The highest criminal court in Texas has granted a rare hearing to review allegations of prosecutorial misconduct in the high-profile death row case of British national Linda Carty. The Texas…
WASHINGTON — The Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday quietly held its annual worldwide threats hearing entirely behind closed doors for the first time in years, underscoring chairman Richard Burr’s intention…
At age 3, Angelica Lopez is helping to break a sound barrier for deaf children. Born without working auditory nerves, she can detect sounds for the first time — and…
WASHINGTON — Since taking control of both chambers of Congress in January, Republicans have grappled with newfound pressure to govern. But the House Judiciary Committee on Thursday got back to…
WASHINGTON — One of the Obama administration’s key intelligence leaders told lawmakers Thursday that he didn’t think the U.S. offensive against the Islamic State was covered by a 2001 military…
A federal appeals court on Thursday agreed to hold a hearing on a bid by lawyers for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to move his trial outside Massachusetts. The…
George Michael Zimmerman, born October 5, 1983, was a part-time student at Seminole State College and a neighborhood watch captain at the Retreat at Twin Lakes gated community in Sanford…
WASHINGTON — While Republican presidential contenders are waffling on the issue of vaccinations, a bipartisan group of senators sought on Tuesday to squash bunk medical science that has led parents…
With executions in Oklahoma on hold amid a constitutional review of its lethal injection formula, Republican legislators are pushing to make Oklahoma the first state in the nation to allow…
Early intervention In the first few hours of life, most babies born in the United States are given a mandatory hearing test. Quick, painless and inexpensive, the test is key…
“I’m tired of hearing people analyse — criticize — appraise — and hate on my body.” That’s what men participating in a new BuzzFeed video, “Things Men Are Tired Of…
www.upworthy.com: We’re not used to hearing about drones doing good. Here’s an example of technology being used to end abuses, rather than perpetuating them.
“It’s fair to say that once an employee survives an initial background check … which gives them access to the airport … they don’t go back and check criminal history?”…
Juror 96 was dismissed as one of 18 potential jurors and alternates on the panel after Garsh had earlier ordered the public out of the Massachusetts courtroom for a hearing…
Former rap mogul Marion “Suge” Knight pleaded not guilty Tuesday to murder charges in a fatal hit-and-run incident before complaining of chest pains in court and being taken to the…
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said Sunday that he will not apologize for calling protesters “low-life scum” at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing earlier this week. “I think they’re terrible…
A Republican state legislator who generally opposes abortion said he is concerned about a controversial anti-abortion bill introduced by one of his colleagues because it would infringe on a woman’s…
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) called out a protester rallying against former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger at an Armed Services Committee hearing on Thursday, calling him “low-life scum.” – Watch…
“Get out of here, you low-life scum,” the Arizona Republican told the protesters. Kissinger, the diplomat who was secretary of state under President Richard Nixon, as well as President Ronald…
Loretta Lynch, the nominee for attorney general, said Wednesday during her confirmation hearing that she does not support the legalization of marijuana, and that she disagrees with President Barack Obama’s…
During Loretta Lynch’s confirmation hearing Wednesday, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) tried to take the attorney general nominee down the slippery-slope argument often made against the marriage equality movement by inquiring…
setting up what could be an explosive hearing for the likely 2016 presidential candidate. Read the whole story at Politico
WASHINGTON — In Republicans’ ongoing efforts to roll back or hamstring Obamacare, this is probably not what they hoped for in their first Senate hearing on the matter: The Senate’s…