Dallas police chief: ‘We’re all on edge’
The emotional aftershocks from the nation's recent spate of fatal shootings by and of police intensified Monday, with the Dallas police chief revealing that he and his family have received...
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GOP homeland security chair: U.S. at highest threat level since 9/11
It's usually left to presidents or Cabinet secretaries to engage in the Washington tradition of a formal address telling Americans the state of national affairs. But Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas,...
Meet the couples who will be part of history in the same-sex marriage battle
April DeBoer never intended to be a legal pioneer, much less a public face of perhaps the most significant civil rights challenge to reach the Supreme Court in years. She...
New ban on racial profiling to exempt TSA, customs and border agents
As the Obama administration prepares to announce new curbs on racial profiling by federal law enforcement, government officials said Friday that many officers and agents at the Department of Homeland...
Ferguson testimony shows inconsistencies, unorthodox forensic practices
When Ferguson, Missouri, police officer Darren Wilson left the scene of the shooting of unarmed teenager Michael Brown, the officer returned to the police station unescorted, washed blood off his...
Virginia execution halted by justices
The Supreme Court stopped the execution of a Virginia Death Row inmate Wednesday, a move that legal experts said might signal a nationwide halt on lethal injections until the justices...
Flight teacher says he feared Moussaoui could hijack plane
An instructor who tried to teach Zacarias Moussaoui to fly an airplane described his student in court Thursday as a lousy pilot but one who could have learned enough to...
American convicted in Virginia of terrorism
An American student was convicted Tuesday of plotting with Al Qaeda to kill President Bush and trying to mount a Sept. 11-style terrorist attack inside the U.S. Jurors convicted Ahmed...
Scholar admits she sold parts to China
A former American University researcher once imprisoned by the Chinese government as an accused spy pleaded guilty Wednesday to U.S. charges that she exported technology to Beijing that could be...