The “Congress on Your Corner” event on Saturday morning, Jan. 8 in Tucson, Arizona was at least the second such constituent event hosted by U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords that was attended by Jared Lee Loughner, the 22-year-old Tucson resident who is charged by federal authorities with shooting Giffords, and killing U.S. District Judge John Roll and Gabriel Zimmerman, a Giffords’ aide, according to the FBI.
Jared Lee Loughner, who is held responsible for the killing of six people including a federal judge and critically wounding Gabrielle Giffords, Democratic Congresswoman from the state, is variously described as a right wing extremist, a mentally deranged killer, an anti-government fanatic, a white supremacist and as a die-hard leftist who adored Che Guevara.
The vote on repealing the Obama healthcare reform law, originally slated for this week in the House of Representatives, has been postponed, due to the shootings in Arizona Saturday morning that killed six people and seriously wounded U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-AZ.
US President Barack Obama addresses the nation following the shooting of public officials on January 8, 2011.
The FBI is investigating whether the suspect in Saturday's shooting rampage in which a congresswoman was critically wounded was the same person who posted a rambling Internet manifesto accusing the government of mind control and demanding a new currency.
UPDATED: U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords, D-AZ, is fighting for her life following surgery for a gunshot wound to the head, sustained Saturday morning at a constituent event in Tucson. Her surgeon, Dr. Peter Rhee of University Medical Center, said, I am very optimistic about her condition.
U.S. metropolitan areas which have suffered the steepest drops in housing prices are poised to endure long-term deterioration similar to how certain cities in the Rust Belt were permanently damaged by the decline of manufacturing.
With the growth in the number of plants being built and the increasing cost competitiveness, 2011 looks like solar energy could start to come into its own in the U.S.
Business schools are increasingly focusing on developing a broad world view and tolerance for cultural differences in MBA participants in a variety of ways through their curricula and otherwise.
The nuclear-arms reduction treaty between the United States and Russia cleared a key hurdle in the Senate on Tuesday as Senators voted by a significant margin to advance the bill for a final vote.
The U.S. Latino population, which several decades ago was mostly concentrated in the Southwestern part of the country, is expected to show continued growth and geographic expansion in the 2010 Census report.
Twelve Congressional seats will be shifting states in time for the 2012 elections, according to figures released today by the 2010 U.S. Census, and the most seats are coming to Texas..
Renowned Wall Street analyst Meredith Whitney has warned that the U.S. may witness between 50 to 200 “sizeable defaults” amounting to “hundreds of billions of dollars” among municipal and state governments next year, which could derail the recovery.
The state of Arizona has sued Bank of America Corp alleging the lender consistently misled consumers about its home loan modification process, a source familiar with the situation said.
An international team of scientists studying remnants of an asteroid that crashed into the Nubian Desert found it had some of the same chemicals that are the building blocks of life on earth.
A U.S. Border Patrol agent is dead, shot in a gun battle Tuesday night at the U.S.-Mexico border near Rio Rico, Arizona.
Scientists have found possible ice volcanoes on Saturn's moon Titan similar to those on Earth that spew molten rock.
US-based Macy's, Inc. announced the construction of a 1.3 million square foot fulfillment center near Martinsburg in West Virginia to support the continued growth of its online business.
‘Tis the season for the annual crackdown on drunk driving.
In less than a day after the successful launch of SpaceX's Falcon 9 commercial rocket and Dragon capsule on Wednesday, NASA's Glenn Research Center and the Northern Centre for Advanced Technology (NORCAT) of Canada are conducting tests that simulate the mining on Mars and the moon.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has enlisted retailing giant Wal-Mart to join the forces for the safety and security of the nation.
A federal judge in California Court has ordered the destruction of genetically engineered sugar beets after finding that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) had likely violated federal law by allowing the plantation of the stecklings without analyzing the potential environmental impact.
