Federal Workers Poised To Get 12 Weeks Paid Parental Leave
The U.S. House of Representatives passed a landmark proposal that would give 2 million workers paid leave upon the birth or adoption of a child, in what worker advocates call a hard-won victory....
View ArticleKentucky Judge Faces Misconduct Charges Over Accusations Of Sex And Alcohol...
A judicial panel says Kenton County Judge Dawn Gentry coerced colleagues to support her election campaign, made inappropriate advances toward an attorney and had sex in a courthouse office. (Image...
View ArticleTrump Signs Order Against Anti-Semitism At Colleges, Worrying Free Speech...
The order will extend a federal anti-discrimination law to include discrimination based on anti-Semitism. Some worry the policy will be used to stifle criticism of Israel on college campuses. (Image...
View ArticleYouTube Announces New Anti-Harassment Policy To Fight Racial, Gender, LGBTQ...
The Google-owned company has faced scrutiny in the past for failing to protect its users from harassment. It announced new policies Wednesday in an attempt to address the criticism. (Image credit:...
View ArticlePresidential Impeachments Mirror Technological Advances; This Time, It's...
Each of the United States' four presidential impeachment proceedings has highlighted increasingly sophisticated technologies, beginning with telegrams in the case against Andrew Johnson. (Image...
View ArticleIndia Passes Controversial Citizenship Bill That Would Exclude Muslims
The legislation would fast-track citizenship for scores of other immigrants living in the country. (Image credit: Anupam Nath/AP)
View ArticleNude, Pin-Up-Style Portrait Of Emiliano Zapata Sparks Protests In Mexico City
The controversial painting depicts the Mexican revolutionary hero naked, flirtatiously glancing over his left shoulder as he rides an aroused white stallion. His only wardrobe: a pink hat and heels....
View ArticleFederal Judge In Texas Blocks Trump Plan To Use Military Funds On Border Wall
The ruling comes in response to a lawsuit arguing the president overstepped his authority in diverting funds to the border wall which were appropriated by Congress for other purposes. (Image credit:...
View ArticleSecond Federal Judge Blocks Plan To Use Pentagon Funds For Border Wall
The Trump administration insists it has the legal authority, under an emergency proclamation, to redirect defense funds away from other projects and spend the money on the border wall. (Image credit:...
View ArticleHarvey Weinstein Reaches Tentative $25 Million Deal To Settle Sex Claims
It isn't clear how many of Weinstein's accusers will agree to the deal. He still faces criminal charges in New York next month for sexually assaulting two women. (Image credit: Mark Lennihan/AP)
View ArticleHouse Democrats Grill Betsy DeVos Over Denying Student Borrower Relief
The education secretary testified before the House education committee about her handling of a loan relief program for student borrowers who say they were defrauded by for-profit colleges. (Image...
View ArticleU.S. Military Official Warns Of Dangerous Escalation In Iran-Backed Attacks...
A rocket attack Thursday at Baghdad's airport appears to be the latest in a string of attacks over the past five weeks that U.S. officials say have escalated both in frequency and potential lethality....
View ArticleAfter Greta Thunberg Wins 'Time' Honor, Trump Suggests She 'Chill' And Watch...
The climate activist responded like the social media-savvy teenager she is, with a sly change to her Twitter profile. (Image credit: Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images)
View Article'Acts Of Hate': Officials Say Jersey City Shooters Held Animus Toward Jews...
New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal said investigators believe the deadly attacks were "potential acts of terrorism." Meanwhile, members of the Jewish community mourned their lost neighbors....
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