Esteemed New York Times columnist David Carr, who died unexpectedly on Thursday night, had lung cancer, and died of complications from the disease, the results of an autopsy released Saturday evening showed.Read More
A civil rights group has apologized to book author and retired neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson – a popular public figure rumored to be gunning for a Republican presidential nomination – after it denounced him for his "extremist" views on marriage and American politics.Read More
Egypt unleashed its fury on Islamic State militants, sending its warplanes to bomb ISIS targets inside Libya on Monday, a day after the terrorist group released a video showed the beheading of 21 Egyptian Christians there.Read More
Amanda Knox – the former U.S. student who caught the world's attention when she was convicted in Italy over the murder of her British roommate in 2007, imprisoned for four years, acquitted, and then convicted again by a higher court in Italy in January 2014 – is set to get married to a musician.Read More
The Republican primary race for the 2016 U.S. presidential election is heating up between two prominent politicians from Florida. Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, who served as Florida House Speaker, are both positioning themselves as possible presidential candidates.Read More
Immigration activists reportedly held protest rallies in the Capitol Hill offices of 35 "hard-line" Republican lawmakers on Thursday, blasting them for their "ceaseless attacks on hardworking immigrant families."Read More
A 46-year-old man was charged with first degree murder for shooting to death three Muslim American students in Chapel Hill town in North Carolina on Tuesday.Read More
House Speaker John Boehner told Senate Democrats to "go off their ass" and vote for the Department of Homeland Security funding bill that withholds budget to President Obama's immigration reforms.Read More
The massive snowstorm that has been hitting the U.S. Northeast has already dumped six feet of snow, with state agencies scrambling to clear roads and help people in need, authorities said on Tuesday.Read More
As more than 1,300 civilians have been killed in Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, evangelist Franklin Graham is urging Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to agree on a ceasefire during the 10 days of Easter observances.
Suspected Fulani herdsmen shot to death four people, including a pastor and two women in two separate attacks in Benue State on Tuesday, according to Nigerian media reports.