John Edwards is a bad husband who lied to his family, but he's not a criminal, his lawyer told jurors Thursday as the former presidential candidate's corruption trial wrapped up.

As world leaders gather for the NATO summit in Chicago this weekend, they will be welcomed by thousands of protesters with a litany of complaints. Chief among them: Stop spending money on war.

For the first time, racial and ethnic minorities make up more than half the children born in the U.S., capping decades of heady immigration growth that is now slowing.

Two shootings in a western Louisville, Ky. neighborhood have left three people dead. Police say two more have been hospitalized.

The sister of a Burbank, Ill., bride found stabbed to death in her apartment over the weekend said her new brother-in-law called a relative on the day the body was found to report he'd left his new wife bleeding after a "bad fight.

Nearly one in 10 prisoners suffer sexual abuse while incarcerated, according to a report by the U.S. Department of Justice.

Seven deputies from the Los Angeles County sheriff’s gang unit are on paid leave during an investigation into their suspected involvement in a secret clique, sources confirmed to The Los Angeles Times Wednesday.

They may be small in stature, but kids at a California elementary school have gotten more than 55,000 people to sign an online petition asking Crayola to "take back" and recycle used plastic markers.

Rocks that a woman was carrying in her cargo shorts caught fire after a trip to a California beach, leaving her with severe burns, authorities say.

Cash, signed historical objects, computer equipment and other expensive electronics have been stolen in a rash of break-ins and thefts at some House office buildings, sources tell NBC News.

Nearly five years after the 9/11 Commission Act recommended that 100 percent of cargo aboard passenger planes be screened, The Transportation Security Administration has announced a deadline to meet the requirement.

Army leaders said Wednesday they are launching a sweeping, independent review of how the service evaluates soldiers with possible post-traumatic stress disorder following recent complaints that some PTSD diagnoses were improperly overturned.

A California man whose car overturned on the highway last week has been found alive, but unconscious, in a wooded area near an off-ramp, more than a week after his family last heard from him.

Florida teenager Trayvon Martin died from a single gunshot wound to the chest fired from “intermediate range,” according to an autopsy report reviewed Wednesday by NBC News.

Cocaine use is down but marijuana use continues to grow among men arrested in 10 U.S. cities, according to a federal drug-monitoring program's annual report.

Fueled by high winds, a wildfire that has prompted the evacuation of a historic mining town in northern Arizona nearly tripled in size.

San Antonio middle-schooler shaved image of Spurs' Bonner and might get suspended for it

An 844-foot-long U.S. Navy assault ship collided with a refueling tanker Wednesday about 120 miles off the coast of California in the Pacific Ocean.

U.S. immigration officials are clarifying their definition of “culturally unique” in a move that could make it easier for foreign "hybrid" or "fusion" bands to get a visa to play in America.

Mary Richardson Kennedy, the estranged wife of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., died of asphyxiation due to hanging, a medical examiner said after performing an autopsy Thursday.