GRETNA, La., July 22 (UPI) -- The Jefferson Parish, La., district attorney has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to reconsider its decision barring child rapists from being executed.

BOSTON, May 28 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., who recently learned he has brain cancer, is in good spirits, says his son, Rep. Patrick Kennedy.

WASHINGTON, April 8 (UPI) -- Both sides are predicting victory when the debate over death sentences for crime other than murder reaches the U.S. Supreme Court next week.

DAMASCUS, Syria, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- U. S. Sen. Arlen Specter and U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy visited Damascus to urge Syria to mend fences with Israel.

WASHINGTON, June 13 (UPI) -- U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy pleaded guilty in Washington Tuesday to driving under the influence of prescription drugs in a plea bargain that spares him jail.

PROVIDENCE, R.I., June 5 (UPI) -- U.S. Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy, D-R.I., made his first public appearance Monday after leaving an alcohol and drug abuse treatment center.

WASHINGTON, May 12 (UPI) -- Witnesses reportedly have told Washington police that Rep. Patrick Kennedy, D-R.I., was in a Capitol Hill bar before his early morning May 4 car crash. Kennedy has denied drinking before he slammed his Ford Mustang into a security barrier near the U.S. Ca

WASHINGTON, May 5 (UPI) -- Rep. Patrick Kennedy, D-RI., Friday said he is checking himself into the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota for treatment of a drug abuse problem. The Rhode Island Democrat, who crashed his car in a one-car accident at the Capitol early Thursday, said at a news con

WASHINGTON, May 4 (UPI) -- Rep. Patrick Kennedy, D-R.I., was involved in a one-car crash near the U.S. Capitol early Thursday morning.