Posts in category National & World

PROVO, Utah (AP) _ Gary Coleman once said he wanted people to think of him as something more than the chubby-cheeked child star from television …

MIAMI (AP) — A few months after a 10-year-old child was placed with eight other children in a Tampa foster home overseen by a single …

DETROIT (AP) — Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was sentenced to up to five years in prison Tuesday, May 25 for violating the terms of …

ATLANTA (AP) – A North Georgia teacher is on administrative leave and could lose her job after she allowed four students to don mock Ku …

HAVANA (AP) — U.S and Cuban officials are holding “working level” talks on how to respond to the massive Deepwater Horizon oil spill that is …

WASHINGTON (AP) — Interior Secretary Ken Salazar conceded Tuesday, May 18 that the U.S. government failed to hold the oil industry accountable and ensure safety …

BOSTON (AP) — Elena Kagan, President Barack Obama’s pick for the Supreme Court, gets high marks as a peacemaker for the fractious faculty of Harvard …

NEW YORK (AP) _ The Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Barack Obama’s controversial former pastor, said in a letter obtained by The Associated Press that he is …

WASHINGTON (AP) _ The NAACP gave its backing Saturday, May 15 to Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan, expressing confidence in President Barack Obama’s pick after …

The wife of Miami Heat star Dwyane Wade has surrendered to authorities in Chicago, according to news reports. She must post a $10,000 bond to …