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The man in charge of the body overseeing vetting of those who work with children tells critics of the scheme to 'calm down'.

In the Vatican's backyard, a movement to air and root out abusive Catholic priests is slowly and fitfully taking hold.

Police contracts that put pressure on forensic scientists to deliver low-cost investigations within tight timescales risk jeopardising quality and could lead to a miscarriage of justice, experts have warned.Police forces have changed the way they obtain forensic science services for criminal investigations and now pick laboratories through competitive tendering.That has led to forces typically employing firms that offer the lowest cost or quickest turnaround time for testing evidence, according to Clare Stangoe, principal scientist at Forensic Access, a leading provider of forensics services. The murder and sex crimes specialist said that whereas before scientists were given 'the time they need', they might now have to deliver results within three days, with the laboratory facing a fine if they are late.'The danger comes where arbitrary time frames are put on work,' Stangoe said. 'Too much pressure put on scientists to do the work so quickly [means] that they may only do very specifica

Would Wall Street have crashed as badly a year ago if women were in charge? Maybe not, says Barnard College president Debora Spar. She tells host Guy Raz about research that suggests higher levels of testosterone may lead to riskier financial decisions.

VERONA, Italy -- It happened night after night, the deaf man said, sometimes in the priest's bedroom, sometimes in the bathroom, even in the confessional.

When he was a young boy at a Catholic-run institute for the deaf, Alessandro Vantini said, priests sodomized him so relentlessly he came to feel "as if I were dead." This year, he and dozens of other ...

AustraliaNS make up the largest portion of foreign sex offenders against Thia children, a study says.

This June 29, 2009 photo shows the Antonio Provolo Institute in Verona, Italy. Breaking the conspiracy of silence, 67 former students from the institute signed a statement alleging that sexual abuse, ...

DOVER, Kan. -- A fugitive who eluded police for two days was captured in Kansas after he took two newlyweds hostage in their home, only to fall asleep when they gave him pillows and blankets.

The House's recently passed version of a climate change bill is a charged issue. Even the bipartisan duo behind the original cap-and-trade program doesn't agree this version will work to slow climate change without burdening consumers.