Officials with the Supreme Court are trying to find a New York man who successfully petitioned to be heard by the high court, only to seemingly disappear, the Wall Street Journal reported. Bobby Chen, who is representing himself, has until Dec....

President Barack Obama criticized the torture techniques exposed by a Senate report in an interview with Fusion host Jorge Ramos, but stopped short of directly blaming his predecessor, George W. Bush and his administration. “The CIA cannot...

The Russian Orthodox Church warned Tuesday of dire consequences for Moscow if plans proceed for a skyscraper light installation modelled on the all-seeing evil eye at the centre of JRR Tolkien’s fantasy novels. A property company plans to...

At least 30 police officers in Massachusetts have been charged with drunk driving since the start of 2012, with most of them keeping their jobs, the Boston Globe reported. Out of the 30 reported cases, 11 officers are no longer with their...

An associate professor at Harvard Business School suggested that he could sue a local Chinese restaurant for overcharging him by $4 on a recent order, Boston.com reported. “I have already referred this matter to applicable authorities in...

While the world’s media deal with the shock of what the CIA did in the name of our country following the 9/11 attacks — with details about brutal torture, fatal neglect, forced rectal feedings, profiteering, malfeasance, and cover-up...

Detroit’s odyssey through the biggest-ever U.S. municipal bankruptcy will end on Wednesday when the city’s debt adjustment plan will take effect, Michigan Governor Rick Snyder’s office said on Tuesday. The city, which filed for...

A high school student in Salt Lake City was not allowed to volunteer at a local charity event because she violated the dress code by wearing a pantsuit, KUTV-TV reported. “I had worn this because I thought it would best represent my...

Mark Wahlberg is seeking a pardon for the various hate crimes he has underneath his belt. You may not know this, but Mark Wahlberg has quite an impressive record when it comes to terrorizing people of color. In 1988, Wahlberg approached a...

On Tuesday, Tea Party favorite Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) posted video of far-right Christian pastor Robert Jeffress delivering the opening prayer in the U.S. House of Representatives. The controversial pastor was reportedly there in Washington...

As soon as the long-awaited Senate report on Bush-era CIA torture of detainees was released to the Internet today, readers began mining it for the most outrageous examples of brutality, malfeasance, profiteering, and cover-up they could find....

Lawmakers passed a bill that clarifies the recording of private conversations in Illinois, but the measure does not ban recordings of interactions with on-duty police officers. The Illinois Supreme Court struck down a previous law in March that...

Four of five commissioners and the mayor of Lake Worth, Florida walked out of a commission meeting last week because an atheist was allowed to give the invocation. Unlike most Lake Worth commission meetings, last Tuesday’s gathering did...

The “Torture Report” is out today and it is every bit as horrific as you might expect, unless your idea of a good time is being “rectally rehydrated and fed.” Subtitled, “What Dick Cheney Did While America Was...

The richest man in Russia and a major shareholder in Arsenal football club has come forward as the buyer of James Watson’s Nobel medal – declaring that he now plans to give the piece back. Alisher Usmanov, the Russian entrepreneur, paid $4.1...