A video uploaded to YouTube on Thursday shows a New York police officer laughing about beating Occupy Wall Street protesters with his baton.
Study shows that a lack of trauma centers disproportionately affects minorities and the uninsured.
An appeals court in Atlanta, Georgia is hearing from guns' rights group GeorgiaCarry.org that hopes to overturn a 2010 law banning guns in churches and other places of worship.
Rob Service of MNZ said that “a significant oil slick remained” although the amount of oil that has leaked into the waters in unknown.
City Commissioners in Dayton, Ohio, approved an initiative that will make it easier for immigrants to live and thrive in the city.
In the aftermath of the botched gun-tracking operation along the Southwest border, called Fast and Furious, which allowed weapons from the United States to pass into the hands of suspected gun smugglers and Mexican drug cartels, two top supervisors at federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), headquarters have been reassigned.
Republican presidential candidates Mitt Romney and Herman Cain showed themselves to be no fans of the burgeoning Occupy Wall Street movement, dismissing the critique of corporate power and economic inequity. Don't blame Wall Street, don't blame the big banks, if you don't have a job and you're not rich, blame yourself! Cain said.
Dayton, Ohio wants to be welcoming to all immigrants.
A proposal to set up rules to leash dog in federal parkland had been submitted. Dogs, which are currently allowed to wander around freely in federal parkland in San Francisco, may have to be leashed under the plans by the National Park Service.
As the Occupy Wall Street movements gets traction by accomplishing its goal -- persistence that finally gets the attention of Wall Street and the powers-that-be in the financial world -- the creativity is also spawning interest. Among the latest moves by protesters is the groups own newspaper that's a name-play on another popular publication.
Pakistani officials are clearly aggrieved over India's growing influence in the region.
U.S. Supreme Court Justices Antonin Scalia and Stephen Breyer give rare testimony before the Senate Judiciary committee Wednesday.
Volunteers in the embattled city of Sirte are currently caring for 500 ostriches once owned by the Libyan dictator that were left without food or water when loyalists fled the city.
The British Broadcasting Corp. (BBC) said it will eliminate 2,000 jobs and drastically revamp programming in an effort to reduce costs by 20 percent over the next five years. The company plans to cut its budget by £670 million ($1 billion) per year.
Jobs was almost universally beloved and respected because of the devices he introduced to the world.
A draft proposal of the Volcker rule that cracks down on banks' proprietary trading gives firms flexibility to hedge risk, and sets stringent limits on such trading beyond U.S. borders to address fears the rule will put U.S. firms at a disadvantage.
Rep Gabrielle Giffords will be visiting the White house on Thursady for her husband, Astronaut and U.S Navy Captain Mark Kelly's retirement ceremony. The announcement was made by Vice President Biden via twitter. The tweet said TOMORROW at 1pm, VP to welcome USN Capt Mark Kelly and @Rep_Giffords to White House for Capt Kelly's military retirement ceremony.
The inevitable has at last come to pass. Sarah Palin has formally announced her decision to stay out of 2012 presidential race.
Sarah Palin, the former Alaska governor, announced Wednesday that she will not be seeking the Republican nomination for president for 2012
Senate Democrats want to hit millionaires with a 5 percent surcharge on their taxes to pay for President Barack Obama's $447 billion jobs program, but the plan seems to be going nowhere in the divided Congress.
Statement by the President on the Passing of Steve Jobs
Historically, the sudden death of an active chief executive or chairman can prompt a sudden (and usually short-term) impact on a company’s underlying stock price – either positive and negative, depending upon various circumstances.
One little known fact about Jobs was that he was of partial Arab descent.
The Occupy Wall Street movement staged a massive rally on Wednesday night, drawing on the newfound support of labor unions to attract thousands of protestors to downtown Manhattan and amplify its critique of economic inequity.
Ron Paul has said that Obama should be impeached for approving the assassination of Anwar al-Awlaki, and says he supports the Occupy Wall Street protesters.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia blames the glut of laws that put state cases, like routine drug offenses, in federal jurisdiction.
Texas Governor Rick Perry is raising lots of money for his presidential run -- a reported $17 million through Sept. 30 -- but it's not helping him fend off rising Republican contender Herman Cain.
The Vancouver housing market is attracting unusually strong demand but Canada as a whole does not face a housing bubble that requires government action, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said on Wednesday.
As House Republicans request an investigation into whether Attorney General Eric Holder perjured himself in Congress, Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., is turning up the heat, insisting that Holder come forward and at least admit he knew about Fast and Furious much earlier than he said.
The euro zone's services sector shrank for the first time in two years in September as new orders dried up, stoking fears that the region's economy could be heading back into recession.
