A man who died last year of lung disease while inhaling toxic debris when the World Trade Center collapsed has been added to the list of victims killed in the Sept. 11 attacks, the New York City Chief Medical Examiner's office said on Friday.
After dumping his fiancee days before their wedding, Playboy founder Hugh Hefner said on Wednesday that he is affixing Runaway Bride stickers over her picture on the cover of the magazine's upcoming issue.
Despite academic and professional achievements, there are still many struggles faces by Americans who can trace their ancestry to the Indian subcontinent
A federal judge ruled today upheld a gay judge's ruling striking down California's ban, rejecting arguments that the judge's sexual orientation compromised his impartiality.
Activists promoting pacifism and pro-labor causes have sharply questioned a sweeping Federal Bureau Investigation trying to link them to terrorism, the Washington Post reported.
A judge's ruling on Proposition 8 is called into question
Alabama Governor Robert Bentley signed a severe immigration enforcement law this morning, drawing threats of legal challenges from civil liberties advocates in the latest iteration of a battle that has played out in state capitols and courtrooms across the country.
Southern political operatives are warily eyeing President Obama's fundraising clout and shifting demographics as a national election approaches
Wyden, Udall warn of excessive and secretive powers
Last week, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg traveled to the state's capitol to stand up for marriage equality. On Thursday, he took that message to Manhattan's Cooper Union College, and took it one step further.
An Apple retail store at 1981 Broadway, New York City, was accused of racial discrimination, according to a lawsuit filed in February, 2011.
Adriana Velez of Civil Eats review's John Donohue's anecdotal essays about home cooking written by a cross-section of fathers
The legendary musician turns 70 years old on May 24, 2011. Dylan, born Robert Allen Zimmerman, has been a major figure in transforming the music scene for decades.
One of the top labor leaders in the U.S. has accused House Speaker John Boehner of “blackmailing”America for his refusal to vote to lift the debt ceiling in the absence of significant spending cuts.
Carlos Santana blasted Georgia's new immigration law as being anti-American on Sunday.
Remembering the freedom struggle of the African Americans, the Freedom Riders celebrate their 50th anniversary, Oprah Winfrey’s show invited 178 of the original Freedom Riders to appear as special guests on May 4.
A copy of the complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York against Facebook.
The Justice Department has announced that Johnny Mathis, 47, of Lecompte, La., pleaded guilty to two federal crimes for shooting at the home of three Hispanic men living across the street from him because of the victims' race and national origin.
A former U.S. probation officer, Mark John Walker, 52, of Eugene, Ore., has pleaded guilty to charges related to his engaging in sexual contact or aggravated sexual abuse with female offenders who were under his direct supervision as a federal probation officer from 2006 to 2009. Sentencing is scheduled for July 18, 2011 before Chief U.S. District Judge Ralph R. Beistline, who is a visiting judge from Alaska.
U.S. District Judge Donald E. Walter have sentenced Jeremy Matthew Moro, 33, and Joshua James Moro, 23 pursuant to their January 2011 guilty pleas to conspiring to violate the civil rights of an interracial couple by burning a cross near their home in Athens, La., in October 2008.
People with criminal records are finding difficulty in getting jobs, prompting a spurt in lawsuits that challenge hiring policies that discriminate against applicants with criminal backgrounds.
The Rev. Jesse Jackson, probably the most well known civil rights activist in the U.S., believes the birther issue against President Barack Obama is purely driven by racism and represents part of a wider scaling back of civil rights gains by black Americans.
