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As former President George W. Bush steps back onto the public stage, he’s facing both criticism from detractors who point to his lingering unpopularity and divisive impact on the GOP, and praise from supporters who cite the importance of “compassionate conservatism” to the modern Republican Party.While the former two-term president has kept a relatively low profile since leaving office in 2009, fo...
U.S. motorcyclist deaths surged 9 percent last year to more than 5,000 -- near a record high -- in part because warm weather lured more riders out on the road last spring, but also because of a long-term decline in helmet laws, according to a report issued Wednesday by the Governors Highway Safety Association."All of the trends with motorcycle deaths are really going in the wrong direction," said ...
David Petraeus is replacing one kind of intelligence work for another.Macaulay Honors College at City University of New York said Tuesday the ex-Central Intelligence Agency director and retired four-star general has been named a visiting professor for public policy. He starts on August 1.Petraeus has a Ph.D. from Princeton University and has written widely on international relations, military stra...
Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has been hospitalized since his arrest, but if his condition continues to improve he will soon experience the hospitality of a high-security lockup while waiting for a trial that could be two years away, experts say."As soon as he is medically cleared, he'll be moved," said Steven Swensen, a former U.S. marshal who now runs a judicial security cons...
By Erika Angulo, Producer, NBC NewsFor former trucker Sue Wiese, obstacles don’t get in the way of her drive to save pets’ lives. The 69-year-old Texas grandmother is the founder of Operation Roger, a group of volunteer truck drivers who transport animals from kill shelters and rescue groups to families willing to adopt them. “We’re a ragtag group of pet lovers who want to help pets who already ...
A stock market and a nation already on edge was temporarily knocked off its axis on Tuesday by a single fake tweet. Following a hack attack, the Associated Press' verified Twitter account posted "an erroneous tweet" claiming that two explosions occurred in the White House and that President Barack Obama is injured. Moments later, the @AP Twitter account — with nearly 2 million followers — was susp...
Lance Armstrong violated his contract with the U.S. Postal Service and "unjustly enriched" himself by cheating to win Tour de France titles, the Justice Department argued in a lawsuit against the cyclist filed on Tuesday.The government announced in February it would join a federal whistle-blower lawsuit against Armstrong brought by the troubled athlete's former teammate Floyd Landis. Tuesday marke...
A single mom, who with her young son "lost all their worldy possessions" in the fertilizer plant explosion that devastated West, Texas, is among the first people to sue the plant's owner.Andrea Jones Gutierrez filed a lawsuit against Adair Grain on Monday. She is seeking up to $1 million.A fire at the West Fertilizer plant last week caused an explosion that killed 14 people, injured 200 others and...
