Obama Administration Makes Police Department Hire Immigrants: Denver Sheriff's Department Fined For Hiring US Citizens
Under the Immigration and Nationality Act, the Denver Sheriff Department was obligated to equally consider immigrants with valid work permits when looking to hire.
Handwritten Anne Frank Poem Fetches Nearly $150,000 At Dutch Auction
The 8-line poem was written in 1942 shortly before Anne and her Jewish family were forced to seek hiding from Germany occupation.
War On Trump: New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio Won't Comply With Trump's Campaign Promises
Bill De Blasio said he told the president-elect in a meeting last week not to “forget where he came from.”
Election Violence 2016: New York Governor Creates Hate Crimes Unit After Trump Wins Presidential Race
Cuomo announced he would propose legislation increasing protection against discrimination among students in public schools and establish legal defense fund for immigrants who fear prosecution under a President-elect Trump
Alt-Right Twitter Users Create 1,000 Fake 'Black Person' Accounts Promoting Racism
An alt-right website created 1,000 fake Twitter accounts pretending to be black people in response to Twitter’s recent ban of accounts circulating alt right content and harassing other users.
President Obama Would Support Trump's Changes To Obamacare If More Americans Insured
After calling Obamacare a "disaster," the president-elect said he would retain parts of the health care law.
War In Turkey: Turkish Military Officers Ask For Asylum In NATO Countries
More than 100,000 Turks were fired from the government jobs they originally had before the failed coup, mainly in military, civil service, and judiciary positions.
Abortion Rights In America: Indiana Lawmaker Wants To Ban Abortion Statewide And Send Case To Supreme Court
The proposal comes as Republican lawmakers controlling statehouses across the nation, Congress and the White House have vowed to crack down on abortion rights.
Lebanon Giving US Weapons To Terrorists? Hezbollah Parade Allegedly Featured American Arms
U.S. State Department spokesperson Elizabeth Trudeau said if inquiries found that American arms were in the hands of Hezbollah, it would be a "grave concern."
Police Racism 2016: Driving While Black Means Getting Pulled Over And Searched For Many African-Americans
Nationwide, black drivers were 31 percent more likely to be pulled over than whites.
Donald Trump Muslim Registry: WWII Japanese Internment Camps Cited As 'Precedent' By President-Elect Supporter
“We’ve done it with Iran back awhile ago. We did it during World War II with the Japanese.”
Conjoined Twins Separated Update: Nigerian Babies Survive Surgery In Tennessee Hospital
The twins had been born with their pelvises joined together, a rare condition.
White Trump Supporter Attacked By Black Man For Wearing ‘Make America Great Again’ Hat
There have been more than 400 cases of hateful harassment or intimidation in the U.S. motivated by Trump’s election.
Legal Rights For Cats? New Jersey Could Become The First State To Ban Declawing Cats
If the bill is passed by both houses of the Legislatures and signed into law by Gov. Chris Christie, New Jersey would become the first state to ban veterinarians from declawing cats.
Black Lives Matter Calls Donald Trump A 'White Supremacist': US Betrayed African-Americans With Vote, Activists Say
National Leaders of the Black Lives Matter Global Network said that the results of the 2016 election left them collectively feeling, “more than disappointed or angry—we feel betrayed.”
Immigrants In America: Democrats Working To Stop Trump Deportation Plan And Protect Undocumented Immigrants
School board officials and Democratic mayors from major U.S. cities have vowed in recent days to fight any federal plans to deport undocumented immigrants
Student Loan Forgiveness: Donald Trump Vows To Tackle High College Tuition Rates
The education page on Trump’s website says he wants to make college “very affordable” and that the current system is “not fair.”
Police Killing The Mentally Ill 2016: Autopsy Reveals Keith Lamont Scott Was Killed By Shot To Back
Keith Lamont Scott’s shooting, which was captured on video by his wife Rakeyia Scott, unleashed two nights of street violence and weeks of protests in Charlotte, North Carolina.
New York City Mayor Tells Protesters To 'Fight Back' Against Trump: Bill de Blasio Calls For Voters To 'Take Away His Power'
"The more extreme he is, the more people fight back, the more it takes away his power,” New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said.
'Stand Your Ground' Law: Florida Policy Linked To Increase In Homicides After Trayvon Martin Shooting
The self-defense law was associated with a 24 percent increase in homicides and a 31.6 percent increase in firearm-related homicides.
Who Will Be Deported By Donald Trump? Mexicans, Immigrants With Criminal Records Could Be Jailed Or Sent Home
"We are getting them out of our country or we are going to incarcerate," Trump said.
Will Gay Marriage Be Overturned? What LGBT Rights Look Like Under Donald Trump
Donald Trump said he was “fine” with same-sex marriage, noting the Supreme Court had put the issue to bed with its landmark decision in June 2015.
Veterans Day 2016: 12 Facts Celebrating All Of Those In Uniform
This year, the national holiday honoring American military servicemen falls on the same week of a bitterly fought presidential election.
KKK For Trump: Ku Klux Klan Victory Parade To Celebrate 2016 Presidential Election
The "victory klavalkade Klan parade" is scheduled for Dec. 3 in North Carolina.
Will Donald Trump Stop Fighting Boko Haram? Nigeria Could Lose Military Funding Under New President
Under the administration of Barack Obama, the U.S. provided $71 million worth of equipment, logistics and training to Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Benin in the fight against Boko Haram.
George RR Martin News: 'Game Of Thrones' Creator Calls Trump "Worst President In American History'
“Over the next four years, our problems are going to get much, much worse,” Martin wrote in a blog post Wednesday.
ISIS Weapons: Iraq Discovers Islamic State Arms Factory Filled With Mortars Shells And Missiles
Iraqi forces found that the weapon-making plant supplied the extremist group with hundreds of mortar shells and missiles.
Israel Wants Jews To Pray At Muslim Mosque In Jerusalem: Temple Mount Tensions Grow In Middle East
Under an agreement with Jordan, worshipers of the Jewish faith wishing to pray at the the Temple Mount complex can do so in the Western Wall plaza, but not in the Al-Aqsa mosque itself.
Israel Wants To 'Judaise' Jerusalem, Ban Islamic Call To Prayer, Muslim Palestinian Activists Claim
The Muslim call to prayer, also known as the adha, acts in accordance to the religious tradition that God ordered Muslims to pray at five set times a day. It is the second pillar of Islam.
Sherry Papini Update: Police Search Surveillance Footage For Missing California Mother
Shasta County Sheriff Tom Bosenko said detectives were sifting through the roughly 150 tips that have come in since her disappearance,
