WASHINGTON — Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. on Wednesday warned that “this is going to sound like a joke,” and then posed an unusual question about four hypothetical job applicants….
Glacier Kwong is an 18-year-old student activist and founder of Keyboard Frontline, which campaigns for internet freedom. She spent two months on the streets of Hong Kong last year, taking…
ALGIERS — Deep in the Algerian Sahara, daily protests against a pilot hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, project are now well into their second month. The demonstrations have spread to several…
Jonathan Gruber, the influential and controversial MIT health economist, is among four people that the Massachusetts governor asked to step down from a powerful state commission. The news, first reported…
On Monday, after several CBS News staffers gave support to the Mother Jones report, O’Reilly turned his attention to his former employer. He showed footage of the Buenos Aires protest…
President Barack Obama urged Americans frustrated with the lack of progress on immigration reform to voice their discontent at the ballot box, lamenting the dismal turnout in last November’s midterm…
On Tuesday, attorneys will weed out jurors they believe are less sympathetic to their case. These “preemptory challenges” let attorneys remove jury prospects without giving a reason. Each side gets…
Dr. Craig Spencer, New York’s first and to date only Ebola patient, said in an essay published on Wednesday that he was falsely accused of putting the public at risk…
A dispute between co-workers at a southern Indiana auto body shop Wednesday escalated into a shooting that left one employee dead from a self-inflicted injury and the other wounded, police…
Those are the numbers; albeit, they’re estimates. But who is actually going? What are their names? What do they look like, where are they from and — perhaps most importantly…
READ: DHS impasse down to the wire in Congress “Instead of trying to hold hostage funding for the Department of Homeland Security, which is so important for our national security,…
READ: DHS impasse down to the wire in Congress “Instead of trying to hold hostage funding for the Department of Homeland Security, which is so important for our national security,…
Obamacare enrollees turn out to be more aggressive shoppers than many experts had predicted. Last week, with the scheduled end of open enrollment for 2015, the Obama administration announced that…
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(Adds background about case; byline) By Scott Malone BOSTON, Feb 25 (Reuters) – Formal seating of a jury and opening statements in the trial of accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar…
Greece’s prime minister held a marathon meeting with his party’s lawmakers Wednesday, briefing them on pledges made to European creditors to win a four-month extension of the country’s bailout amid…
The Clinton Foundation accepted millions of dollars from seven foreign governments during Hillary Rodham Clinton’s tenure as secretary of state, including one donation that violated its ethics agreement with the…
Chemotherapy and radiation failed to thwart Erika Hurwitz’s rare cancer of white blood cells. So her doctors offered her another option, a drug for melanoma. The result was astonishing. Within…
Anyone interested in buying a piece of Rob Ford history now has the chance to do so. – Ford’s assistant has said Ford would be selling some items, but didn’t say how many…
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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama said Wednesday that Republicans can go after his immigration programs in the courts and in Congress, but his confidence will not be shaken. “In the…
Another group of about 1,100 underperforming stores that are set to close were also auctioned on Wednesday. GameStop (GME) has expressed interest in some of those locations, RadioShack lawyers said….
Walmart announced last week it would raise wages for half a million of its full-time workers to $9 in April, and by next February, their hourly wages will increase to…
Police in Washington state fired 17 shots at an unarmed Mexican migrant on Feb. 10, hitting him as many as six times, authorities said Wednesday. Wednesday’s statement from the Tri-Cities…
In particular, these officials say the training of moderate rebels needs to be accelerated and expanded. To date, Qatar has trained some 600 fighters. Training is also underway in Saudi…
On his wedding day last January, NASCAR driver Brian Scott recited vows to not one, but two of the important ladies in his life: his bride Whitney Kay and her…
The Utah gymnast Baely Rowe competing on the beam in a meet against Stanford last Saturday at the Huntsman Center. It drew more than 15,000 spectators.” SALT LAKE CITY —…
BOSTON (AP) — A University of Massachusetts student filed a civil rights lawsuit Wednesday against Amherst police alleging he was wrongly arrested last year during rowdy, pre-St. Patrick’s Day parties…
By Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON, Feb 25 (Reuters) – President Barack Obama raised the political pressure on Republicans over immigration on Wednesday, telling young members of Miami’s Latino community that Republicans…
And now that it’s happened, you’ll remember it for a much different reason. Madonna was sent tumbling Wednesday night when the show didn’t go as planned and she was yanked…