Going after the youth vote, President Barack Obama got a grilling Thursday from a mostly under-30 crowd of adults, who sternly challenged him across his economic and social agenda and showed little hesitation to press him for greater results.
A judge has approved about $21,000 for a defense review of surveillance videos which could provide clues in the killing of 11 women whose remains were found at the suspect's home.
Officials in 50 states and the District of Columbia have launched a joint investigation into allegations that mortgage companies mishandled documents and broke laws in foreclosing on hundreds of thousands of homeowners.
Michelle Rhee, chancellor of the District of Columbia's public schools, is expected to announce Wednesday that she is stepping down after a tension-filled, three-year tenure during which she gained a national reputation as a reformer who also fired hundre
U.S. Hispanics outlive whites by more than two years and blacks by more than seven, according to the government's first calculation of Hispanic life expectancy.
Democrats struggling to hold onto their congressional seats — or just make it to Washington — are getting backup, a cash infusion and a dash of star power from a political spouse who's making a highly anticipated return to the campaign trail:
A federal judge issued a worldwide injunction Tuesday immediately stopping enforcement of the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy, suspending the 17-year-old ban on openly gay U.S. troops.
Langston University has received an $800,000 federal grant that it plans to use to help spur economic development in the Logan County town in which the school is located.
