Last month Congress passed a bill that is supposed to save the U.S. government $8.6 billion in food-stamp costs over the next decade but three states have found a way to "game" the system.
The passage of the Ugandan Anti-Homosexuality Act, 2014 by President Yoweri Museveni has caused a gigantic escalation of tensions between the hyper-conservative East African nation and its Western "allies."
He is a Cuban American and GOP contender With the 2016 presidential election just a year and a half away now, all eyes are turning to the potential nominees.
Investigations are looking into the Bitcoin heist Hackers have broken into several accounts of Mark Karpeles, the owner of the MtGox Bitcoin exchange. Mt.
Ahead of the polls by 10 points, the former rebel leader is poised to win the presidency. Amidst the turmoil of protests in Venezuela and a rise in drug-related violence along Central America, El Salvador prepares to elect a new president.
New debris located by search planes. More than 48 hours have passed since Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 lost contact with air traffic controllers over the South China Sea.
Usually the wheels of government do not work quickly, but to remedy this wrong, the Massachusetts legislature expediently corrected a loophole in the state's Peeping Tom laws. Following a state Supreme Court decision, the state quickly changed its laws to prevent the incident from happening again.
Some of the most anticipated events at the SXSW Interactive Festival were Julian Assange and Edward Snowden's discussion on NSA surveillance of the web.
Venezuela continues to be engulfed in protests. To commemorate the International Women's Day, a new protest was planned for Saturday March 8 in which protestors marched to object the failures of the Maduro administration and the dire situation in Venezuela. The past week has seen diplomatic developments that complicate the situation for both the opposition and the government of President Maduro.
In an effort to quell concerns from human and civil rights groups regarding the treatment of immigrants along the U.S. and Mexico border, the U.S. Border Patrol implemented a new set of regulations on the use of deadly to its agents Friday.
The occasion raises awareness worldwide to women's issues. Started over a century ago, International Women's Day celebrates the struggles experienced by women and makes a point to highlight these struggles and change the future for women and for the rest of the world.
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange kicked off the South by Southwest Interactive conference on Saturday with a Skype-powered video chat with the tech geeks gathered in Austin, TX. Speaking from his imposed house arrest in the Ecuadorian embassy in London, Assange talked with SXSW attendees about his life, the National Security Agency, and the new era of journalism and activism.
Since the 2008 Presidential Election, GOP and conservative candidates have been part of an uphill battle to win the respect and votes of their constituents who have turned toward the Democratic or independent parties.
Couple victims of hate crime after attack in Greenwich Village. After a series of anti-gay attacks in New York City, gay people still cannot feel safe in one of the most diverse cities in the world.
The ruling will increase competition and lower prices For many years, the companies headed by Mexican billionaires Carlos Slim and Emilio Azcarraga raked in enormous profits; their phone companies Telmex and Telcel along with the giant television network, Televisa, were the only ones controlling the market.