KATHMANDU (AFP) — A Nepali tradition of locking a young virgin girl in a palace and worshipping her as a "living goddess" has been dealt a blow with the country's Supreme Court ruling she has the right to go to school.

The court said there was no justification for the specially chosen pre-pubescent girl, known as the Kumari, to be subjected to a practice that dates back centuries....

PITTSBURGH (AP) — A former gym teacher will spend up to three years in prison for having sex with a 14-year-old freshman, and sending the boy erotic text messages and nude photos of herself by cell phone.

Twenty-seven-year-old Beth Ann Chester pleaded guilty to statutory sexual assault, corruption of a minor and criminal use of a cell phone.

Moon Township police say the healt...