WASHINGTON — The hacker group known as Anonymous on Thursday posted credit card numbers in retaliation for what it claimed was an FBI raid arresting one of its members. The group said Barrett Brown was arrested in an FBI raid while participating...

On her show Thursday night, MSNBC host Rachel Maddow explained that the attack on a U.S. consulate in Libya appeared to be the work of an organized jihadist group rather than the act of an angry mob. She noted that Ambassador J. Christopher...

Who made the anti-Muslim video? What L.A. County knows but is not saying. A movie cannot shoot in L.A. County without a permit, and a permit makes public the names of the film’s writer, director, and producer. This means that answers to the...

Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) on Thursday night continued his altercation with America’s largest gay and lesbian Republican organization, accusing the Log Cabin Republicans of being intellectually dishonest. “This year in particular, we...

GUATEMALA CITY — Guatemala’s Volcano of Fire had its strongest eruption in a decade Thursday, prompting the evacuation of around 1,500 families, officials announced. The eruption created massive columns of smoke that could be seen from the...

Princeton professor Cornel West said Thursday that President Barack Obama had not done enough to help the poor, but he was still a better choice than Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney. “I mean, we would say that the mendacity...

Washington Post reporter Nia Malika Henderson on Thursday noted that Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney had selected neoconservatives from the Bush administration to be his foreign policy advisers. “He is surrounded by neocons...

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Reddit rises as Web's best conversation Near the end of August, President Obama’s campaign trail swung through a curious community. He stood before the digital crowds of Reddit.com and called out, “Hi, I’m Barack Obama,...

What 'rogues and vagabonds' have to do with Pennsylvania voter ID law An 1869 ruling used by a Pennsylvania state judge in August to uphold a tough new voter ID law is providing some new and startling historical context to...

Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA), co-chair of the Congressional Out of Poverty Caucus, on Thursday called for Congress to declare a “war on poverty.” “It is beyond shameful that over 45 million Americans, including over 16 million...

SANAA — Demonstrators stormed the US embassy in Yemen on Thursday, leading to clashes in which four people were killed, while protesters stoned Washington’s mission in Cairo as anger spread over a US-produced film mocking Islam. A security...

LOS ANGELES — The man suspected of producing a crude film lampooning the Prophet Mohammed has been placed under police protection after protests erupted around the world, a force spokesman said Thursday. Journalists gathered outside the home of...

WASHINGTON — US stocks soared Thursday after the Federal Reserve announced a new “QE3” bond-buying program focused on boosting jobs and pulling the housing market back to life. After trading flat before the Fed’s announcement,...

FAIRFAX, Virginia — Republican nominee Mitt Romney paid tribute Thursday to four American diplomats killed in Libya, and while he steered clear of President Barack Obama’s handling of the crisis he said US power was vital in the Middle...