A young woman identified as the estranged girlfriend of the student responsible for a fatal school shooting in Washington state last week is speaking out.
A study of charges in 191 arraignments in New York City courts found 91 percent of those arraigned were people of color. In 163 instances, the charges were dismissed. Charges dismissed included drinking from an open container, sitting on two subway seats, or sleeping on the subway. The report argues such arrests, while on the surface appearing frivolous, lead to criminalizing harmless behavior and can breed cynicism, resentment and resistance.
The mayor of Houston, Texas has had a change of heart regarding her fight against evangelical Christian leaders who oppose legislation promoting LGBT rights.
As part of an effort to reform law enforcement, CNN reports that city officials have proposed Chief Thomas Jackson of Ferguson, Missouri resign from his post.
Government agencies like the Justice Department and Homeland Security are finalizing their recommendations on immigration reform and will be sending them to the White House in the next couple of weeks. The Obama Administration has delayed taking executive action on reform twice but has said he will make an announcement before the end of the year.
A flow of lava on the Big Island of Hawaii, which first began in early June, has become critical this week as it begins to seriously threaten homes and businesses along with the very livelihood of residents in the town of Pahoa, who can do nothing but watch while the flow inches unnervingly closer to their small and tight-knit community.
Most U.S. gas stations will boast prices below $3 a gallon for the first time in a long while Most U. S. gas stations will boast prices below $3 a gallon for the first time in a long while.
During the fifth day of the Jodi Arias sentencing retrial, Arias' defense team presented the jury with sexually explicit evidence of the convicted boyfriend killer's sex life with the victim, Travis Alexander, before he was murdered.
The U.S. Coast Guard on Wednesday rescued nearly three dozen individuals whose boat was sinking off the coast of Florida. The 33 individuals are believed to be Cuban migrants.
National immigrant rights groups are calling for President Barack Obama to use his imminent immigration executive action to protect families of DACA recipients.
Pill would alert doctors to dangerous cells for a variety of diseases Google is in the process of developing a nanoparticle pill that could potentially save lives by identifying cancer, heart attacks and other ailments before they become lethal.
After spending a month in the hospital following a vicious dog attack that almost took her life, an 8-year-old Delaware girl was allowed to return home 30 days ahead of schedule due to her miraculous recovery.
The Joint Chiefs of Staff recommended quarantines for soldiers returning from Ebola stricken countries, and on the Secretary of Defense mandated a 21 day "controlled monitoring regimen" on Wednesday. There are over 200,000 Latinos serving in the U.S. military.
The White House computer network sustained a two week long cyberattack. Fortunately, it was an unclassified computer and White House officials say the Executive Office of the President (EOP) regularly gets hit with cyberattacks. White House officials said the computers and systems were not damaged.
