Category: National

Google says it will spend $5 million on an effort to wipe pictures of child sexual abuse from the Web and another $2 million to research more effective ways to find, report and eradicate the images.

Paula Cooper was just 16 years old when she became the youngest person on death row in the United States.

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Ohio authorities are conducting DNA tests on evidence to determine if additional victims were inside the Cleveland house of Ariel Castro, accused of holding three young women captive for 10 years, officials said Friday.

GEISMAR, La. — A second man has died as a result of Thursday’s explosion at a Louisiana chemical plant, the Louisiana State Police said Friday.

SANFORD, Fla. — Jurors in the trial of George Zimmerman will be sequestered, Judge Debra Nelson announced Thursday.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Col. — More than 375 homes have been destroyed in what authorities believe is the worst wildfire in Colorado history

The decomposed body found this weekend in a Louisiana bayou was identified Monday as that of a Long Beach teacher missing for three months, the New Orleans Police Department said.

PRETORIA, South Africa — Authorities increased security around a Pretoria hospital where former South African leader Nelson Mandela remained in intensive care, three days after being rushed there with a recurring lung infection.

SANFORD, Fla. — Self-defense or murder? That’s the question at the heart of the trial of George Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch volunteer who killed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin.

SANTA MONICA, Calif. — President Barack Obama arrived at Los Angeles International Airport today to begin a roughly three-hour visit, during which he will speak at a luncheon fundraiser for the Democratic National Committee in Santa Monica.