However, weaknesses in its organizational structure including corruption among its ranksand in its combat capabilities mean it faces serious challenges. “These shortcomings could limit its ability to successfully conduct the…
McCaul, speaking on CNN’s The Lead, declined to confirm a report from the Daily Beast that the White House had intelligence on U.S. citizens held by ISIS but acted too…
Whitney Houston’s daughter was involved in a traffic accident that injured two people days before she was found face-down in a bathtub, according to a police report obtained by The…
That report released Thursday ranks countries that generate the most plastic debris into the oceans, with Asian nations taking 13 out of the top 20 spots. Using World Bank data…
New York state prison authorities have continued the illegal practice of shackling pregnant inmates during labor, fail to provide most female prisoners with enough sanitary napkins and toilet paper, and…
A report released on Thursday argues that throwing hundreds of thousands of people in prison has had only a small impact on the crime rate. Violent crime has fallen by…
Most experts would argue the U.S. prison system is in need of change, and a number of programs are tackling this challenge in cities nationwide. A study by the Vera…
The incident began Friday when Madison Police got a suspicious person report. Police say someone in the small community about 12 miles east of Huntsville called to report a man…
Corporal punishment is ineffective and should be banned, according to a new report that studied the use of physical discipline in Florida school districts. In the study, “Corporal Punishment In…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of reported sexual assaults involving students at three military service academies went down in the most recent school year, capping a year that saw the…
Has Russian President Vladimir Putin gone completely mad? This question is actually being debated in serious circles. In a telephone conversation with President Obama a few months ago, German Chancellor…
HOUSTON — Halliburton announced on Tuesday plans to lay off about 7 percent of its work force, or 5,200 to 6,400 workers, in response to plummeting oil prices. Halliburton and…
Intensifying clashes in eastern Ukraine following a new Russian-backed separatist offensive on January 13 have fueled debate over how the United States and others should respond to the uptick in…
CNN’s Wolf Blitzer contributed to this report.
There may be such a thing as “too smart” when it comes to your devices. A recent report says Samsung’s Internet-connected Smart TV might be listening in on your conversations…
NEW DELHI — Under mounting criticism for their slow response to a missing persons report filed last week, the police in the Indian state of Haryana arrested eight men on…
That is exactly what Sidecar, a ride-hailing start-up in competition with the likes of Uber and Lyft, aims to make happen. The company announced on Monday it plans to use…
Samsung took the rest, but its share is shrinking, the report said. Canaccord Genuity’s report on industry profits a year ago estimated that Apple took 87.4 percent of phone earnings in the…
Just 12 hours before police say a man threw his 5-year-old daughter to her death off a Tampa Bay bridge last month, his own attorney called Florida’s child abuse hotline,…
According to the criminal complaint, Mangan was found dead by his mother last Wednesday after he was shot in the face inside his home. – CNN’s Karan Olson contributed to…
In a report released on Sunday, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, an organization based in Washington, along with the newspaper Le Monde in France, The Guardian in Britain, the…
Answers about why the aircraft, with 162 people on board, fell from the sky Sunday remained elusive. Among the seven bodies recovered so far — not 10, as earlier reports…
The cockpit voice recorder and the flight data recorder are considered to be vital elements in figuring out the causes of commercial aviation disasters. Indonesia’s top search and rescue official…
NEW YORK — Rolling Stone managing editor Will Dana tweeted Saturday night that embattled NBC News anchor Brian Williams had misused the word “presently” when writing in a a staff…
Americans’ views of President Barack Obama have improved slightly in the past two months, and opinions are more positive about the direction of the country and the health of the…
Some DNA samples on subway surfaces matched no known organisms studied before, while others were fragments associated with anthrax and the bubonic plague. In some cases, the germs reflected the…
The number of drivers on the road with alcohol in their systems has declined by nearly one-third since 2007, but there has been a large increase in drivers using marijuana…
The state of Texas holds more than 6,000 people in solitary confinement and they stay in isolation for an average of four years, according to a new report. The American…
“Violent extremism and an evolving terrorist threat raise a persistent risk of attacks on America and our allies,” Obama writes in the report’s introduction. “Escalating challenges to cybersecurity, aggression by…
Sexual assault victim advocates who are pushing against a mandatory reporting bill in Virginia are paying closer attention to a “promising” new third-party reporting system called Callisto, which would let…