Obama called the situation in Syria "clearly a big event of grave concern" and said he hopes the Syrian government will allow a deeper investigation into the recent alleged chemical weapon attack in Damascus that killed more than 1,300 people.
Wednesday morning, Army Pfc. Bradley Manning got his day in court. When all was said and done, he was left facing 35 years in prison for his part in the WikiLeaks scandal that exposed large amounts of classified government information.
Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak could be free as early as Wednesday or Thursday. Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak could be free as early as Wednesday or Thursday after an Egyptian court officially ordered his release from prison.
The California Supreme Court has all but sealed the deal for marriage equality in the state. The California Supreme Court has all but sealed the deal for marriage equality in the state.
A gunman held three employees hostage for hours before killing one; poilce killed suspect A 20-year-old gunman who held three people hostage at a Louisiana bank on Tuesday was killed by police after he shot two of the hostages.
Lavabit, the email service Edward Snowden used for sensitive information has been forced to shut down. Additionally, the German government appears to have been using tactics similar to the NSA for the past six years.
The immigration reform movement just got a very large, and very high tech, supporter. Mark Zuckerberg, the billionaire founder of Facebook, has publicly stated his desire to help push immigration reform through his advocacy group FWD.us.
Just when he thought the worst of it was over, disgraced politician Anthony Weiner must once again deal with the fallout from a sexting scandal that likely will cost him any hope of winning the New York mayoral race. A woman that he sexted with after his resignation has now come forward to star in a new porn movie based on the experience.
Finally, this past week admitted kidnapper Ariel Castro was formally sentenced at a Cleveland, Ohio court to life imprisonment without parole, plus 1,000 years. Earlier, he pled guilty to over 937 charges including kidnapping, rape, and assault of the three women he held captive for over a decade.
Once again, 2012 presidential candidate Mitt Romney explained that the infamous “47 percent…” remark he made during the past elections supposedly stating that ‘47 percent of Americans can’t be persuaded to take personal responsibility’, was taken out of context, this was according to a recent interview by The Washington Post as reported by the Huffington Post.
The defense of Pfc. Bradley Manning scored a minor victory on Tuesday but on the whole, the future still looks grim for the WikiLeaks contributor who rocked the world with the sensitive information he leaked.
In an effort to combat one of the deadliest cancers in the world, a government task force is now recommending that patients get screened annually for lung cancer.
A swarm of over 30,000 bees attacked in North Texas, injuring a couple and killing two horses. A swarm of over 30,000 bees attacked in North Texas, injuring a couple and killing two horses.
