Michael Billera

Pedro Hernandez, the former SoHo bodega stock boy who confessed to the murder of 6-year-old Etan Patz 33 years after the boy disappeared, was taken to Bellevue Hospital and placed on suicide watch. Authorities promptly put him the hospital after he told police he no longer takes his psychiatric medication.

Federal authorities are currently investigating how a door from a private jet landed on a South Florida golf course on Thursday.

At PS 368 in the Hamilton Heights section of Manhattan, students who attend the school in the spring can study Arabic.

Police have arrested a man identified as Pedro Hernandez in connection with the 1979 disappearance and murder of Etan Patz..

Dozens of people gathered to retrace the route that was taken by the Louisa college student Michaela Mickey Shunick, who mysteriously vanished while out for a bike ride last Saturday.

Israeli archaeologists discovered a 2,700-year-old seal with the word Bethlehem inscribed upon it, the Israel Antiquities Authority announced on Wednesday. This artifact is believed to be the oldest object ever discovered bearing the name of Jesus' traditional place of birth.

A giant bull's head is just one of the many cartoon-like creatures welcoming tourists to the Porter Sculpture Park in Montrose, S.D.

Detectives investigating the disappearance of Sierra LaMar secretly placed a GPS device on a red Jetta belonging to their chief suspect Antolin Garcia-Torres as they carefully watched his every move for two month hoping he would lead them to the missing California teenager. Investigators had questioned him several times as they collected evidence and interviewed witnesses building a case against the alleged murderer.

Father Gabriele Amorth, who was appointed by Pope John Paul II as the chief exorcist of the Vatican, claims that the a teenage girl who went missing in the 80s, Emanuela Orlandi, was murdered as part of a underground Vatican sex parties with ties to the organized crime and foreign embassies.

Stephen Andrew Hall of Fort Worth, Texas has been sentenced to 45 years in prison after he was arrested for driving a motor vehicle with a blood alcohol level of .18.

Police in Portland, Maine, have discovered the body of a missing Harvard Business school student, Nathan Bihlmaier, who went missing on Saturday and was last seen near the waterfront of the city's Old Port.

A 74-year-old grandmother, Sandra Layne, is charged with murder in the shooting death of her 17-year-old grandson, Jonathan Hoffman. Layne was in court on Monday, facing the judge as her lawyer entered a plea of not guilty.

Police officials investigating the disappearance of a missing California teenager, Sierra LaMar, have arrested Antolin Garcia-Torres Monday evening in connection with her kidnapping and murder.

A high-profile designer, Takeshi Miyakawa, has been arrested by the New York City Police Department for planting fake bombs in ?I Heart NY? bags across the city. He is being held for a monthlong evaluation.

California authorities made a staggering discovery after they pulled in nearly four tons of marijuana off of southern California's coast on Sunday.

Jessica Ennis crossed the finish line of a scheduled race just two weeks before the London Olympics believing she broke her personal record in the 100m hurdles at the Great City Games in Manchester on Sunday. However, officials and event organizers made a fatal error; they did not have the correct amount of hurdles on the track.

Researchers from the University of Florida in conjunction with scientists from North Carolina State University and the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, and the Florida Museum of Natural History have published their findings regarding an extinct giant turtle that is estimated to be the size of a small vehicle from a Colombian coal mine.

Three climbers who completed a dangerous climb on the famed Mount Everest have been found dead on their descent down, while two others are reported to be missing. German doctor Eberhard Schaaf, 61, Nepal-born Canadian Shriya Shah, and South Korean Song Won-bin have been reported dead, while a Chinese national and his Nepalese Sherpa guide have yet to be found, officials said on Monday.

Desmond Hatchett is hoping state officials from Tennessee will show him leniency because he cannot pay his child support for his 30 children with 11 different women.

As the wildfires in Colorado rages on, more than 500 firefighters are being deployed to 12 square miles of flames in order to prevent the blaze from reaching a reservoir for the city of Greeley. However, rising temperatures and dry thunderstorms will make their work all the more difficult and dangerous.

A notorious drug dealer who began his life of crime in the 1980s during the crack epidemic was finally brought to justice along with dozens of other criminals in New York on Thursday. James Corley, 51, who evaded police for nearly 30 years, was charged with criminal sale of a controlled substance after a 15-month investigation by the NYPD.

In December, several months before Isabel Celis was reported missing, Child Protective Services workers visited the home.

A man who had been missing for about week is in the hospital after police discovered him in a wooded area on Highway 101 where his wrecked pick-up truck was discovered several days earlier.

A popular Detroit pastor, preacher and singer, Marvin Winans, was assaulted and had his car stolen on Wednesday afternoon after he stopped at a gas station on the city's west side.

The Navy began assessing the damage of the USS Essex after it collided with a refueling tanker, USNS Yukon, in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California. Early reports indicate that the Essex experienced technical difficulties with its steering.

On Wednesday, a jury convicted Steve Powell on 14 charges of voyeurism that stemmed from a 2009 investigation into the disappearance of his daughter in-law Susan Powell, who has not been found.

California kayaker Joey Nocchi endured a tense moment after going toe-to-toe with a 14-foot-long shark.

Donnell Battie from Winslow, N.J. is seeking $1 million in punitive damages from Wal-Mart after he said he was traumatized by a public address announced that said Attention, Wal-Mart customers. All black people must leave the store.

The Legion of Christ religious order has been struck with another scandal after Rev. Thomas Williams admitted that he had fathered a child years ago, while still preaching about morality and ethics.