More than 300 sites ring bells for MLK speech
August 29, 2013Church bells rang out at the National Cathedral and at sites nationwide to answer a call from one of the most important civil rights speeches to “let freedom ring.”
Church bells rang out at the National Cathedral and at sites nationwide to answer a call from one of the most important civil rights speeches to “let freedom ring.”
A military jury on Wednesday sentenced Maj. Nidal Hasan to death for the 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood, handing the Army psychiatrist the ultimate punishment.
Some schools around the country are dropping the healthier new federal lunch program, complaining that many students turned up their noses at the meals.
New statistics show that tobacco sales to minors were held near all-time lows last year under a federal-state inspection program intended to curb underage usage.
A teen opened fire with an assault rifle at officers who shot back at an Atlanta-area elementary school. No one was injured.
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Student loan rates may not have doubled this year, but they could increase as a result of President Barack Obama tying interest rates for government loans to the 10-year Treasury note.
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — An American journalist who has written stories based on documents leaked by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden said Monday he’ll publish with more fervor after British authorities detained his partner.
A Rolling Stone cover story featuring a glamorous photo of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is generating controversy.
The Justice Department said it is determining whether prosecutors will file civil rights charges now that George Zimmerman has been acquitted in the state case.
Cory Monteith, the young actor who shot to fame in the TV series “Glee” but was beset by addiction struggles, was found dead in a hotel room.
The potential payouts will probably be vastly different for Americans and passengers from other countries who were aboard Flight 214, which crashed earlier this month.
A blase-looking Dzhokhar Tsarnaev pleaded not guilty in the Boston Marathon bombing in a proceeding that marked his first appearance in public since his capture.
