Secretly recorded cell phone footage has exposed a teacher at a Catholic boarding school in northeastern Thailand who whacked dozens of students on the buttocks with a cane wrapped with electrical wire. (Scroll down for video). Art teacher Somchai...

The gray-haired woman gently pets the cat, occasionally glancing furtively at a garbage bin. Then she strikes, casually grabbing it by the scruff, tossing it in, popping the lid closed, and quickly strolling away. (Scroll down for video) The...

It’s a tragic story of love, loss and sacrifice. Sharrell Blackenburger was more than a grandmother. She was her 12-year-old granddaughter Cassidy’s best friend. “She was always smiling and she was a great cook,” says Cassidy...

The women were bleary-eyed, their voices weak, their hands red and calloused. How could they be expected to cook and clean without water or electricity? What could they do in homes that were dark and hot all day? How could they cope with husbands who...

The Guatemalan government says the latest in a series of gruesome murders will not make it give in to demands by gangs to loosen prison rules. On Monday, a female prison official was kidnapped, tortured and killed.

Millions of cancer survivors have put off getting medical care because they couldn’t afford it, according to a new study. All together, more than 2 million of 12 million U.S. adult cancer survivors did not get one or more needed medical services,...

A Paulding County woman is recovering from major surgery after being bitten by a brown recluse spider at her home. “I would have never known in a million years that a spider could ever do this much damage,” said Victoria Franklin. Franklin was at...

Khushboo, a 39-year-old Tamil actress who uses only one name, appealed to the court to quash the criminal cases that were filed in 2005 following remarks she made in magazine interviews. She told one publication that “no educated man would expect...

Most commonly, sexual abuse involves children and has serious implications for their long-term psychological welfare. In commonsense terms, we can define sexual abuse as inappropriate sexual contact forced on the child by an adult. The sexual contact...

Everybody loves to go on vacation. Whether you happen to be into sun and sand, or slopes and snow boards, a little time away from all the boring yet stressful parts of your life can be just the rejuvenation you need, to get back to things energized and...