Do chimps have rights? NY judge decides fate of Leo and Hercules

Lawyer had argued that 8-year-old chimps are "self-determining beings" and should be freed from university

• Jul 30, 2015

Birthday party cut short when family says they found scissors in cake

Texas family claims they found a pair of scissors inside a $60 birthday cake they purchased for a surprise party

• Jul 30, 2015

Thousands petition White House to extradite Cecil's killer

More than 140,000 people are asking President Obama to send dentist Walter Palmer to Zimbabwe to face justice for killing a lion

• Jul 30, 2015

Brain-eating amoeba found in Louisiana small town water system

Department of Health and Hospitals says brain-eating amoeba found in a water system serving about 1,800 people in a Louisiana community

• Jul 30, 2015

Teen charged in death of baby found at Victoria's Secret

Prosecutors say a teenager suffocated her newborn baby before taking his body with her on a trip to Victoria's Secret in New York City

• Jul 30, 2015

Texas Tech probing altered grades at business school

Allegations have surfaced that grades for several students were changed to allow them to graduate

• Jul 30, 2015

California college will now ask students to pick from 6 genders

Prospective students at UC Irvine will have lots of options to self-identify their orientation on all university admissions forms

• Jul 30, 2015

Caught on camera: Man rolls on tracks under moving train

Authorities are trying to track down a man in Texas seen rolling back and forth on train tracks beneath a train moving at 45 mph

• Jul 30, 2015

Cincinnati shooting

A University of Cincinnati police officer who shot motorist Samuel Dubose during a traffic stop has been indicted by a grand jury and arraigned

• Jul 30, 2015
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Watch: Thief steals iPad out of child's hands

A man was captured on surveillance video grabbing the device out of a 4-year-old boy's hands before fleeing

• Jul 30, 2015

8-year-old with cerebral palsy inspires with emotional triathlon finish

Competing in a triathlon in England, with the finish line in sight, Bailey Matthews let go of his walker and ran

• Jul 30, 2015

Government trying to find hunter who killed Cecil the lion

As the world vents its anger at the Minnesota dentist, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service is searching for him

• Jul 30, 2015

Off-duty NJ trooper fires at 3 unarmed teens

Authorities say the teens knocked on the trooper's door, mistaking the home for their friend's, who lived next door

• Jul 30, 2015

Colorado teen killed during game of Russian roulette

"He shot it once, nothing happened. He shot it twice, nothing happened. Then, he shot it the third time and we heard a big bang," recalled the teen's friend

• Jul 30, 2015

Suspect in murder of Calif. girl appears in court

Madyson Middlteon, 8, was found dead in a recycle bin at the Santa Cruz artists' complex where she lived with her mother - her neighbor is charged

• Jul 30, 2015

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