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Investigators were still trying Wednesday to piece together why a lawyer showed up at the home of a renowned Minnesota obstetrician and shot him dead last week as an associate of the doctor listened on the phone.Dr.
Prosecutors have dropped charges against a 12-year-old girl who was accused of harassing another 12-year-old, who then committed suicide, her lawyer said Wednesday.
The bill for San Francisco's Batkid day -- forever etched in San Francisco history as Nov. 15 -- is coming in at $105,000, according to a mayoral spokeswoman.
Eleven million dreams will not be stopped. Today, more than 200 DREAMers took to the halls of the U.S. Capitol office buildings to protest House Speaker John Boehner's refusal to hold a vote on citizenship for the nation's 11 million aspiring Americans.
Death penalty states, suddenly faced with a shortage of drugs for executions, are increasingly turning to loosely regulated compounding pharmacies — raising concerns about safety and secrecy.
Twice this year (in January and July) Senate Republicans promised to rein in their unprecedented use of the filibuster and Senate rules to block President Barack Obama’s nominees. Twice this year they have broken that promise and have fallen back on the obstruction tactics they’ve employed since Obama took office.
As the story goes, the city of Detroit went bankrupt because of $18 billion in long-term debt, in large part caused by pension and health care benefits. A new report, written by Wallace Turbeville and released today from Demos, says that narrative is inflated, inaccurate and irrelevant to explaining the city's bankruptcy.
The latest entry in the Economic Policy Institute series The Unfinished March, which outlines the steps we need to take to fulfill the goals of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, is from AFL-CIO's chief economist William E. Spriggs and addresses jobs and the concept of full employment. Spriggs shows evidence that the march aimed to make increasing employment and family incomes key goals of America's public policy.
Virginia State Sen. Creigh Deeds has been upgraded to good condition one day after he was apparently stabbed by his son.Virginia State Police are still working to determine why the senator's son assaulted him before fatally shooting himself.
Walmart associates all over the United States have been speaking up for their rights on the job, asking Walmart to pay a living wage and treat them with respect. Today, actor and prolific tweeter Ashton Kutcher weighed in on Twitter (see the tweet after the jump).
