VILLE PLATTE, La. – A Louisiana couple admitted giving an exotic bird to a woman in exchange for two children, a district attorney said Wednesday. Paul and Brandy Romero, of Eunice, pleaded guilty to two felony counts of sale of a minor child, Evangeline Parish District Attorney Trent Brignac’s office …

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Three men convicted of the gang rape of a West Palm Beach woman and the beating of her young son were sentenced to life in prison Tuesday. Palm Beach Circuit Judge Krista Marx sentenced Jakaris Taylor, 17, and Nathan Walker, 18, to life in prison …

ROME – Silvio Berlusconi’s lawyers asked an Italian court Tuesday to uphold an immunity law that has shielded the Italian premier from a corruption trial in Milan — a decision that could determine the future of his government. The Constitutional Court in Rome was hearing arguments Tuesday before deliberating over …

INDIANAPOLIS – The mother of an 8-year-old autistic boy with severe peanut allergies said Friday that an Indianapolis teacher gave her son a peanut-filled candy bar in hopes of making him sick so he wouldn’t go on a field trip. A lawsuit filed by the boy’s mother, Anita Young, alleges …

This is a rush transcript from “On the Record,” June 11, 2009. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. GRETA VAN SUSTEREN, FOX NEWS HOST: Well, now it’s time for her side of the story. 24 hours ago, the now former Miss California Carrie …

JERUSALEM – Israel dismantled on Wednesday a military checkpoint that had significantly impeded Palestinian travel in the West Bank in an apparent goodwill gesture a day before President Barack Obama’s much-anticipated address to the Muslim and Arab world. But Palestinians said the removal of a major obstacle on the road …

According to Chinese state media, 36,000 dogs have been killed in Hanzhong, in the northern province of Shaanxi, to rid the city of a rapid rabies outbreak plaguing the area since last May. The disease has killed 12 people, with possible further infections arising from the 6,000 others who have …

Health officials say more than 47,000 elderly Americans end up in emergency rooms each year from falls involving walkers and canes. That’s almost 3 percent of all falls among people 65 and older. Government researchers came up with the estimate by looking at six years of ER medical records. Nearly …

KABUL – Television footage broadcast Tuesday showed insurgents handling what appears to be U.S. ammunition in a remote area of eastern Afghanistan that American forces left last month following a deadly firefight that killed eight troops. The U.S. military said the forces that left the area said they removed and …

Thirty years ago today, November 4, 1979, a group of Iranian “studentsâ€� shouting “death to Americaâ€� stormed the U.S. Embassy in Teheran, Iran and took 66 Americans hostage. Though fourteen of the hostages were soon freed, the remaining 52 were held for 444 days. For the American people, it was …