Aaron Hernandez greets jury pool as selection process gets underway
Hernandez, former New England Patriot tight end, is indicted in the June 17, 2013, death of semi-pro football player Odin Lloyd, who was shot seven times, prosecutors say, in an…
Can Obama’s community college plan get through Congress?
His plan is to partner with states and fund the first two years of community college for Americans “willing to work for it.” The White House will work to push…
Feel the vibration: The next phase in virtual reality
Most virtual reality hype has surrounded tools that create a visual experience, like the Oculus Rift goggles. Gadgets like this vest could provide an additional physical, tactile element to virtual…
Dog abandoned with suitcase at train station
The Scottish SPCA is appealing for information on Facebook after the male shar-pei crossbreed was discovered Friday night, tied to a railing outside the Ayr train station. Beside him was…
Put that iPhone down! And 14 other digital resolutions for 2015
I am one of “those” people who loves the new year, makes resolutions and normally fails to keep up with most of them by the end of January. But there…
How the Kouachi brothers turned to terrorism
On Friday, the two brothers were killed in a shootout with police, achieving their goal of a supposedly heroic “martyrdom.” Before they died, one of the brothers spoke on the…
Sanctions guru tapped for CIA job
As Undersecretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence in the Treasury Department, Cohen played an important role in developing sanctions on a number of foreign governments, including Russia, Iran and North…
Romney tells donors he’s considering 2016 bid
The Wall Street Journal first reported the comments. Though his loyalists and supportive donors have floated his name as a potential candidate for the better part of a year, Romney…
House GOP plans immigration showdown
The emerging plan, worked out with GOP members Friday, would add several provisions that would roll back the executive order the President announced in November to a nearly $40 billion…
Ex-millionaire loses bid for new trial in Florida slayings
Krishna “Kris” Maharaj, 75, was not in court when Judge William Thomas said, “This court fully weighed the materiality, relevance and inconsistencies of the newly discovered evidence, and concludes that…
One person killed, several injured in 100-car pileup
One of the tractor-trailers involved in the wreck was carrying fireworks that can be seen on video detonating.
Radical cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri sentenced to life in prison
“Abu Hamza’s blood-soaked journey from cleric to convict, from Imam to inmate, is now complete,” Preet Bharara, United States attorney for the Southern District of New York, said in a…
Scary world could give GOP a foreign policy opening
Even before terrorists killed 12 people at a Paris magazine this week, Republicans were fine-tuning an assault on President Barack Obama’s foreign policy as timid and naive, and stumbling everywhere…
Beyonce, Taylor Swift, U2 big among Grammy nominees
The other record of the year nominees are “Fancy” by Iggy Azalea featuring Charli XCX, “Chandelier” by Sia and “All About That Bass” by Meagan Trainor. Song of the year…
Teens on social media: ‘Like’ and ‘FOMO’ anxiety
The upside of selfies: Social media not all bad for kids Olivia, 12, said she sometimes feels that way, too. “If there’s an event that maybe I’m not at or…
Addicted to your smartphone? 10 signs you might be
‘I’ve got a problem’ The quiz asks questions like: “Do you find yourself spending more time on your Smartphone than you realize?” and “Do you feel reluctant to be without…
‘Camp Gyno’ girl returns in video about middle school
We see her when she was six months pregnant at 24 and took back her partner, a serial cheater, before taking a drag on a cigarette. At 15, when her…
The most Instagrammed places in 2014
“Siam Paragon itself is more than just a shopping mall in Western terms. Aside from the many shops, cafes and restaurantstaking a photo of your food/coffee is standardthere’s an aquarium,…
Beyonce, ‘My Dog Skip’ and cigarettes: 7 things we learned in Mike Huckabee’s new book
Huckabee thinks Miley Cyrus is a bad dancer but Beyonce is a good one. He describes Cyrus’ 2013 MTV Video Music Awards performance as one in which she “contorted her barely-clad,…
France: Raids kill 3 suspects, including 2 wanted in Charlie Hebdo attack
The French government’s work is not over. There’s still a lot of healing to do, a lot of questions to answer about how to prevent future attacks, and the pursuit…
Report: Christie interviewed by feds in bridge scandal
ABC News first reported Friday that the New Jersey Republican privately sat down with officials at the governor’s mansion in Princeton, New Jersey, where he answered questions for more than…
Christie to meet with GOP leaders in South Carolina
Invitees include business leaders, state legislators and Republican power-brokers from around the state, a GOP source with knowledge of the event said. The confab was arranged by the South Carolina…
Massive search for woman suspected in Paris hostage-taking
That suspect is Hayat Boumeddiene, a 26-year-old woman who allegedly was the accomplice of Amedy Coulibaly, 32, in the standoff at a kosher grocery store in eastern Paris. Four people…
Paris attack will feed intolerance in Europe
The slogan “Je suis Charlie Hebdo” is circulating widely in social media. Twitter is inundated with tweets about the political power of satire. Pictures of demonstrators holding pens in the…
Jittery nation lives a new crisis
The twin standoffsone outside the French capital involving the suspects who shot and killed 12 people Wednesday at the offices of the satirical magazine, the other at a kosher grocery…
Brutally Honest: When is it OK to leave your teen home alone overnight?
I can’t remember exactly how old I was when my mom went away for a night and left my older sister and me home alone. What I remember clearly though…
Anjelica Huston opens up about Jack Nicholson, Ryan O’Neal and Hollywood
Most of us haven’t lived enough to fill one memoir, let alone two, but then again most of us have not lived the life of Anjelica Huston, the Academy Award-winning…
Brutally Honest: Is it OK to be naked in front of your kids?
Let me say at the start that there is no way around the topic of nakedness in front of your children without getting personal and slightly uncomfortable. I’m already feeling…
Brutally Honest: Is it OK to spy on your kids?
Whether you think spying on your kids is acceptable in today’s digital age or a breach of trust seems to really depend on how you define “spying” in the first…
Joni’s June event: Bikes and a pig roast
Ernst’s political action committee, the Jobs, Opportunity and New Ideas or JONI PAC, has sent out a save-the-date for what is certain to become one of the premiere political events…