WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court's decision to hear a new case from Michigan on the politically charged issue of affirmative action offers an intriguing hint that the justices will not use a separate ... Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is broadening its examination of affirmative action by adding a case about Michigan's effort to ban consideration of race in college admissions. The justices already were ... Read more
NEW YORK (AP) — The idea of working with director Antoine Fuqua was enough for Angela Bassett to appear in the action flick, "Olympus Has Fallen." But things got better for the Oscar-nominated actress when she ... Read more
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico's government on Thursday urged legislators to move quickly and approve financial austerity measures following a report from a Wall Street ratings agency that downgraded ... Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama plans to speak Wednesday night to donors and Democratic activists who are building support for a nonprofit group formed to promote his agenda. Two people involved in the ... Read more
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — For Mina Meyer and Sharon Raphael, two women in their 70s who fell in love more than four decades ago and have been married for more than four years, the U.S. Supreme Court's pending ... Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is calling on Europe to take "proactive action" to disrupt the Hezbollah organization following an investigation that tied the group to the bombing of a bus filled with Israeli ... Read more
NEW YORK (AP) — Beyonce's splashy show, a freak power outage, and —oh, yeah— a captivating game of football combined to generate a record 24.1 million posts on Twitter during Sunday night's Super ... Read more
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A clergy abuse victim group is not satisfied with actions taken by the Roman Catholic archbishop of Los Angeles against Cardinal Roger Mahony after the release of files showing his role in ... Read more
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — The UN's deputy chief says most of the world problems boil down to water and he's urging action from global leaders. Jan Eliasson says he's increasingly worried about water issues as more ... Read more