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

Bahrain’s monarchy, which has been brutally cracking down on protesters seeking political reform in the tiny oil sheikdom, has turned to two American public relations firms in Washington, DC, to help improve the government’s profile.   In mid-...   read more

There are a lot of reasons why couples divorce, but the problem that motivated the president of Guatemala and his wife is unusual…the desire to create a political dynasty.   Guatemala’s first lady, Sandra Torres de Colom, wants so badly to run...   read more

Only weeks before the earthquake and tsunami struck Japan, government regulators approved another 10-year lease for the oldest nuclear reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi plant—even though warnings existed about the safety of the 40-year-old facili...   read more

Going green is a better idea than going to funerals, the U.S. Marine Corps has decided for its troops fighting in Afghanistan.   After realizing that Marines stood a 1-in-50 chance of getting wounded while retrieving fuel or water for units, s...   read more

The State Department is being faulted for refusing to block United Nations nuclear technology funding to countries that have been accused of supporting terrorism because it does not want to discourage other countries from giving to the program. ...   read more

Computer attacks against the federal government continue to rise, according to new figures released by the Office of Management and Budget. Last year, federal agencies reported 41,776 cyber incidents, compared to about 30,000 attacks in 2009. Th...   read more

Plastic surgeons are still performing a lot of breast implants, while other popular cosmetic operations are on the decline.   According to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, the number of breast implants increased 39% in the past decade...   read more

New Orleans’ worst hospital nightmare after Hurricane Katrina will be relived in a courtroom beginning this week as the trial against Memorial Medical Center and its former parent company, Tenet Healthcare Corporation, commences. Jury selection is...   read more

With Twitter officially turning five years old this week, the opportunity arose to look back and see how the social media website first presented itself to the Internet world. Like other important communications before it, Twitter’s inaugural word...   read more

School officials may not enjoy qualified immunity in all cases of searching the cell phones of students, based on a recent court ruling out of Texas.   Judge Nancy K. Johnson found in the case of Alexis Mendoza that an assistant principal, Ste...   read more

Despite having visited the United States numerous times before, women’s rights activist Malalai Joya has been denied a visa by the American embassy in Afghanistan.   Joya was planning to travel around the U.S. for three weeks to promote the pa...   read more

Losing both of his legs did not mean the end of Captain Brian Brennan’s career in the U.S. Army.   Brennan, 23, has become the first double amputee to lead a company of recruits through basic training at Fort Benning, Georgia.   On May 7, 20...   read more

In rushing through legislation that cut off funding to National Public Radio (NPR), House Speaker John Boehner has violated his own pledge to give the public at least three days to review a bill before taking it up.   On Tuesday, legislation w...   read more

The Department of Defense wants military lawyers representing Guantánamo detainees to abide by strict rules before representing their clients at military tribunals. But the head of the military lawyers is protesting the move, saying the conditio...   read more

When is a $20 billion legal settlement not such a bad thing? When the fine print contains potentially tens of billions of dollars in future savings to make up for it.   A loophole in a foreclosure fraud settlement case could change the way ban...   read more

Officials with the St. Louis Art Museum are fighting an attempt by the U.S. Attorney’s office to have an ancient mummy mask returned to Egypt, from where it was allegedly stolen decades ago.   The artifact in question is the 3,200-year-old mas...   read more