WASHINGTON -- Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. has been crusading for more lenient treatment for nonviolent drug offenders, making it a top priority before he is expected to leave office this year.
Recently, however, he has been forced to ...
SEOUL, South Korea -- The confirmed death toll reached nine in the South Korean ferry sinking Thursday, as fears grew for hundreds still missing.
The latest three bodies were found when military divers and other rescuers resumed their search ...
MURRYSVILLE, Pa.--Attendance was at more than 90 percent as students, met by teachers, therapy dogs and counselors, returned to the halls of Franklin Regional High School on Wednesday, one week after a mass stabbing attack allegedly carried out by...
LOS ANGELES--Officials said two fire trucks had their lights and sirens running when they collided Wednesday afternoon in the Monterey Park area of Los Angeles, sending one careening into a restaurant.
Monterey Park Fire Chief Jim Birrell said ...
MOSCOW -- Russia's economy has been hit hard by the turmoil in neighboring Ukraine, Kremlin officials said Wednesday, as pro-Russia separatists battled to take over more territory in Ukraine's east -- and potentially add to Moscow's economic ...
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVY BASE, Cuba -- Frustration simmered into suspicion Wednesday as relatives of Sept. 11 victims attending stalled hearings here accused a jealous Justice Department of conducting an FBI probe of 9/11 defense lawyers to derail the ...