WASHINGTON–The Supreme Court ruled Monday that a part of the Voting Rights Act aimed at helping minorities elect their preferred candidates only applies in electoral districts where minorities make up more than half the population.
NEW YORK–One of every 50 American children experiences homelessness, according to a new report that says most states have inadequate plans to address the worsening and often-overlooked problem.
SAN ANTONIO — At least 200 immigrants nationwide face deportation under what's become known as the "widow's penalty," a federal policy ordering widows and widowers out of the country if their U.S. citizen spouse dies before their immigration applica
WASHINGTON — Reversing Bush's policy, President Barack Obama on Monday cleared the way for a significant increase in federal dollars for embryonic stem cell research and promised no scientific data will be "distorted or concealed to serve a politica
WASHINGTON – The U.S. unemployment rate bolted to 8.1 percent in February, the highest since late 1983, as cost-cutting employers slashed 651,000 jobs amid a deepening recession.
WICHITA, Kan. In a victory for news technology in U.S. courts, a judge is allowing a reporter to use the microblogging service Twitter to provide constant updates from a racketeering gang trial this week.
CLEVELAND – Special police teams and a helicopter were searching Friday for an ex-convict who is suspected of killing his wife, his sister-in-law and her three young children. The man "made it clear he's not going back to prison," an official said.
LIVONIA, Mich. — An appeals court has struck down $25,000 for emotional distress awarded to two black former Costco Wholesale employees who accused their boss of creating a racially hostile workplace in suburban Detroit.
NEW YORK — A stunning 48 percent of the nation's homeowners who have a subprime, adjustable-rate mortgage are behind on their payments or in foreclosure, and the rate for homeowners with all mortgage types hit a new record, new data Thursday showed.
WASHINGTON — With the 2010 census approaching, computer glitches, operational missteps and ballooning costs could overwhelm the government's ability to conduct the once-a-decade count of the nation's population, congressional investigators said Thur
