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The U.S. Supreme Court refused Friday to let California delay the release of thousands of inmates from state prisons to relieve crowding.
In an about-face, the Obama administration declared West, Texas, a major disaster area in the aftermath of a deadly fertilizer plant explosion that devastated a 37-square-block swath of the town in April.
Thousands and thousands of fast-food and other low-wage workers this week have walked off the job in a series of one-day strikes in cities across the country. They are demanding a living wage, no retaliation for striking and the right to join unions. Those strikes are continuing today and likely into next week too.
Whitey Bulger declined to take the witness stand Friday but had his say anyway — calling his federal murder trial a sham and telling the judge: “Do what you want with me.
Bars around the United States are dumping their Russian vodka in protest against anti-gay legislation signed into law by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The United States will immediately begin considering visa applications of gay and lesbian spouses in the same manner as heterosexual couples, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Friday.Kerry made the announcement at the U.S. Embassy in London.
An Air National Guard pilot was rescued off the coast of Virginia early Friday morning after two F-16 Fighting Falcon jets were involved in a mid-air collision over the Atlantic Ocean, the Coast Guard said.The two planes from the 113th Wing D.C. Air National Guard collided at about 11 p.m.
The nation’s economy added 162,000 new jobs in July and the jobless rate dropped to 7.4% from June’s 7.6%, according to figures released this morning by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.William Spriggs, AFL-CIO chief economist, said today’s job numbers “continue to show a very mild recovery, but they fell below expectations and are disappointing.”
A majority of Americans support “Stand Your Ground” laws, according to a new national Quinnipiac University poll that found strong division along political and gender lines.
The nation's most active death penalty state is running out of its execution drug. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice said Thursday that its remaining supply of pentobarbital expires in September and that no alternatives have been found.
