HARRISBURG, Pa. — A Confederate flag that had been hanging inside the Pennsylvania state Capitol as part of a historical display was taken down Wednesday after a state representative objected to it, according to state officials. Rep. Vanessa...

A top drug-trafficking accomplice of Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman was arrested in Mexico on Wednesday for his alleged role in two murders, shortly after he was returned from the United States after completing a prison sentence for...

A Kentucky appeals court on Wednesday granted Republican Governor Matt Bevin a temporary injunction against a Lexington abortion clinic his administration said was not properly licensed. In a 3-0 ruling, the Kentucky Court of Appeals overturned...

A “lone hacker” has taken responsibility for a cyber attack on the U.S. Democratic National Committee, which the DNC and a cyber-security firm have blamed on the Russian government. The DNC and cyber firm CrowdStrike disclosed the...

Microsoft Corp has asked a federal court to throw out a ruling by a U.S. labor board extending the responsibility of companies for contract workers, arguing that the case would have big implications for the technology company. An August 2015...

While stressing that he does not like becoming part of his own stories, CNN host Anderson Cooper rebuked Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi on Wednesday night after she accused him of misrepresenting their interview a day earlier, the Daily...

When Edward Snowden leaked that the NSA was indiscriminately spying on all Americans by monitoring their emails and phone calls, there was very little blow-back toward the Obama Administration. The media quickly chose their preferred narrative...

The Dalai Lama laughed when Fox News’ Bret Baier asked if his stance on immigration lined up with conservative lawmakers, Media Matters reported. “You’re in essence a refugee,” Baier said. “You have now in Tibet an...

French authorities have ruled out creating Guantanamo Bay-style detention centers for suspected Islamic radicals, Prime Minister Manuel Valls said Wednesday. The announcement comes as the nation contends with a growing domestic terror problem,...

The city of Oakland, California, appointed its third police chief in less than a week on Wednesday as an investigation into sexual misconduct roils that department. Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf told a news conference that interim Police Chief Ben...

James Wesley Howell was already under investigation for allegedly molesting a 12-year-old girl when he was arrested for allegedly planning to do “harm” to the Los Angeles LGBT Pride festival, the Indianapolis Star reported. “He...

Scientists have observed gravitational waves produced by the collision of two black holes for the second time in three months, researchers announced Wednesday. Albert Einstein predicted the existence of gravitational waves in his theory of...

Donald Trump’s attempt to paint himself as an ally to LGBT communities was rejected on Wednesday in the bluntest terms possible thanks to the #AskTheGays tag. As Towleroad reported, the GOP’s presumptive presidential candidate once...

Qais Munhazim woke up on Sunday to reports that an Afghan-American gunman had rampaged through a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, in an attack apparently motivated by support for militant Islamist groups. Tearful and disconsolate, Munhazim, a...

Police divers on Wednesday recovered the body of a 2-year-old boy who was grabbed by an alligator in front of his family during a vacation at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. The child was snatched by the alligator as he played at the...