War memorial separates dead by race, divides Southern city
By JEFFREY COLLINS Along Main Street in a small South Carolina city, there is war memorial honoring fallen World War I and II soldiers, dividing them into two categories: “white”…
Social issues
Vaccine skeptics find unexpected allies in conservative GOP
By NICHOLAS RICCARDI As vaccine skeptics fight laws that would force more parents to inoculate their kids, they are finding unexpected allies in conservative Republicans. Though the stereotype of a…
2 Philadelphia officers accused of severely beating man
By SEAN CARLIN Two city police officers were arrested Thursday and accused of knocking a man off a scooter and beating him so severely that another officer thought he had…
2 students hurt in shooting outside Maryland high school
By DAVID DISHNEAU The suspects in a shooting that wounded two students outside a high school basketball game in Maryland were still at large Thursday morning, and police said they…
Obama condemns those who seek to ‘hijack religion’
President Barack Obama on Thursday condemned those who seek to use religion as a rationale for carrying out violence around the world, declaring that “no god condones terror.” “We are…
Republicans challenge Obama on all fronts
By DAVID ESPO and ALAN FRAM Republicans newly in charge of Congress challenged President Barack Obama at both ends of the Capitol on Tuesday, lining up in the House to…
New York City mayor’s speech focuses on affordable housing
By JONATHAN LEMIRE Mayor Bill de Blasio used his annual State of the City speech Tuesday to outline an ambitious plan to build hundreds of thousands of new affordable housing…
Israeli prime minister calls for scrapping UN Gaza war probe
By ARON HELLER and DAVID RISING Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday called for scrapping a U.N. commission, which is tasked with investigating potential war crimes committed last summer…