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Investigators think they know the identities of all six people whose skeletal remains were found this week in two cars at the bottom of an Oklahoma lake, saying Thursday they were following active leads in two 40-year-old missing persons cases.
As authorities learn more information about the movements of gunman Aaron Alexis, a clearer picture and timeline of Monday's Washington Navy Yard shooting in which 12 people lost their lives begins to emerge. Officials say Alexis, 34, drove onto the base at about 8 a.m.
Floyd Lee Corkins, the man who shot up the Washington offices of the conservative Family Research Council last year, was sentenced to 25 years in prison Thursday after prosecutors likened him to the Washington Navy Yard gunman.
The number of people unaccounted for from Colorado's devastating flooding has fallen dramatically as rescuers reach stranded victims, and electricity and phone services are restored to ravaged areas, allowing residents to contact family, friends or authorities.
Health is a class issue. As the rich have become even richer, they’ve enjoyed better health and longer lives. In 1980–1982, the most affluent Americans could expect to live 2.8 years longer than those in the poorest group; by 1998–2000, the gap had increased to 4.5 years. Just imagine how much the chasm has widened since 2000.It’s hard to imagine a more stark class dividing line, or a more poignant reminder of the heartbreaking consequences of income inequality.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani's finger-pointing at Israel and refusal to acknowledge the Holocaust may undercut his image as a moderate in the West — but will help keep the hard-liners at home at bay, analysts said Thursday.
While there’s a move—led by Republican lawmakers but with support from some Democrats—to cut Social Security benefits through a so-called “chained" CPI and raise the retirement age, a bill introduced in the House this week goes in the other direction: it strengthens Social Security benefits.
More workers at Amazon.com’s warehouses—that some describe as high-speed, high-tension sweatshops—have filed federal court suits against the company and its contractors that supply the mostly temporary and low-paid workers for workplace rules that require them to undergo unpaid security checks at breaks and the end of their often 12-hour shifts.
The gun-toting Pennsylvania police chief who posted incendiary videos in which he ranted about the Second Amendment and liberals while spraying machine-gun fire with borough-owned weapons could could soon find out whether he'll lose his job.
A Texas appeals court tossed the criminal conviction of former U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay on Thursday, saying there was insufficient evidence for a jury in 2010 to have found him guilty of illegally funneling money to Republican candidates.
