San Jose police place four officers on paid leave while a beating of an unarmed Vietnamese student is investigated. The beating was captured on cell phone video.

A Jordanian man accused of trying to blow up a Dallas skyscraper with what he thought was a car bomb has pleaded not guilty.

The owner of a Taos, N.M., hotel is under fire for ordering employees to speak only English in his presence and changing the first names of several workers to make it easier to pronounce.

The Vatican says talks held Monday with a group of breakaway traditionalist Catholics were cordial and will continue over the coming months.

Trent Wood and Kristin Palmer were asleep when they awoke to find themselves trapped beneath a car that had smashed into their Sparks, Nev., home, with hot fluids leaking onto them. “Your first reaction is: OK, I hope it doesn't blow up," Trent Wood recalled.