Rumors are spreading that the U.S. Supreme Court will vote 5-4 to rule that a U.S. president cannot be prosecuted for anything he does while he is president. Some Democrats are suggesting that Joe Biden bring a gun to his first debate with Donald Trump. If he shoots Trump, he would be immune, but if Trump shoots Biden he would be prosecuted because he is not a sitting president.   read more

Proposing a connection between pollution and outbreaks of serious disease in certain regions, environmentalists and health advocates have compiled data showing the existence of more than 40 disease clusters in 13 U.S. states since 1976.   Cond...   read more

Considered a valuable source for understanding American policymaking overseas, the State Department’s “Foreign Relations of the United States” series has been missing important accounts about Iran and Congo due to CIA opposition.   The unpubli...   read more

André Bamberski is finally getting what he has sought for 28 years: the trial of his daughter’s accused killer, Dieter Krombach of Germany. What makes Krombach’s case unusual was how he came to be in the custody of French law enforcement.   Kr...   read more

Carole A. Smith does not fly around on a broom, wear a black pointy hat or cast spells. But the misperceptions of what constitutes a witch—someone who practices Wicca—was more than enough to get her fired from her job with the Transportation Sec...   read more

A huge sex discrimination lawsuit against Wal-Mart, now a decade old, will be heard before the U.S. Supreme Court today, as the retail giant tries to minimize the number of employees involved in the civil case.   Plaintiffs first filed their c...   read more

Of the 12 nations that carry out the most executions in the world, the United States is the only one that is not Muslim or Communist.   China is the world leader in carrying out executions, performing at least a thousand or more in 2010, accor...   read more

Scientists working for the National Marine Fisheries Service have been told to not publicly discuss the investigation into why dolphins are dying in large numbers along the Gulf Coast, where the nation’s worst-ever oil spill occurred last year.  ...   read more

If there’s one product that Libya has and the West wants, it’s oil. In a move to bolster their campaign to overthrow the regime of Muammar al-Gaddafi, rebels in Libya have reached an agreement to export oil they control in the North African coun...   read more

The 33 million travelers who visit Virginia rest stops each year may soon notice the floral landscaping or vending areas “sponsored by” familiar business names.   Tight for cash, the state government has decided to sell the naming rights to it...   read more

With unemployment still high and governments at all levels slashing services, it’s shocking to realize that the nation’s largest corporation, General Electric, paid zero taxes in the United States last year.   GE earned $5.1 billion in profits...   read more

With little scientific analysis to show it was safe, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recommended the use of coal ash and other waste to build roads and structures over the past 10 years.   According to a new report from EPA’s in...   read more

Americans are living longer than ever, according to new figures from the federal government. The National Vital Statistics System determined that the average life expectancy at birth in 2009 was 78.2 years, the highest rate on record.   Howeve...   read more

Support for Army Private Bradley Manning, accused of giving government secrets to WikiLeaks, has manifested into protests on both sides of the Atlantic.   Demonstrators from Wales, where Manning attended school as a teenager and his mother sti...   read more

Officials of the small town of Abbeville, Alabama, have publicly apologized to a 91-year-old African-American woman for not prosecuting the white men who raped her in 1944.   Recy Taylor, then 24, was married, a mother and living in Henry Coun...   read more

Vermont has moved a step closer to becoming the first state in the nation to adopt a government-run, universal health care system, following the passage, by a 92-49 vote, of legislation in the state House of Representatives.   Under the propos...   read more

In light of recent energy-related disasters (the nuclear plant in Japan, the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico), advocates are calling for a new approach to generate electricity: space solar power.   First proposed in 1968 by Dr. Peter Glaser...   read more