So why is it so hard for us to accept that principal when it comes to America's racist past? Nearly a half-century ago, American saw Watts erupt in flames because of a policing incident. Practically on the same date — 49 years later — Ferguson, Mo., erupted in ...

Just before Heather Mack and her boyfriend checked out of the Bali hotel where her mother's body would later be found in a suitcase, the young couple demanded hotel staff open her mother's safety deposit box, Bali authorities have told media there.

LONDON — London-based pay TV network BSkyB has agreed to take control of its sister companies in Italy and Germany, creating a multinational European broadcaster. The deal could have a wider impact on the media industry, giving Rupert Murdoch's ...

It's a moment of moral clarity: Three teenagers were kidnapped and murdered for the simple reason that they were Jews. Let's not hear any rationalizations about “Israeli occupation” or “settlements” or “building in settlements.” Eyal Yifrach, 19, Gilad Shaar, 16, ...

The closely-watched Republican primary runoff for U.S. Senate in the great state of Mississippi is over. In a race with huge national implications for Republicans, six-term incumbent Thad Cochran was a narrow and surprising winner. He defeated tea party ...

The canonization of two popes was cause for celebration, “especially in the Polish community, of course,” Cardinal Francis George said Sunday evening, acknowledging the deep spiritual connection of Chicago's many Poles to their countryman, Pope John ...

Having sworn an oath to the United States, Pollard betrayed that trust with energetic glee. In return, Israel ensured that the American intelligence officer was handsomely rewarded for his crimes. Pollard's efforts continued without hesitation, until the day he ...

There has been much hype and fanfare around the relaunch of Neil deGrasse Tyson's rebirth of "Cosmos," the pioneering science show originally presented by Carl Sagan a generation ago. For Sunday's premiere, President Obama did the honors of leading ...

Michael Dunn smiles at his parents during a break in his trial in Jacksonville, Fla. Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014. Dunn is charged in the shooting death of Jordan Davis in November 2012. (The Florida Times-Union, Bob Mack, Pool). storyidforme: 62230233