President Donald Trump invited the Dodgers to the White House. Many of their fans feared that the team, by accepting, would humiliate themselves and betray the team’s large Latino, Asian and African-American fan base. Dodgers controlling owner Mark Walter, along with co-owner Magic Johnson, have proposed a solution. Trump has promised that if he can keep the championship trophy, the Commissioner’s Trophy, he will end all seizures and deportations of immigrants.   read more

Still struggling to reduce civilian casualties in Afghanistan, NATO commanders are considering ways to award coalition forces for not killing Afghans. While not disclosing whether the plan would entail a new kind of medal, high-ranking officials s...   read more

Electronic surveillance by law enforcement and prosecutors increased significantly last year, mostly to combat drug-related crimes. In a report issued by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, it was revealed that wiretap authorizations jum...   read more

Despite the objections of intelligence agencies, the U.S. government has publicly revealed for the first time just how many nuclear weapons it has. President Barack Obama agreed to the unprecedented disclosure in the hopes it will spur established...   read more

Are fourth-graders too young to fail? Prevented from flunking her students, Sheila Goudeau of Louisiana is suing local school officials in East Baton Rouge for interfering with her duties as a teacher. Goudeau, a 20-year veteran instructor who tea...   read more

Islamic rebels seeking to take control of Somalia have seized a key coastal village used by pirates, leaving the fate of some 360 hostages in doubt. Members of Hizbul-Islam entered Haradhere over the weekend, prompting pirates to flee the area. A ...   read more

More than 40 years after they were wrongly convicted for a mafia killing in 1965, Joseph Salvati and Peter J. Limone may soon be compensated for being framed by the FBI. The two men, along with Louis Greco and Henry Tameleo, spent decades in pri...   read more

From awarding medals to offering expanded stress-related training and counseling, the U.S. Marine Corps is seeking to rid its distinction as the military branch with the highest suicide rate. Whereas the U.S. Army is averaging 21.7 suicides per 10...   read more

Thousands of miles of roadway spanning highways and bridges lack necessary maintenance and repairs due to political decisions that result in spending more money on building new roads. The preference on the part of lawmakers at the state and federa...   read more

Someone in the FBI missed something when the bureau decided to hire Vo Duong “Ben” Tran as an agent. The former Vietnamese refugee, whose immigrant story of making a new life in America as a federal law enforcement officer seemed so uplifting, has...   read more

Count professional baseball players and their union among the growing chorus speaking out against Arizona’s new immigration law. The law, which will require anyone stopped by law enforcement on suspicion of being an illegal immigrant to show proof...   read more

In addition to weighing the ideological, gender, ethnic and religious composition of the U.S. Supreme Court, perhaps President Barack Obama should consider one more qualification while deciding on a replacement for Justice John Paul Stevens: choos...   read more

Between what it requires and what it pays, government makes it difficult on itself when trying to hire the best employees the labor market has to offer.   Using data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, a new study has found that the public...   read more

Rising costs of tuition are not discouraging high school graduates from going to college. New figures from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) show 70% of individuals 16-24 years old who finished high school between January and October 2009 ...   read more

“Green exercise” can do wonders for people, even just a few minutes of it. Researchers in the United Kingdom have determined that short stretches of outdoor exercising, such as walking or cycling, can improve mood and self-esteem. The findings cou...   read more

Some countries are not only dangerous for journalists to work in, but also make little effort to arrest and convict those who murder media professionals. As part of its 2010 Impunity Index, the Committee to Protect Journalists has drawn attention ...   read more

In a legal case that has ramifications for women working in male-dominated jobs, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled in favor of a female truck driver who claimed she was fired unfairly because of her gender.    It took years for Debor...   read more