Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton charge hundreds of thousands of dollars to talk to banks, universities and other groups, and give the proceeds to the family's philanthropic foundation.
Read More »Grand Jury Indicts 6 Baltimore Officers In Freddie Gray’s Death
Prosecutor Marilyn J. Mosby said at a news conference that the officers will be arraigned July 2. The charges against them are mostly similar to those announced May 1.
Read More »Maryland Joins States That Won’t Test New Drivers For Parallel Parking
Officials say the skills are tested by other tasks, like turning a car around. As of yet, using backup cameras on a driving test isn't allowed.
Read More »White House Ban On Militarized Gear For Police May Mean Little
An NPR analysis of equipment given to police agencies by the Pentagon since 2006 — 84,258 assault rifles, 951 armored vehicles, for example — found a vast majority of it would fall outside the ban.
Read More »Head Of Boy Scouts Says Group’s Ban On Gay Adults ‘Unsustainable’
Robert Gates, a former CIA director and former defense secretary, told the organization, "We must deal with the world as it is, not as we might wish it to be."
Read More »More Than 100 Charged In Mob Killing Of Christian Couple In Pakistan
Prosecutors say clerics accused the couple of burning a page of the Quran and helped incite a mob to incinerate them in a brick kiln.
Read More »Fla. Mailman Who Flew Gyrocopter Onto Capitol Lawn Appears In Court
Douglas Mark Hughes faces up to 9 1/2 years in prison. He was arrested after his April 15 flight from Gettysburg, Pa., to Washington, and has been under house arrest since then.
Read More »Go Forth And Pwn For Shizzle, Word List Guardians Tell Scrabble Players
Also on the list of 6,500 new Scrabble words: aji (the pepper), coqui (the frog) and the more old-fashioned ixnay and zowee. Or you could just say yeesh — if you've got the right tiles.
Read More »Obama Calls Loss Of Ramadi A ‘Setback,’ But Denies U.S. Is Losing To ISIS
The comments came in an interview with The Atlantic. The president also discussed the nuclear talks with Iran and his often-frosty relationship with Israel's political leadership.
Read More »‘Fast-Track’ Trade Authority Wins Key Test Vote In Senate
Lawmakers voted 62-38 to limit debate on a bill that would grant the authority to President Obama, marking a big step toward a new trade pact with 11 Asia-Pacific nations.
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