Scientists say new research on the Shroud of Turin confirms that the fabric many Christians believe is the burial cloth of Jesus Christ does date roughly to the time of Christ.

Atlanta's former school superintendent has been indicted in connection with a cheating scandal that financially profited school officials while falsely showing a dramatic academic improvement among the district's 52,000 mostly poor, black students.

North Korea has ratcheted up its hostile rhetoric, saying that it is ready to "settle accounts with the U.S." after two American B-2 bombers participated in recent military exercises in South Korea.

North Dakota Governor Jack Dalrymple reportedly received death threats after signing a bill banning abortions after the sixth week of pregnancy — or when a heartbeat can be detected.

Over the next couple of months the Supreme Court will decide whether or not the federal government has the authority to define marriage as only between a man and a woman.

Today the Supreme Court heard arguments in a challenge to California's Prop. 8 constitutional amendment, which defines marriage in the state as only between a man and a woman.

Pro-family groups and other pediatricians have responded to a statement by the 60,000-member American Academy of Pediatrics supporting same-sex marriage.