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Battle over Obama immigration actions lands before Supreme Court
The impassioned election-year debate over President Obama’s immigration executive actions lands Monday before a short-handed Supreme Court, where justices will consider a fundamental question: how much power does the president truly have? The justices plan to hold 90 minutes of oral arguments dealing with Obama’s...
Boom! Donald Trump Truth Bomb!
According to a new poll by Bloomberg, moms and married women love Donald Trump more than they like Hillary....
Bernie Sanders’ Debate Remarks on Israel Still Resonating
One of the most remarkable moments in Thursday night's Democratic Party debate happened when the discussion about Israel came front and center. Sen. Bernie Sanders did something that Mideast experts and advocates on either side have never seen someone in his position do before: take a public stand for the rights of...
The Clarence Thomas and Anita Hill Controversy in a Minute
The story of the Clarence Thomas-Anita Hill controversy is the focus of a new film, Confirmation, premiering Saturday on HBO. On July 1, 1991 President George H.W. Bush nominated Thomas to fill a vacancy on the Supreme Court. Thomas seemed well on his way to being confirmed by the Senate until Hill's allegations of sexual...
Missouri Woman Recalls Moment She Suspected Her Mom Tried to Kill Her
A Missouri woman who nearly died after her mother poisoned her with anti-freeze said she suspected that her mother was planning to kill her after reading her journal. "She had this journal that she wrote … her thoughts. She wrote the deaths of Shaun, my brother, and me. And that's what worried me … I was...
Doctors Use 3-D Models, Special Balloons to Separate Conjoined Sisters
Doctors at a Texas hospital explained today how they used 3-D modeling, injectable dye and special "balloons" to safely separate two conjoined sisters earlier this week. Sisters Ximena and Scarlett Hernandez-Torres were born connected at the waist, sharing a colon and bladder — a 1 in 50 million chance —...
Charles Manson Follower Leslie Van Houten’s Role in 1969 Killings
Former Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten, now 66, was "numb" when she learned a panel recommended her for parole on Thursday, nearly 50 years after her involvement in the Charles Manson-led murders of a California couple, her attorney said. But parole isn't guaranteed — the decision next goes to an...
Alabama college student cited for wearing empty gun holster on campus
A University of South Alabama student was charged with violating the school’s code of conduct after campus police caught him on campus wearing an empty gun holster, in an incident recorded on video. D.J. Parten, a junior from Mobile, said he was stopped Wednesday, detained for more than 30 minutes and then issued a...
Bernie Sanders calls for a ‘moral economy’ at the Vatican
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has carried his populist message of economic inequality to the Vatican. Visiting to speak at an economy and social justice conference, he emphasised "the common good". There are no plans for him to meet personally with Pope Francis. "I'm so excited and proud to...
First Gender-Neutral Restroom Opens At Los Angeles School
A Los Angeles high school on Friday opened the first gender-neutral restroom in the nation’s second-largest school district, and likely the state, in a move geared toward accommodating transgender students. Santee Education Complex converted a second-floor girls’ restroom after the campus Gay Straight Alliance...
‘I want my country back’ Woman on Question Time in impassioned plea for Brexit
AN AUDIENCE member on the BBC’s Question Time seemed to sum-up the feelings of grassroots voters when she declared she wanted “Britain to be Britain”. The unnamed woman was speaking following a debate about whether Britain would be better being part of the European Union (EU) or whether it would be more...
Four things we learned from the Democratic debate
It was the first Democratic debate in more than a month, and it comes on the eve of a New York primary that could either cement Hillary Clinton's lead or give the Bernie Sanders campaign a new, fighting chance at the nomination. In other words, there was a lot on the line when the two candidates took the stage in Brooklyn...