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In 2004, Congress enacted a law to prevent "corporate inversions" in which corporations reincorporate in a foreign country to avoid paying U.S. taxes, but a gaping loophole allows corporations to get around this law by merging with a foreign company.Simply put, it allows corporations to avoid paying taxes when they "renounce their U.S. citizenship" and change their corporate address to a foreign country.

A 9-year-old girl has died from injuries she sustained after a small plane crashed on a Florida beach Sunday afternoon, killing her father.

Alissa Chavez, a high school senior, has a patent for a device she calls "The Hot Seat," a pad placed inside a child's car seat or booster seat.

Last week, I had the great honor to receive the Benjamin L. Hooks “Keeper of the Flame” Award from the Labor Committee of the NAACP’s Board of Directors.  Both the new president, Cornell Brooks, and Lorraine Miller, who served as interim president before him, were present. I felt humbled by the honor.

A woman was about to jump off a platform at an Idaho water park and got spooked when a man jumped at the same time. She fell onto a platform below and tumbled into the pool, but suffered only a minor injury.