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In what should be considered standing logic on its end, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled this week that while public colleges have an interest in having a racially diverse student body, nonetheless, the racial majority of a state can vote to remove racial diversity as a goal. This is a radical and activist reinterpretation of the Constitution, since by strict construction, the 14th Amendment had been added to explicitly limit white majority action to deny full legal protection to the newly freed slaves and their descendants. The purpose was to limit majority rule from becoming mob rule, continuing a legacy of inequality.
Newly published photos show what could be the footprints of the California teenager who climbed into the wheel well of a Boeing 767 and survived a flight across the ocean to Hawaii.
A group of demonstrators descend on Washington, D.C., on Tuesday asking President Obama not to approve the Keystone Pipeline.
New images allegedly show the place where a teen stowed away on a flight from California to Hawaii, as friends say he may have snuck onto the plane because he was homesick for Somalia. NBC’s Joe Fryer reports.
President Obama was greeted by Ambassador Caroline Kennedy as he arrived in Japan on Wednesday. It’s Kennedy’s first major summit in her new role. NBC's Peter Alexander reports.
Controversy is swirling Wednesday morning over a new watchdog group report that the IRS paid $1 million in bonuses to employees who didn’t pay their taxes.
Georgia’s governor is expected to sign on Wednesday what critics are calling “the most extreme gun bill in America.” Licensed gun owners will be allowed to take weapons into more public places.
Controversy is swirling Wednesday morning over a new watchdog group report that the IRS paid $1 million in bonuses to employees who didn’t pay their taxes.
Good morning, and happy Wednesday! Here are some of the stories we're following today:1. Divers break through ferry walls to search for bodiesThe grim search for bodies after a South Korean ferry sunk one week ago continued today, as divers had to break through cabin walls and search in the dark.
A Connecticut mother is under arrest, accused of leaving her four young children alone in a minivan while she shopped for cell phones.
