In a sign the economic momentum evident late last year has carried into 2015, the Labor Department said Friday that American employers added 257,000 jobs in January, as wage growth…
Attorney General Eric Holder last month announced reforms to asset forfeitures, the controversial government practice of seizing property associated with alleged illicit activity. But the new Justice Department budget released…
Hamburg called her tenure at the helm of the agency a “privilege” and said she made her decision to resign with “mixed emotions.” – “From keeping our food supply safe…
Joe Biden visited the offices of VICE Magazine, which makes sense because we could totally see him starring in video features on the strange world of Slovenian strippers’ bridge tournaments….
WASHINGTON — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) on Tuesday evening formally proposed drug testing for people who want unemployment benefits, but there’s just one problem: President Barack Obama won’t allow…
WASHINGTON — With just weeks remaining before the Department of Homeland Security runs out of money, a nonpartisan coalition of mayors is calling on the United States Senate to pass…
Standard & Poor’s, a rating agency accused of inflating its assessment of mortgage investments that spurred the 2008 financial crisis, said on Tuesday that it had agreed to pay $1.37…
On the surveillance video that the department released, you can see the moment in which Coignard decides to die. She raises her knife and charged at Derr, who shoots, as…
The Justice Department, which accused S.&P. of inflating the ratings of mortgage investments that spurred the 2008 financial meltdown, sent so many prosecutors to the negotiation that they formed an…
As Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey waited to depart on a trade mission to Israel in 2012, his entourage was delayed by a late arrival: Mr. Christie’s father, who…
Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. and Twenty-First Century Fox say the U.S. Justice Department has closed a lengthy investigation into a phone-hacking scandal in Britain without filing any charges. – Murdoch…
The Homeland Security Department’s funding is due to expire Feb. 27, a date chosen by Republicans in December, as they worked out a deal to keep the rest of the…
Joshua Sutter died after Ricardo Medina allegedly stabbed him the abdomen with a sword, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said in a press release. – The Los Angeles County…
Ohio said in early January that it will add thiopental sodium, a drug the state used for lethal injections from 1999-2011, the department said. Thiopental sodium and pentobarbital will be…
The California Department of Public Health sent out the latest numbers Friday of confirmed cases since December and while the total is still small, the jump was a startling 54…
The legacy of U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle isn’t the only controversial thing about “American Sniper.” If you saw the movie — or even just the trailer — and noticed…
The New York Police Department is developing a new anti-terrorism unit that will be deployed, in part, to contend with protestors. The “Strategic Response Group,” a unit of approximately 350…
Seattle Police Chief Kathleen O’Toole has reassigned an officer involved in the arrest last summer of a 69-year-old man who refused to drop a golf club he was carrying on…
There were two victims, said Sgt. Ryan Rouzan, with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. One was pronounced dead at an area hospital. The other’s condition was not known. –…
The 525-page report is a summary of a classified 6,700 page review. The Senate Select Intelligence Committee spent more than five years analyzing approximately 6.3 million pages of documents, at…
Andre Perry is 32 years old. He’s a commercial photographer, lives in Brooklyn, and loves fashion. He’s also black. A month ago, Perry was stopped at a subway station by…
READ: Obama nominated Loretta who? Specifically, the GOP is looking for opportunities to combat Obama’s executive overhaul of U.S. immigration rules. They’ll seek answers on how the Justice Department will…
A senior State Department official is confirming the death of one U.S. citizen in Tuesday’s attack on a Libyan hotel. – Libyan officials said four foreigners and five guards were…
WASHINGTON — It’s (even more) official: A bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security that also goes after President Barack Obama’s executive actions on immigration isn’t getting through the…
For some New Yorkers, Monday’s blizzard conditions meant braving the cold for the sake of others who needed some help. Although the winter storm fell short of historic expectations when…
London’s iconic Selfridges Oxford Street department store, known for revolutionizing fashion that left lasting impacts on British society, is set to stock its shelves with unisex clothing. – Sign up…
The number of cases has increased to 68, with 48 of those cases linked to an outbreak at Disneyland, state health officials reported Friday. Two days ago, the health department…
Pyle, his wife and the four grandchildren are now feared dead after a suspicious fire destroyed the mansion early Monday morning. Authorities have recovered four bodies from the ruins. They…
You may still be freezing your butts off and dredging your body out of bed every dark morning, but hope Springs eternal. Yes, on February 2nd we will find out…
CLEVELAND — It began with a swap: one boy’s cellphone for another’s replica of a Colt pistol. One of the boys went to play in a nearby park, striking poses…