Officials in northeastern Pennsylvania have removed a pair of religious holiday symbols from a public space after being threatened with legal action.
The Pentagon's chief auditor was forced from her post Monday following sharp criticism from lawmakers over failures to hold defense contractors accountable for overcharges and poor performance.
Six imams taken off a 2006 US Airways flight after passengers reported what they considered suspicious behavior have settled their discrimination lawsuit, saying they considered it acknowledgment that their removal was a mistake.
Officials say there is no threat aboard a United Airlines aircraft that was cleared of passengers and searched in Los Angeles after a man ran to the restroom just before takeoff.
Four Honduran consular officials have been removed from their posts for refusing to declare loyalty to the ousted government of Manuel Zelaya or for supporting the man who replaced him, officials said Friday.
A Texas sheriff has been suspended amid allegations he filed false reports and was incompetent in hiring and supervising his staff.
A shield law for those who report suspected terrorist activities does not apply to law enforcement, a judge ruled Friday in a discrimination lawsuit filed by six imams who were removed from a US Airways flight in 2006.
A pirated e-book of "1984" led to an Orwellian moment for Kindle customers.
A writer for a small Georgia newspaper who wanted to give President Barack Obama a letter was forcibly removed from a press area near Air Force One on Thursday shortly before he arrived at the airport.
The father of most of the seven children removed from a filthy home where stacks of dirty diapers filled closets pleaded guilty Wednesday to child injury and child endangerment charges and was sentenced to eight years in prison.
A mother of nine who was charged after a dead fetus was found in the refrigerator of her filthy home was sentenced Friday to 10 years in prison.
A German doctor said Friday that surgeons have successfully removed a 40-pound (18 kilogram) malignant bone tumor from a Saudi Arabian woman.
A university official removed a sculpture that depicts a girl and a teacher in a sex act from a campus gallery, prompting complaints from an anti-censorship group.
AirTran Airways apologized Friday to nine Muslims kicked off a New Year's Day flight to Florida after other passengers reported hearing a suspicious remark about airplane security. One of the passengers said the confusion started at Reagan National Airport just outside Washington, D.C., when he talked about the safest place to sit on an airplane.
The New York Civil Liberties Union has demanded that city officials explain why they ordered a private art school to remove a banner displaying an image of Josef Stalin.
Mississippi has terminated the contract for a state pathologist whose work was the subject of complaints by prisoners' advocates, although state officials emphasized the move announced Tuesday wasn't related to the criticism.
An Army judge was removed from the war-crimes trial of a young Canadian because his service orders were expiring, the chief judge at Guantanamo said Monday, rejecting suggestions that he was fired because of rulings favorable to the defense.
The group that governs high school sports in Kansas has approved an anti-discrimination rule meant to prevent occurrences like last month's refusal by a school to allow a female official to work a boys basketball game.
A judge who ordered a woman to drop her pants and decided a custody dispute by flipping a coin was removed from the bench by the Virginia Supreme Court on Friday. The decision against Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court Judge James Michael Shull of Gate City was unanimous.
It's another story of stoned celebrities in rehab. Only these are real stars.
When conventional medical professionals refused to remove a 62-year-old local man's testicles, police said he turned to mysterious "professionals" to relieve what he called chronic pain.
Six Muslim men removed from a plane last fall after being accused of suspicious behavior are suing the airline and threatening to sue the passengers who complained — a move some fear could discourage travelers from speaking up when they see something unusual.
The next time you dread a trip to the dentist, consider the plight of poor Tusko the elephant. It took veterinarians and a dentist nearly five hours Saturday to remove what was left of an elephant's infected tusk at the Oregon Zoo, and it took a chain saw, hand saws and a drill that can punch through concrete to do the job.
Airport officials said Friday they will consider setting aside a private area for prayer and meditation at the request of imams concerned about the removal of six Muslim clerics from a US Airways flight last week.
Imams, ministers and a rabbi staged a "pray-in" demonstration Monday at Reagan Washington National Airport and asked an apology from US Airways for barring six Muslims from a Minneapolis to Phoenix flight last week.
Hurdler Jana Rawlinson has had her breast implants removed to boost her chances of winning a medal for Australia at the 2012 Olympics, a magazine has reported.
A Sand Point man was removed from a flight at Stevens Anchorage International Airport and arrested on charges of assault and disorderly conduct, according to court documents.
Authorities deemed Diamond Hillman's mother fit to care for her, even though the woman's two other children had been removed from her home. Four months later, Diamond was dead.
New York's bike lanes have become sources of civic pride and controversy as of late. The city has been adding hundreds of miles of lanes, routes and paths in the last few years, thrilling much of the city's growing number of bicycle commuters.
This morning, Matt Hardy posted several items on his Twitter account which have now since been removed.
A mother and her boyfriend were jailed over the weekend after an 8-year-old girl was forced to eat soap for uttering an obscene word, Palm Bay police said.
Linda Picnic says the angel she put on her brother-in-law's grave lasted through blazing heat and hurricanes, but not a Lake Wales ordinance.
Bosses at a prestigious U.K. art gallery have reportedly removed a naked photo of a 10-year-old Brooke Shields from a controversial exhibition, after children's campaigners slammed the decision to include it.
"A senior UN official in Afghanistan is to be removed from his post following a row about the country's presidential election, the BBC has learned."
Delilah, an 18-foot-long, 400-plus-pound Burmese python who had enjoyed a swell existence in an Apopka-area backyard feeding on rabbits, has a new home -- for now.
A 5-year-old boy is recovering in a hospital after police officers pulled him from the bottom of a spa, where his arm had gotten stuck in a drain.
The things men will do to keep their girlfriends... Ang Qiang was born with two penises but has had one of them surgically removed after his lover said either it went or she would.
Desperate times call for desperate measures, and Sherry Campbell proves it.
Two members of a criminal gang were indicted on criminal charges on Wednesday after forcing an 18-year-old boy to replace a tattoo they claimed had infringed their "trademark".
A teenage girl is suing surgeons after they removed one of her nipples instead of a wart.
As 17-year-old Sean Cross, a star high school athlete, rode his bike on Frankford Avenue, a van pulled up alongside and a passenger opened fire with a paintball gun.
Excerpt: Denis Schwarz, a 25-year-old German steel foundry worker, has been sentenced to nine months in jail for shooting an air pistol up his friend's anus, causing his intestines to rupture.
TAMPA -- A fake gorilla that has been a Tampa landmark for more than 30 years was stolen Wednesday from outside State Vacuum on Kennedy Boulevard, the store owner said. A surveillance video shows two women removing the motorized gorilla.
Excerpt: Casey Anthony's defense team filed a motion late today asking a judge to remove the prosecutors from her case.
A Jacksonville man who chose to show his support for the new president by wearing a shirt with President Barack Obama's picture has found himself in the middle of a T-shirt controversy.
SPRING VALLEY - A landlord who tried to evict a woman and her child from their apartment by removing the toilet and other fixtures was fined nearly $10,000 by the Rockland Board of Health yesterday.
Video Report: A Nevada woman had her cervix removed to prevent her invasive cancer from spreading. But after the surgery, she was told it was all a mistake.
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. -- An Orange County deputy, who responded to an August call from a meter reader in the area where Caylee Anthony's remains were later found, was removed from patrols Thursday and put on desk duty.
HOLLAND TOWNSHIP, N.J. - Three New Jersey siblings whose names have Nazi connotations have been placed in state custody, police said. The children, ranging in age from 3 to under 1, were removed from their home Friday.