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The Warren Commission report -- the 888-page document produced by the committee appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson to investigate John F. Kennedy’s assassination -- remains the official account of what happened in Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963.
Hawaii, one of the first states where gay and lesbian couples fought for the right to wed, is poised to become the 15th of 16th state to grant same-sex marriage after lawmakers on Friday approved legislation amid passionate public debate.The state House of Representatives passed the bill, 30-19.
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Two top naval intelligence officers have been placed on leave and stripped of their access to classified materials in a widespread bribery investigation, the Navy said Friday night.The sanctions against Vice Adm. Ted Branch, the director of naval intelligence, and Rear Adm.
A judge threw out the conviction of a 53-year-old Los Angeles man who's spent 34 years behind bars for murder after two sisters of a key witness said the account of what their sibling saw was a lie.
A former Texas district attorney agreed Friday to serve 10 days in jail for withholding evidence that could have stopped an innocent man from going to prison for nearly 25 years — apparently the first time a prosecutor has been sent to jail for concealing evidence helpful to the defense.
A notable publisher ceased the publication of a book detailing firsthand accounts of the Benghazi consulate attacks on Friday, after two previous reports by one of the authors conflicted largely with accounts in the book.
Working people saw many victories this Election Day, but for Bostonians, Tuesday was especially poignant. Martin J. Walsh, a longtime labor leader and state representative, swept to victory to become the city’s first union mayor.
Did you know, if the federal minimum wage kept up with inflation, it would be $10.75 an hour, not the $7.25 it is today? Or that nearly two out of three minimum wage earners are women and of those, more than half are older than 24?Get more facts and infographics on the minimum wage from the AFL-CIO.
A CBS correspondent apologized on Friday and said venerable TV news magazine “60 Minutes” would issue a correction to a report it aired about the Benghazi attacks after inconsistent accounts called into question the reliability of one of its key sources.
