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Ariel Castro, whose Cleveland, Ohio, home allegedly became a prison for three kidnapped young women, has been indicted on 329 counts by a grand jury. The charges include aggravated murder, stemming from "the unlawful termination of another's pregnancy."

Because the gunman's father and brother were the first victims, police are reportedly looking into family problems as a likely motive for the killing spree.

The trial gets started Monday in Florida. George Zimmerman is charged with second-degree murder. Experts say prosecutors will look for young jurors, while the defense will focus on older people. Trayvon's death sparked protests and a national discussion about race relations.

Jury selection begins this week in the trial of George Zimmerman, charged with shooting and killing 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. Here's what's happened so…

The Coast Guard will be responsible for any reports of residual oil in areas outside BP's Louisiana patrol zone along the Gulf Coast. There's no end in sight for BP's cleanup efforts in Louisiana, a Coast Guard officer says.

On April 9,1959, the U.S. introduced its first astronauts, and then launched their wives into the spotlight. In The Astronaut Wives Club, Lily Koppel looks at how seven women coped with the attention and anxiety that came with being married to the space race.

Updated story posted at Midnight June 13:Did Dr. Stephen Klasko pull his name from consideration for the position as chancellor of the University of…

Kids were told in the '60s that the astronauts loved that orange drink. Well, the second man on the moon says otherwise.

India has just banned dolphin entertainment parks. They are "morally unacceptable," says a government ministry. Meanwhile, on the other side of the planet, the U.S. Navy announced that 24 dolphins trained to sniff for underwater mines will be replaced by robots. We are definitely confused about dolphins.

After initially rejecting a proposal from Amazon, Gov. Rick Scott just announced he reached a deal with the company. It could bring almost 3,000 jobs to…

The judge in George Zimmerman's second-degree murder trial asked nearly 30 jurors Friday to go home and come back Tuesday.It means attorneys are getting…

The NFL has a new bag policy that won't allow camera bags, seat cushions, or — gasp! — purses.

Just about everybody is packing a smart phone these days -- a smart phone equipped with a pretty decent digital camera.And, as a cost-cutting move, the…

There's a public meeting tonight in St. Petersburg about the restoration process of the gulf after the BP oil spill. The Florida Department of…

The Tampa couple accused of kidnapping their two young sons and taking them on a sailboat to Cuba appeared in court Monday morning for a pretrial…

Toddlers usually are wary of prostheses, and the 2-year-old Pinellas child had been waiting for five hours. So when Ireland Nugent got the chance to try…

A voice expert says he doesn't assume it's one person crying for help in the background of a 911 call at the center of George Zimmerman's second-degree…

Five Florida teacher training programs have landed on a list of schools dubbed "substandard," according to a new national ranking of education…

While Governor Rick Scott vetoed a three percent tuition increase for the state's public universities, the University of South Florida is the latest…

The investigation continues into the dozens of unmarked grave sites at the Florida School for Boys in Marianna, and for every question answered, another…

It’s not a prescription that a doctor can write. It's not something insurance will usually pay for. But more patients are finding out how horseback…

A week and a half into George Zimmerman's second-degree murder trial, attorneys are close to selecting the six jurors and four alternates who will judge…

For the third year, young people from around the country gathered in Tampa for the Students With Diabetes National Conference -- a chance for them to find…

The White House and NASA want the public's help in hunting for asteroids that could potentially smash into Earth. They're also looking for a perfect space rock to capture so that astronauts could go there and study it.

For years, governors were considered the most pragmatic figures in politics. Now, they're using their states to run ideological experiments.