Melvin White is founder of the Beloved Streets of America project, a nonprofit working to revitalize a downtrodden six-mile stretch of the drive in St. Louis named for the slain…
Educators usually have been first line of defense in school shootings
Juan Pablo Galavis told website The TV Page that he didn’t think a gay or bisexual bachelor would set a good example for kids. Galavis also told the site Friday…
Syrian National Coalition Chief Ahmad al-Jarba said Saturday his Western-backed opposition group will attend next week’s peace conference that would bring his coalition face-to-face with the government the rebels are…
Christie’s chief of staff, chief counsel and top communications strategist are among those being compelled to produce emails and text messages related to an apparent political payback scheme to cause…
The decision came just hours before a court-imposed deadline in a lawsuit filed in federal court by Kansas and Arizona that seeks to force the commission to modify state-specific requirements…
Taliban claims responsibility for ‘revenge attack’
Construction of the Tornillo bridge and port of entry, aimed at relieving congested cargo traffic lanes between El Paso, Texas, and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, a major manufacturing center, started on…
But Obama left in place significant elements of the broad surveillance net assembled by the National Security Agency, and left the implementation of many of his changes up to Congress…
Endorses oversight, but rejects end to phone surveillance
Taliban suicide bombers targeted a restaurant in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday. The bombers killed at least 14 at the restaurant, which was popular with foreigners.Massoud Hossaini/Associated Press The attack was one…
A police officer Friday stands outside the Delaware Valley Charter School in Philadelphia. Police say two students were shot at the Philadelphia high school.Matt Rourke/Associated Press One boy fled and…
WASHINGTON – The commander of the nuclear missile force in Montana where 34 launch control officers are implicated in an exam cheating scandal tells The Associated Press that his unit…
New documents gathered by the Vatican show that Catholic Church never had any policies precluding sex-abuse victims from reporting abuse to police. The documents show that the Vatican defrocked more…
J. Scott Applewhite/Associated Press<br><br>A group of senators arrive on Capitol Hill for a Senate vote to approve a $1.1 trillion spending package that banishes the likelihood of an election-year government…
The chemical spill into the Elk River that disrupted water service to residents in West Virginia has renewed debate about how whether is enough is being done to protect Americans’…
Obama’s “presidential directive” is an update of a 1995 policy directive aimed at setting written guidelines for sales of U.S. military hardware overseas. The Clinton White House unveiled the policy…
The Panama Canal Authority is planning a meeting Tuesday to discuss what to do if a Spanish consortium that has been working on an expansion of the Panama Canal stops…
Gregory and Sandi Leeson are getting a lot of attention – although not the kind they want – since putting their 113-year-old Victorian home in Dunhome, Pa., up for sell…
David Goldman/Associated Press<br><br>IRetired U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Duane Stubbs, right, of Morrow, Ga., shakes hands with retired U.S. Army 1st Sgt. Leland Smith, CEO of SolidHires, during a job…
The Pussy & Pooch Pet Lifestyle Center store in Beverly Hills, Calif., markets itself as a lifestyle hub, complete with a holistic vet and wellness spa, trainer, grooming salon, bakery…
President Barack Obama is giving the intelligence community and attorney general 60 days to come up proposals for who should store phone records swept up by the NSA. The president…
A new report from the surgeon general’s office warns that the United States may not meet its goal of reducing the number of smokers to 12 percent of the population…
J. Scott Applewhite/Associated Press<br><br>Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., a longtime deficit hawk, released a statement late Thursday saying he would give up his seat at the end of the current session…
Health and Human Services Department technology experts say cybersecurity concerns with the HealthCare.gov website have been resolved since the website launched last year. The House Oversight and Government, with committee…
