Willie Murphy didn't just turn the tables on the home intruder — she literally picked up her table and hit him with it.

Louisa May Alcott infused Little Women with her personal trials and tribulations of growing up in an impoverished and unconventional family.

British law dictates that people must report finding "treasure," which includes metal items more than 300 years old. They didn't.

It's the first full 3D skull of a land-based snake species that sported hind legs during prehistoric times.

Caused by a lightning strike in a forest in New South Wales, over 50 bushfires have spread throughout the region, threatening the last 43,000 koalas in Australia.

The legal battle began in 2010, when Picasso's former handyman claimed the artist gave him the works as a gift.

On a barroom bet, Thomas Fitzpatrick landed a plane on a Manhattan street. And when another drinking companion later claimed that landing never happened, Fitzpatrick did it again.

Critics of the bill argue that it could let students off the hook for putting down scientifically inaccurate answers.

When police searched his parents' apartment, they discovered more than 200 bags of illicit drugs.

The judges' actions "gravely undermined public trust in the dignity and decency of Indiana's judiciary," according to a scathing Indiana Supreme Court opinion.

Based on recent data, approximately 38 child abuse cases linked to faith practices are reported every week.