Philippines mulls pullout of Syria peacekeepers The Philippine foreign secretary says he is recommending to President Benigno Aquino III to pull out all Filipino U.N. peacekeepers from the Golan Heights following the abduction of four by Syrian rebels. More
Republicans to back Obama's student loan plan House Republicans are willing to give President Barack Obama a rare win, the chairman of the Education and Workforce Committee said Thursday in outlining a deal that would let college students avoid a costly hike on their student loans. More
8 die in clothing factory fire in Bangladesh as Rana Plaza toll passes 900 Eight people were killed when a fire swept through a clothing factory in Bangladesh, police and an industry association official said on Thursday, as the death toll from the collapse of another factory building two weeks ago climbed above 900. More
US poised to ease restrictions on marijuana in historic shift, but it'll remain controlled substance The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration will move to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, a historic shift to generations of American drug policy that could have wide ripple effects ... 04/30/2024 - 12:51 pm | View Link
Biden's new Title IX rules protect LGBTQ+ students The rights of LGBTQ+ students will be protected by federal law and victims of campus sexual assault will gain new safeguards under new rules from the Biden administration. 04/19/2024 - 10:12 am | View Link
Lithium-ion battery fires on the rise in Mass.; officials identify 50 blazes over past six months The state Department of Fire Services has identified 50 lithium-ion battery fires in Massachusetts over the last six months, more than double the annual average documented by a national fire data ... 04/17/2024 - 10:53 am | View Link
Pistol packin' Palin is a cute move in US election Some people, people slightly younger than your average newspaper columnist, regard my taste in music as quaint. That's the polite account. It ... 09/2/2008 - 2:00 pm | View Link
Prosecutors played an audio recording of a 2016 phone call between President Trump and his then attorney Michael Cohen in court. On the call you hear Trump respond to Cohen saying he needed to open a company, and that he's spoken with the Trump Organization's chief financial officer, Allen Weisselberg about how to set the whole thing up.
Judge Juan Merchan corrected former President Donald Trump's false statement about the gag order during his hush money trial. Trump falsely said the gag order prevents him from testifying. CNN's Elie Honig discusses what the gag order actually does.