Dallas Man’s Death From West Nile Appears To Be Nation's First This Year

"DMC! DMC!" happy Mayo staffers chant as they prepare for an influx of half a billion in state and local tax aid to support the Destination Medical Center project.

Bill Nye may be known as the Science Guy, but his Twitter feed reveals that he has another interest – politics. Early Tuesday morning Nye wondered what Oklahoma senator and well-known climate change denier Jim Inhofe thought about the tornado that devastated Moore, Okla. Inhofe    

The Obama administration Wednesday for the first time acknowledged killing four U.S. citizens in “counterterrorism operations” abroad. The deaths of three of the Americans — Anwar al-Awlaki, his 16-year-old son Abd al-Rahman Anwar al-Awlaki, and Samir Khan, all of whom were killed in drone strikes in Yemen in 2011 — had been previously reported. The death of the fourth, Jude Kennan Mohammad, a Florida native apparently killed in Pakistan, had not been. Read full article >>    

While Internal Revenue Service official Lois G. Lerner invoked the Fifth Amendment in her refusal to testify before Congress Wednesday, the fact that she gave a lengthy opening statement defending her innocence infuriated some lawmakers and prompted them to suggest she had inadvertently waived her right against self-incrimination. Read full article >>