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Jurors deliberating in the federal murder and extortion trial of reputed Boston mob boss James "Whitey" Bulger on Wednesday asked their first question of the judge.
An Army psychiatrist who said on Tuesday that "evidence will clearly show" that he was responsible for one of the worst mass shootings in U.S. history, returned to a Fort Hood courtroom Wednesday for a second day of testimony. Maj.
AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka called on corporate America today to pay its fair share, saying, "At a time when the 1% have demanded so much sacrifice from working people in the name of deficit reduction, we must ask something of big corporations. That means “revenue positive” corporate tax reform that raises significant amounts of new tax revenue."
Cleveland kidnapping survivor Michelle Knight stood outside the boarded-up, two-story house where Ariel Castro held her and two other women for a decade, releasing dozens of yellow balloons days on Wednesday as heavy construction equipment began to tear to the ground the house that was her prison.
It's not every day a former manufacturing hub for middle-class jobs gets to reinvent itself after the factories and plants shut down and ship off. But that's exactly what's happening in Long Beach, Calif., in Los Angeles County.
Washington D.C.'s Historic Congressional Cemetery is welcoming some strange guests to its 35 acres this week.They’ve “hired” approximately six dozen goats, or about two herds, for $750 a day to rid the area of invasive species like poison ivy.
Detractors of public education received a big blow last week when it was revealed that former Indiana schools superintendent Tony Bennett manipulated the state's school grading formula to ensure a charter school run by a major Republican donor received an "A" grade. Bennett, who was just recently Florida's education commissioner before he resigned last week, was pressured to step down after the Associated Press published the following email to his chief of staff:This will be a HUGE problem for us….They need to understand that anything less than an A for Christel House compromises all of our accountability work.
Americans in 43 states lined up at convenience stores, gas stations and newsstands Wednesday to take a shot at winning $425 million in the Powerball lottery — and if no one strikes it rich, the jackpot could soar to record territory.
Cleveland kidnapping survivor Michelle Knight stood outside the boarded-up, two-story house where Ariel Castro held her and two other women for a decade, releasing dozens of yellow balloons days as heavy construction equipment began to tear to the ground the house that was her prison.
SERENA, Ill -- A daredevil, escape artist parachuted gently into a northern Illinois field Tuesday, after managing to free himself from shackles and a locked coffin while plummeting through the air.