SEATTLE – A nurse at Washington state’s troubled psychiatric hospital who lost part of her ear when she was assaulted by a patient is suing the state for $5 million, claiming officials are to blame ...

People have pierced their ears for thousands of years for ceremonial, cultural, religious, and decorative purposes. The oldest known example of ear piercing comes from “Ötzi the Iceman,” a man who ...

A 51-year-old man is accused of cutting off part of another man's ear early Wednesday in western North Carolina, authorities said. According to a news release from the Asheville Police Department, ...

A nurse at Washington state's largest psychiatric hospital who lost part of her ear when she was assaulted by a patient is suing the state for $5 million. The tort claim filed Wednesday by a lawyer ...