A suburban Philadelphia school district illegally captured thousands of images of students on school-issued laptop cameras, including this photo of a sleeping Blake Robbins, a lawsuit alleges.

Mexican actress Fernanda Romero and her American husband face federal charges of entering a sham immigration marriage.

Authorities now believe Haleigh Cummings is dead and are treating her disappearance as a homicide. “We are trying to bring someone to justice for this little girl right here,” said Sheriff Jeff Hardy.

A Michigan man could face life in prison after he allegedly tortured and ultimately killed his girlfriend’s 4-year-old son last week for wetting his pants, prosecutors say.

A federal judge on Thursday struck down the federal statute that established the National Day of Prayer, ruling that it violates the constitutional ban on government-backed religion.

A police officer has been suspended, and prosecutors are investigating an incident — caught on video — in which officers beat a student.

Jurors in Portland, Oregon, find Boy Scouts of America negligent for allowing a sex offender to serve as a Scout leader. A former Boy Scout is awarded .4 million. FULL STORY

Joshua Graham Packer, 20, is charged with murder and robbery in the slaying last year of an affluent Southern California couple in their beach house.

On the last afternoon of her life, Phoebe Prince was berated in the library, taunted again as school let out, and yet again as she walked home in tears.

Two gunmen remain on the loose after a shooting in New Orleans, Louisiana that left seven people wounded, authorities said.