The Microsoft co-founder says his team found the ship's wreckage in the Sibuyan Sea off the Philippines. The vessel was sunk during the Battle of Leyte Gulf in 1944.
Read More »Man’s Identity Questioned In LAPD Skid Row Shooting
Officials say the man killed Sunday was the subject of a federal warrant for violating probation for a 2000 bank robbery. There's also word that he lived under a stolen identity.
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America is heading toward the day when whites will no longer make up the majority of the population. And U.S. children will get there soon, according to a new U.S. Census Bureau report.
Read More »Boston Marathon Bombing Trial Begins For Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
Opening statements begin in Boston on Wednesday, in a capital trial that's expected to last several months. It took nearly two months to seat a jury to try the case.
Read More »Federal Agents Carry Out Search For Evidence Of Illegal Support For ‘Birth Tourism’
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement says some wealthy foreigners seek to give birth to their children in the U.S. so they will obtain U.S. citizenship.
Read More »Alabama Supreme Court Again Halts Gay Marriage
In a 134-page opinion, the court issued an order that goes against what higher courts has decided. The decision once again will pit the state against the federal judiciary.
Read More »Should Hotel Owners Be Forced To Hand Over Guest Records To Police?
Hypotheticals about hunting lodges and Motel 6 saved the oral argument at the Supreme Court Tuesday from being strangled by legal weeds.
Read More »FAA Is Trying To Keep Hackers Out Of Air Traffic Control, Official Says
FAA Administrator Michael Huerta tells a House panel that some vulnerabilities reported in a congressional study have been fixed, and the agency is working on others.
Read More »Mom Of 12-Year-Old Killed By Cleveland Police Says She’s Still Waiting For Apology
Tamir Rice's mother, Samaria, said she felt disrespected when, in a court filing, the city blamed her son for his own death. Tamir was playing with a replica gun when he was shot by an officer.
Read More »Indian State Bans The Slaughter, Sale And Consumption Of Beef
Anyone found breaking the new law in Maharashtra state could face up to five years in prison.
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