Death Penalty Sought in Case of Killing of Texas Prosecutors
Prosecutors in Kaufman County announced Friday they would seek the death penalty against Eric L. Williams, the former justice of the peace accused of murdering two prosecutors as revenge.
View ArticleNorth Carolina governor to sign abortion, voter ID bills
North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory will sign a controversial restrictive abortion bill and a voter identification bill into law, he said Friday.
View ArticleEthics Panel Advancing Inquiry Into Illinois Republican
The House Ethics Committee said that it was pushing ahead with an inquiry into Representative Peter Roskam of Illinois over a trip to Taiwan, and that it was also investigating Representative Michele...
View ArticleBaby cracks up at dog
A baby girl thinks a dog eating popcorn is the funniest thing on the planet.
View ArticleSan Diego Democrats call on mayor to resign
Local Democratic leaders called on San Diego Mayor Bob Filner to resign over allegations that he made unwanted sexual advances to several women.
View ArticleTrayvon Martin’s mother: ‘Use my broken heart’
The mother of slain Florida teenager Trayvon Martin told the National Urban League on Friday that the verdict in the second-degree murder trial of George Zimmerman “is not going to define who Trayvon...
View ArticleFeds propose new rules on imported food
The Food and Drug Administration on Friday promised a safer U.S. food supply when it implements two new rules regulating food imported to the United States.
View ArticleSan Diego mayor: My behavior was wrong
San Diego Mayor Bob Filner gives a statement to address allegations of sexual harassment.
View ArticleWoman: Mayor Filner tried to kiss me
CNN’s Poppy Harlow talked with Morgan Rose, one of the women who accused San Diego Mayor Bob Filner of harassing her.
View ArticleManning was trying ‘to hopefully save lives,’ lawyer says in final argument
FORT MEADE, Md. — Pfc. Bradley Manning, accused of the biggest leak of classified material in American history, is not a traitor but a young, well-intentioned man who was “trying to ply his knowledge...
View ArticleDefense Calls Manning’s Intentions Good
A lawyer for Pfc. Bradley Manning tried to counter the prosecution’s portrayal in his court-martial over leaking government documents, calling him a “humanist” and a “whistle-blower.”
View ArticleShe explained the female orgasm
Virginia Johnson, with William Masters,revolutionized the world’s understanding of human sexuality, and showed women that they–not men–could rule their bodies
View ArticleU.S. to Send 2 at Guantánamo Back to Algeria, Saying Security Concerns Are Met
The White House’s announcement comes as William K. Lietzau, the top Pentagon official dealing with detainees, is stepping down to take a private sector job.
View ArticleSan Diego Mayor Says He Will Go Into Therapy
Besieged by accusations of sexual harassment, Mayor Bob Filner of San Diego said Friday that he would enter two weeks of what he called intensive behavior therapy.
View ArticleThe Lede: Video of San Diego Mayor Announcing His Plans to Undergo Therapy
San Diego’s Democratic Party leaders voted to ask Mayor Bob Filner to resign after four prominent female leaders disclosed that they had been subjected to unwanted sexual advances.
View ArticleAriel Castro: ‘I was a victim as a child’
CNN’s Gary Tuchman explains the plea deal Ariel Castro accepted in order to avoid the death penalty.
View ArticleCleveland Man Admits to Abductions
Ariel Castro, the Cleveland man accused of holding three women captive in his home for a decade, pleaded guilty to 937 counts, including rape and kidnapping.
View ArticleEx-vice president at Tiffany pleads guilty to stealing $2.11 million in jewelry
NEW YORK – A former executive at jeweler Tiffany & Co pleaded guilty Friday to stealing more than $2 million worth of jewelry from her one-time employer.
View ArticleHomemade elevator crushes visitor to Florida home, authorities say
A 66-year-old Florida woman was crushed by a homemade elevator when she went to visit her friend’s Gulf Coast home earlier this week, authorities said.Margaret Elizabeth Harrison went to Jean Blair’s...
View ArticleBosnian immigrant charged with lying about alleged war crimes
A naturalized U.S. citizen living in Vermont pleaded not guilty Friday to charges that he lied on his citizenship application about gruesome war crimes he is accused of having committed 21 years ago...
View ArticleVirginia woman killed in train wreck
A heartbroken father and several friends talk about an American woman killed in a deadly train accident in Spain.
View ArticleDouble Murder Seen as Part of Man’s Quest to Kill Sex Offenders
When Charles Parker registered as a sex offender in the small upstate town of Jonesville, S.C., he became a prospect on another man’s kill list, the authorities say.
View ArticleNumber of Catfish Inspectors Drives a Debate on Spending
The inspection of catfish is at the heart of a dispute as the House and Senate prepare to work out their differences on a new five-year farm bill.
View ArticleNational Briefing | Washington: Immigration Forum Planned to Pressure...
Two Democratic senators say they will hold a forum in the district of Representative Steve King to pressure him after he said that some young illegal immigrants were drug mules.
View ArticleChristie Assails Libertarian Shift on National Security by Some in the G.O.P.
Remarks on national security by Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey provided a vivid reminder of why he has so become a national figure and leading 2016 contender for the Republican presidential...
View ArticleNews Analysis: Quiet Rivalry Over the Next Fed Leader Comes Out of the Shadows
The choice of the nation’s most powerful technocrat, the head of the Federal Reserve, has rarely generated this much public anticipation or political debate.
View ArticleFlood alerts issued as Tropical Storm Flossie heads toward Hawaii
Tropical Storm Flossie, the sixth named storm of the Pacific hurricane system, was on a track to take it directly over Hawaii, where authorities issued an alert for “torrential” rains and dangerous...
View ArticleSoldier returns from Afghanistan to learn his beloved dog is gone
A purebred yellow Labrador retriever, Oakley likes to run, swim and get into most everything — “whether it’s trouble or not,” his owner 1st Lt. Brandon Harker affectionately says.
View ArticleAriel Castro agrees to plea deal to avoid death penalty
Ariel Castro agreed Friday in an Ohio courtroom to a plea deal in one of the most sensational kidnapping cases in recent memory. The deal, reached with prosecutors, would let him avoid the possibility...
View ArticleFDA warns one brand of vitamin B contains dangerous steroids
Federal regulators warned consumers to avoid one brand of vitamin B dietary supplement because it contains potentially harmful anabolic steroids.
View ArticleN.C. lawmakers OK payments for victims of forced sterilization
It was a horrific chapter in American history, but now some people who were sterilized against their will by the government may be getting compensation for what they endured.
View ArticleSeven killed, including gunman, in Florida shootout; 2 hostages rescued
SWAT officers shot and killed a gunman early Saturday after he killed 6 people, ending an hours-long standoff near Miami, Fla., police said.Two people were rescued alive and unharmed from an apartment...
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