midday Roundup: Suspected Boston bomber’s body finally laid to rest

Newsworthy |  Buried. Late Wednesday night, the body of suspected Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev was spirited away from a Worcester, Mass., funeral home and…

Kermit Gosnell

Gosnell jury begins second week of deliberations

Gosnell Trial |  The jurors deliberating Kermit Gosnell’s fate have been at work for a week now, sifting through hundreds of hours of testimony to determine whether the…

A missing poster still rests on a tree outside the home of Amanda Berry Wednesday, May 8, 2013, in Cleveland.

Midday Roundup: No aborted babies found at Cleveland captor’s house

Newsworthy |  Missed opportunities? Cleveland investigators did not find any human remains at the house where three women spent the last 10 years in captivity.

The Senate Armed Services Committee hears from top officials of the Air Force, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III, right, and Secretary of the Air Force Michael B. Donley, left.

Midday Roundup: Military plagued by spike in sexual assaults

Newsworthy |  Sad statistics. According to a Defense Department report due out later this week, sexual assaults in the military have increased by more than a third in the…

The Rev. Ross Bay, Bishop of Auckland

Anglican Church in New Zealand faces discrimination claim

Religious Liberty |  A gay man in New Zealand who wants to become an Anglican priest is taking the Bishop of Aukland to the country’s Human Rights Tribunal for discriminating…

Tyndale House Publishers's Carol Stream, Ill., headquarters

Obama admin retreats from bout with Bible publisher

Religion |  The Obama administration has decided not to pursue its attempt to force Tyndale House Publishers to provide contraceptive and abortifacient drugs to its…

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie

Midday Roundup: Chris Christie rescues children, rankles PETA

Newsworthy |  Spidey spin. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie—hero to children and PETA’s new evil nemesis. Christie incurred the wrath of the animal rights group over the…

President Barack Obama and Mexico's President Enrique Pena Nieto arrive for their bilateral meeting at the Palacio Nacional in Mexico City.

Obama approves ‘morning-after’ pill for 15-year-olds

Abortion |  President Barack Obama said late Thursday he was comfortable with the Food and Drug Administration’s decision to lower the age limit for buying the…

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