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The bizarre Tawana Brawley case unfolded in a New York City riven by crime and racial animus.

Former Army psychiatrist Maj. Nidal Hasan is charged with opening fire in a troop processing center at Fort Hood, Texas, and killing 13 people and wounding more than 30 others in 2009.

Dense forests of old-growth pines and cypress once blanketed South Carolina. As farming spread, nearly all the state's virgin trees were logged, but some sank into rivers en route to the sawmills. Now, some entrepreneurs are raising the preserved trees from the muck — and selling them for big money.

A new study suggests female white collar crooks face the same barriers as their law abiding counterparts in the corporate world. A team of researchers from Penn State studied the involvement of women in recent corporate fraud cases. It found women held inferior positions in criminal conspiracies, and profited significantly less from their misdeeds.

General Motors set a July sales record in China. That country is already the most important auto market in the world. It could be where GM maintains global dominance.

Monday was a historic one for Major League Baseball after 13 players were suspended for violating the league's drug policy. It's the largest group of players ever sanctioned at one time in an anti-doping action. Is baseball hoping the scope of this sends a message?

Already on alert across the Middle East and North Africa because of intelligence about possible terrorist attacks, the U.S. has now issued a very specific warning about travel in Yemen.

Also: A new short story by Zadie Smith; Tom Hanks on typewriters; and the unexpected resurgence of Borders.

Congressman Kevin Cramer has formed a “veterans advisory board.”Cramer says the group will help give him guidance on issues important to people who served…

Using an axe where a scalpel is more appropriate.That’s how North Dakota Congressman Kevin Cramer describes how many federal agencies have dealt with the…