COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The Confederate battle flag was still flying high atop a 30-foot pole outside the South Carolina Statehouse on Wednesday as lawmakers prepared to honor their beloved black colleague with a viewing in the Rotunda.
Joyce Mitchell put hacksaw blades and other tools in hamburger meat, the DA says.
By Scott Malone BOSTON (Reuters) – The mother of one of the three people killed in the Boston Marathon bombing, speaking at the Wednesday hearing where a U.S. judge will formally sentence Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to death, said the convicted bomber made “despicable” choices. The same federal jury that earlier this year found Tsarnaev, 21, guilty of killing four people and injuring 264 in the bombing and its aftermath voted in
By Tom Polansek ABBEVILLE, South Carolina (Reuters) – Leaders of America’s core white supremacist groups have a laundry list of perceived grievances. Interviews with half-a-dozen prominent white nationalists reveal a movement that they say has been re-energized by such things as the election of America’s first black president and, more recently, what movement leaders describe as “a siege” against white police officers. “A lot of the whites in the U.S.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House on Wednesday released a new policy aimed at becoming more sensitive to the needs of families of U.S. hostages held abroad.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional Republicans are pushing back against proposed dietary guidelines that urge Americans to consider the environment when deciding what foods to eat.
By Kathryn Doyle (Reuters Health) – A form of “virtual reality” therapy might help treat alcohol addiction, suggests a preliminary study from South Korea. The study involved only 10 patients with alcohol dependence. Participants first went through a week-long detox program, followed by virtual reality sessions using a 3D-television screen, twice a week for five weeks.
The signs of UNsuccessI was at the Simmons Leadership Conference for Women in Boston about two months ago.Arianna Huffington was on stage, and she asked a powerful question:”Can we all agree that if you wake up in a pool of your own blood, that is NOT a sign of success?”Though I was not sitting in a pool of blood, I was suffering. I had an…
CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — Despite hopes that the deadly Ebola outbreak could soon be contained in West Africa, it shows no signs of abating in Guinea and may be flaring up once more in Sierra Leone as people are flouting rules limiting travel meant to stop it.