Mississippi finally outlawed slavery. The Jackson Clarion Ledger: “There was an asterisk beside Mississippi. A note read: ‘Mississippi ratified the amendment in 1995, but because the...
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court will take up a case from Alabama next week to decide whether to strike down a key part of the Voting...
PALM CITY, Fla. — In a gym usually home to the Hyde Park Academy Thunderbirds, President Obama spoke about his own home late last week —...
There are two ways you might have heard of Dr. Ben Carson. If you’re a doctor or follow medicine, you might know of his great success...
Researchers found that the risk of having a criminal conviction by early adulthood increased by approximately 30 percent with every hour that children spent viewing television...
[youtube id=”KelDQj_6P7Y” width=”620″ height=”360″] By Matt Pearce February 18, 2013, 5:42 p.m. Rough flight. A 60-year-old business executive accused of drunkenly slapping a 2-year-old and referring...
To progressive Canadian Catholics, reform of their church ultimately means ordination of women, married priests and freedom of birth control. None of these will be on...
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe issued an official proclamation on Friday setting March 16 as the date for the nation to vote on...
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Human Rights Watch said Israeli airstrikes during the most recent Gaza Strip conflict last November “violated the laws of war.” Field investigations, which the...
LONDON: Britain’s military has flown troops and heavy equipment from Ghana to Mali to support the international intervention in the West African nation, the British Defense...
TOYA, Mali — The insurgents who have fled from invading French troops in Mali have been taking with them some of their most important possessions —...
Facebook has announced its latest attempt at making money, and this time it involves letting users pay to promote their friends’ posts. The feature lets users...
Video game sales increased 9 percent in January compared to the same time in 2012, in what looks to be the first optimistic sign for an...
The horsemeat DNA was discovered in cottage pies delivered to 47 schools in Lancashire. It has now been removed from kitchens and officials say...
Two big biotechnology companies, Amgen and Genentech, are lobbying state legislatures to limit competition to their biological drugs that will lose patent protection in the next...
CDC: 1 in 9 Sexually-Active Women Have Used “Morning After” Pill More and more women have been using emergency contraception pills, according to a report released...
The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved the first treatment to give limited vision to people who are blind, involving a technology called the artificial...
Berkshire and 3G’s $28 billion bid for the ketchup maker could be Warren Buffett’s richest deal yet. FORTUNE — Part of the mystique, and down-home charm,...
WASHINGTON — The bipartisan heads of the federal commission that pushed a sweeping deficit reduction plan in 2011 urged President Obama and Congress to stop playing...
“The Chubby Checker” app allowed women to estimate the length of their man’s penis based on his shoe size but there’s a twist – and it...
Lil Wayne has set social media ablaze once again. But this time, he’s done more than insult the morality police who often take him to task for...
TUSCULOOSA, Ala. (AP) — The University of Alabama has barred three football players from campus after their arrest on robbery charges. The players are suspended from...
Michael Jordan, who won six NBA championships, five MVPs, 10 scoring titles and two Olympic gold medals, turns 50 on Sunday. Here are 50 reasons —...
