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An FBI agent was shot and killed Wednesday while serving a warrant at a home near Pittsburgh.
The agent, Sam Hicks, was shot about 6 a.m. in Glenshaw, about 10 miles northeast of Pittsburgh, said FBI Special Agent William Crowley, a spokesman for the agency in western Pennsylvania.
A federal appeals court has decided that a painting forcibly auctioned by Nazi officials should remain with the estate of the late Jewish art dealer who lost it.
Obama has promised to create a White House Office of Urban Policy. What will this look like? Who will run it? Dana Goldstein November 18, 2008 There is a certain vogue gathering around urban issues.
Rep. Paul Kanjorski, D-Pa., told Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson there is a "crisis of confidence" across the United States that demands action.
During a hearing of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services, Kanjorski compared Paulson's statements that the financial situation had been stabilized sounded a lot like Great Depression-era statements by President Herbert Hoover.
The statement claims homosexuals should be allowed to serve openly.
The 15 year policy on homosexuals in the military, known as "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" is being criticized by more than 100 retired generals and admirals.
The high ranking veterans are recommending the repeal of the law which states that openly gay personnel cannot serve in the military, however people cannot be asked about their sexual preference.
Texas has become a major hub for human trafficking, state officials said yesterday while proposing a more aggressive response to what a senior government official described as "modern-day slavery".
Nearly 20% of human-trafficking victims found nationwide have been in Texas, according to a report released by the attorney general, Greg Abbott. The 57-page report, mandated by the legislature in 2007, also identifies Interstate 10 as a major route through Texas for human-trafficking rings.
With Congress returning Monday to deal with an auto industry in dire financial straits, the Bush White House stressed that it supports help, but not at the expense of the $700 billion Wall Street rescue program.
Nov. 17, 2008 Rebuked and humiliated by American voters on Election Day, the right-wing noise machine continues to blare as loudly as ever, currently devoting special attention to the Minnesota Senate recount.
The number of college and university presidents taking home eye-popping paychecks continues to climb even as more and more students have trouble paying their tuition bills.
BAGHDAD : Iraqi lawmakers on Monday debated a pact with the United States that will allow U.S. forces to remain for three more years, and neighboring Syria criticized the security agreement as a virtual ...
The CIA says Osama Bin Laden is isolated from the day-to-day operations of al-Qaeda, but that the organisation is still the greatest threat to the US.
CIA director Michael Hayden said the Saudi militant was probably hiding in the tribal area of north-west Pakistan.
Gen Hayden said that Bin Laden was "putting a lot of energy into his own survival" and that his capture remained the US government's top priority.
But he warned that al-Qaeda continued to grow in Africa and the Middle East.
Rev. Martin Laughlin, Administrator of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Charleton - which covers the entirety of the State of South Carolina - spoke to the recent controversy that ensued after a pastoral letter ...
Sen. Hillary Clinton has emerged as a candidate for U.S. secretary of state -- the top diplomat in the administration of President-elect Barack Obama, who defeated her for the Democratic presidential ...
According to Sigmund Freud, projection is a psychological defense mechanism whereby one "projects" one's own undesirable thoughts, read more motivations, desires, and feelings onto someone else.
