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A Florida teenager has been formally charged with first degree murder in the beating death of his adoptive mother with a mason’s hammer. A grand jury issued the indictment Tuesday, charging 19-year-old Antwan Anderson with the murder of 70-year-old Jeanette Anderson, the Palm Beach Post reported. Police said the teen …

Prominent evangelicals urged Christian conservatives Wednesday to support “an expansion of our concerns beyond single-issue politics,” angering some leaders on the religious right who have been closely allied with the Republican Party. In a 19-page document called “An Evangelical Manifesto,” more than 70 theologians, pastors and others said faith and …

CLEVELAND – Even by tough, urban crime standards it was a grisly attack: Up to 15 people chased a man, then kicked and beat him to death on the street. Before police arrived, one attacker urinated on the victim’s head. By the time Charles Gooden Jr., 41, took his final …