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She spurned a friend's advances. He tried to kill her. She wanted to take him to court. But it's hard to prosecute crimes against women in Pakistan. Then she met a young lawyer with a plan.

The city is no stranger to First Amendment demonstrations, but police will have a heightened challenge this weekend.

"No one promised a rose garden, and this surely is not one," Judge Timothy Wilson wrote in his ruling on the 2011 killing. Prosecutors had accused Jason Stockley of planting a gun.

An 11-year-old Virginia boy who offered to cut the White House lawn for free got his chance Friday.

Two groups are attempting to get more information about President Trump's guests at his private Florida resort Mar-a-Lago. For the most part, the inquiries have generated more questions than answers.

Former St. Louis police officer Jason Stockley was found not guilty of first-degree murder in the 2011 shooting death of black motorist Anthony Lamar Smith. Hundreds of people gathered to protest.

One California university is trying a new strategy to help minority students perform better in STEM classes and develop the mental resilience to face future challenges.

From hurricanes to pension battles, there is education news from Puerto Rico to Wyoming in our weekly roundup.

People get hungry during natural disasters, and processed, pre-packaged food can get old fast. But with a little imagination, some folks managed to make themselves some surprisingly good hot meals.

In 2006, the World Health Organization issued a report on the "elimination of leprosy as a public health problem." A new report estimates there are still 200,000 new cases a year.