The New York City-based William T. Grant Foundation has announced six grants totaling more than $2.5 million to support researchers and organizations working to understand and improve the environments in which at-risk youth spend time. The awards include

A former elementary school teacher arrested after tens of thousands of pornographic images of children were found on his computer was sentenced to 7 1/2 years in prison and lifetime probation Monday. Joseph Chanecka, 44, could have received as few as fiv

A Tucson man who has spent the last 2 1/2 years in solitary confinement at the Pima County jail on a murder charge pleaded for mercy Monday, saying he's learned a lot about himself in that time and wants to get home to his 10-year-old son as soon as poss