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Bishop Cornelius Bowser remembers the day he gave up gang banging and turned his life over to God: Dec. 5, 1984. He gave it up for good, moving to Santee where he could make a clean break and afford to open his own church.

San Diego Faith Leaders React To Charleston Shooting

Pastors urge San Diegans to think beyond race following the shooting death of parishioners at one of the nation's oldest black churches.

The indictment against 24-year-old Palestinian Ayman Maraheeq says comments he posted on Facebook illegally insulted the West Bank police force and the Palestinian Authority, which governs the West Bank.

In The West Bank, Facebook Posts Can Get You Arrested, Or Worse

A Palestinian man in Ramallah faces charges of insulting officials — based on his Facebook comments. This case and others point to the limits to free speech under the Palestinian Authority.

A man shoots a tranquilizer dart to put a hippopotamus to sleep at a flooded street in Tbilisi, Georgia, on Sunday. At least eight people died and several are missing as a result of heavy rainfall and floods overnight in the Georgian capital.

10 Dead, Zoo Animals Loose As Flooding Hits Tbilisi

The rising waters wrecked the animals' enclosures, sending tigers, lions, bears, wolves and at least one hippo into the streets of the Georgian capital.

Cleveland Prosecutor's Report: Tamir Rice Borrowed Pellet Gun From Friend

The Cuyahoga County prosecutor said he released the report because transparency is necessary "for an intelligent discussion of the important issues raised by this case."

Man Suspected Of Killing Wife Surrenders At Border

At 1 a.m., 40-year-old Jeremy Green turned himself in to San Diego police at the San Ysidro Port of Entry. He was booked into the San Diego Jail in the murder of 37-year-old Tressa Green.

In this 2007 file photo, Dorothy Rodham campaign with her daughter, then-New York Sen. Hillary Clinton, on the campaign trail in Iowa

Dreams From My Mother: Clinton To Look To Mom In Campaign Kickoff

The Democrat will also trace her own personal history as she tries to appeal to the Obama coalition of voters in her campaign launch on Saturday.

Costs Of Slipshod Research Methods May Be In The Billions

Up to half of all results from biomedical research laboratories these days can't be replicated by other science teams. Why not? Myriad flubs slow progress in the hunt for cures.

Demonstrators block Public Square in Cleveland in November during a protest over the police shooting of 12-year-old Tamir Rice.

Using Obscure Law, Cleveland Residents Seek Arrest Of Police Officers

The residents want two police officers arrested over the killing of 12-year-old Tamir Rice, who was playing with a pellet gun in a public park last November.

A prisoner is seen behind layers of wire razor fencing at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, La.

Federal Judge Orders Release Of Last 'Angola 3' Prisoner

Albert Woodfox has spent four decades in solitary confinement after he was convicted in the stabbing death of a prison guard. Woodfox's conviction was overturned.

More than half of the top 10 box-office hits this year have centered on female characters, says NPR film critic Bob Mondello. But only a few — like Pitch Perfect 2 — were written or directed by women.

This Year, Women (And Girls) Rule The Big Screen

NPR film critic Bob Mondello notes that this year's most popular movies are surprisingly womancentric. That's more than at any other time in at least three decades.

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