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A fire that severely damaged an apartment Tuesday in Tucson, Ariz., was blamed on the family dog.It took nine fire units to put out the blaze, which left the family of three at least temporarily homeless, fire officials said.The family wasn't home Tuesday morning, but the dog was, Tucson fire Capt.
President Barack Obama appointed Christine Fox as acting deputy defense secretary Tuesday, making the civilian analyst — who inspired Kelly McGillis' chracter in "Top Gun" — the highest-ranking woman ever at the Pentagon.Fox replaces Ashton Carter, who is stepping down Wednesday.
NEW YORK — A U.S. animal rights group has filed what it said is the first lawsuit seeking to establish the "legal personhood" of chimpanzees.
An article from the Guardian today revealed internal documents from the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) that show the conservative, pro-corporate organization is facing significant trouble, having seen sharp declines in membership, corporate sponsorship and income in recent months. The documents also show the organization, already known for supporting extreme policies that go against the wishes of the American public and attack the rights of working families, recently considered a number of even more extreme policies and is seeking to provide legal cover for its activities. Groups with the charitable legal status of 501(c)(3), which ALEC currently has, are forbidden from lobbying. ALEC claims it isn't engaged in lobbying, but documents show it has sought to create a 501(c)(4) spin-off organization that would not just allow it to engage more overtly in lobbying but, according to the documents, would provide cover for the activities it already engages in. Which it says totally aren't lobbying. Really.
President Barack Obama's Kenyan-born uncle, who ignored a deportation order more than two decades ago, was granted permission to stay in the U.S. on Tuesday. Judge Leonard Shapiro made the decision after Onyango Obama, 69, testified that he had lived in the U.S.
A winter storm dropped 30 inches of snow in Idaho Tuesday, and is forecast to bring temperatures well below zero elsewhere in the country as the week goes on.
A federal bankruptcy judge today ruled that the city of Detroit is eligible for bankruptcy protection and may cut pension benefits for retired city workers despite a provision in the state’s Constitution banning such pension cuts. Attorneys for city workers, firefighters and police officers say they will appeal the judge’s ruling.
In a preliminary vote expected to mirror the final vote early next year, the D.C. Council voted unanimously to support a plan to raise the minimum wage in the District of Columbia to $11.50. A final vote must still take place, but no member has expressed any intention to vote differently and Mayor Vincent Gray (D) has suggested he is willing to sign the bill, in contrast to his recent veto of a measure to require big-box retailers like Walmart to pay a living wage. The D.C. Council appears to have the votes to override an unlikely veto, something they fell one vote short of on the big-box store bill.
Authorities are taking a fresh look at the October theft of nearly $26,000 worth of one of the world's rarest and most prized bourbon whiskeys after receiving dozens of tips in the investigation.The Franklin County, Ky.
Chicago is on pace to see its fewest murders in a half-century, officials said, marking a major turning point just one year after the violence-plagued city logged the most killings of any city in the country.
