The embassy has been home to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who has been on the run from Western governments ever since he first broke the WikiLeaks cables.
Just days after the U.S. Supreme Court rules against proponents of Proposition 8, California's gay marriage ban, the Ninth Circuit lifted a stay on same-sex marriages, and gay and lesbian couples began taking their vows.
The U.S. Supreme Court invalidated a key provision of the 1965 Voting Rights Act in a ruling handed down Tuesday morning that will have far-reaching consequences for minority voters, perhaps for years to come.
Republican Senator Ted Cruz of Texas is one of the most outspoken opponents of the bipartisan immigration reform bill currently being debated in the chamber, but his own father’s path to citizenship was neither straightforward nor completely honest.
New evidence is coming forward from those closest to the investigation that may show that the truth of the flight's crash is much different from the story that was told.
A former commander of a Nazi-allied unit in World War II has been found living in Minnesota, according to documents discovered by the Associated Press.
On Thursday, the Supreme Court ruled than human genes cannot be patented, a victory for medical research, particularly in fields centered on genetic disorders.
Domestic abuse advocates are outraged after a woman has come forward to claim that she was wrongfully terminated from her teaching position at Holy Trinity School in El Cajon, Calif. The reason she was fired? She was being beaten by her husband.
The woman sprung into action after seeing a man approach her home in an apparent burglary attempt. If you ever happen to be in Anaheim, Calif. and decide to become a home intruder, do yourself a favor and stay away from the home of Jan Cooper.
