NEW YORK – A father who said he was upset with his teenage daughter for text-messaging a boy was arrested Saturday on charges of killing the girl, whose burned body was found stuffed in the boiler of his apartment building, police said. The 34-year-old man called 911 Saturday morning, claiming …

A Houston search for a missing pregnant woman whose due date is fast approaching has been suspended until investigators uncover new information, Click2Houston.com reports. Tierra Adams, 25, has been missing for 15 days, and is due to give birth Thursday. Texas EquuSearch crews had been conducting ground and air searches …

HALLOWELL, Maine – Jonathan McCullum was in perfect health at 155 pounds when he left last summer to spend the school year as an exchange student in Egypt. But when he returned home to Maine just four months later, the 5-foot-9 teenager weighed a mere 97 pounds and was so …

Many mothers cherish the first kicks they feel from their unborn babies. But unknown to one U.K. mother, the kicking she felt from the twins growing inside her actually saved her life, according to a report from the Daily Mail. Michelle Stepney, 35, said her twins Alice and Harriet, now …

LAUREL, Md. – A Laurel woman is under arrest on charges she operated a house of prostitution at the apartment complex where she lived. Anne Arundel County Police say 35-year-old Elizabeth Harrison identified herself on a Website as “Magical Lizzy.” She faces four criminal charges, including receiving money from prostitutes …

LONDON – Prince Harry, home from his abandoned military mission to Afghanistan, said he hopes to return to combat zones as soon as possible. Harry returned to England on Saturday after serving for 10 weeks as a soldier in Afghanistan’s volatile Helmand province. His secret tour of duty — due …

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – A man accused of murdering a University of Arkansas student told others “I think I hurt her real bad” but said he blacked out and couldn’t remember what happened, a police affidavit says. Zachariah Scott Marcyniuk, 28, of Fayetteville, was arrested Sunday evening in western Oklahoma, almost …

A common new technology for monitoring defibrillators is vulnerable to hacking and even to reprogramming that could stop the devices from delivering a lifesaving shock, according to research to be released Wednesday. In the past couple years, more than 100,000 patients in the U.S. alone have been implanted with newer …

Forget the wedding rumors. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie haven’t tied the knot, according to a report by People.com. A source reportedly close to the stars said there had been “no wedding” for the Hollywood supercouple, despite rumblings of a Saturday ceremony in New Orleans, People.com reported. Star magazine’s Web …

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – Suspected Tamil Tiger rebels detonated a bomb hidden in a roadside flowerpot in Sri Lanka’s capital Monday, killing one person and injuring six others, including four children who were on their way to school, authorities said. The blast next to one of Colombo’s main thoroughfares came …