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While media pundits raise faux concern every time the Social Security trustees release their annual report, falsely declaring the program is in dire trouble—even though the future modest funding shortfall can easily be fixed by scrapping the cap—it's important we take a look at a major factor in Social Security's finances: rich people.
A University of Maryland student opened fire on his two housemates in an off-campus residence and then turned the gun on himself, Prince George's County Police say. Authorities are calling it a murder-suicide at a house on 36th Avenue near University Boulevard.
The Nevada union movement and national labor leaders held a rally and press conference in Las Vegas yesterday to kick off the national union campaign to help pass comprehensive immigration reform that protects immigrant and American workers. Nearly 1,000 Nevadans attended the event.
Even as it recovers from a punishing snowstorm that buried much of New York and New England, the Northeast could be in for more snow, according to meteorologists.
President Barack Obama is promising to focus his State of the Union address primarily on the state of the economy – but victims of gun violence are taking advantage of the high-profile event to try to shine a spotlight on their cause.
Former Los Angeles Police Department officer Christopher Dorner -- the suspect in three killings that have targeted law enforcement and the subject of a continuing manhunt -- was suspected last week of fleeing to Mexico, according to a federal court document.
Frustrated residents on New York's Long Island, stranded in their homes by Friday's blizzard, spent Monday calling local town officials and begging for plows to dig them out.
Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe, a Democrat, signed into law on Monday a bill that allows concealed-carry permit holders to take their weapons into churches.
Some Catholic progressives view the abdication of Pope Benedict XVI as an opportunity for the church to usher in a more liberal era, but many Vatican watchers don't see big changes on the horizon.
Students and the school principal an Indiana high school are disavowing a campaign by parents to organize a "gay-free" prom.
