VATICAN CITY (AP) — French President Francois Hollande met Friday with Pope Francis amid tensions in his private life over a gossip magazine’s report about an alleged affair with an actress. Vatican Television covered Hollande’s arrival Friday live, showing the
RICHMOND, Va. (AP)–Gay marriage moved closer to gaining its first foothold in the South when Virginia’s attorney general said Thursday that the state’s ban on same-sex matrimony is unconstitutional and he will join the fight to get it struck down.
From Fox News: This week millions of Egyptians, Muslims and Christians, secularists and religious believers, young and old, have come out to cast a vote in the referendum of the century: either yes to new moderate constitution, relatively democratic, or
“When America Becomes Number Two.” That was the January 21 headline in The World Post, a new lefty offshoot of The Huffington Post. The author was Kishore Mahbubani, a Singaporean diplomat and academic who has emerged as a prominent intellectual
According to a new study from the Sunlight Foundation, lobbying revenue hit $1 billion per year by 2012, nearly doubling over the period from 1998 to 2012. In particular, lobbyists with former government experience have reaped the benefit, with contract
On Thursday, speaking at the John Podesta-founded Center for American Progress, Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said that if it were not for the Tea Party, immigration reform would have passed long ago. He blamed Tea Party opposition to immigration reform
On Thursday, the Republican Party announced that Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), the highest-ranking woman in Congress, would be giving the Republican response to President Obama’s State of the Union address. Rodgers said she was going to reach out to
WASHINGTON (AP)–The second-ranking U.S. military commander in Afghanistan is predicting more violence like the assault last week on a Kabul restaurant that was the deadliest single attack against foreign civilians in the nearly 13-year war. Speaking to reporters at the
WASHINGTON (AP)–Citing a string of setbacks in the nuclear missile force, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel summoned senior military leaders to discuss serious personnel problems and other missteps that “threaten to jeopardize” public trust. In a memo Thursday to top Pentagon
HBO earned plenty of critical huzzahs for its new gay-themed drama Looking. The reviews didn’t convince viewers to check out the pay channel’s latest offering, though. The dramedy drew 338,000 viewers during its 10:30 p.m. EST debut slot despite all
NEW YORK (AP) — It’s been a rough start of the year for fliers. A series of winter storms have led airlines to cancel more than 33,000 flights during the first three weeks of this year. That’s more cancellations than
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A judge has set pop singer Justin Bieber’s bail at $2,500 on charges of driving under the influence, driving with an expired license and resisting arrest. Bieber was arrested earlier Thursday after police said he
Comedian Ruth Buzzi’s Twitter profile says she is officially retired from show business, but it isn’t stopping her from lobbing some comic bombs via social media. The Laugh-In standout’s latest gag strafes both President Barack Obama and the ongoing concerns
A series of arrests connected to a decades-old heist brings Henry Hill, the mobster whose life inspired the film classic GoodFellas, back into the headlines. Law enforcement sources told CBS News that five alleged members of the Bonanno organized crime
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Police in Miami Beach say pop singer Justin Bieber has been charged with resisting arrest without violence in addition to drag racing and DUI. Police also say the singer told authorities he had consumed alcohol, smoked
NEW YORK (AP) — The race to publish books about Edward Snowden is on. Vintage Books announced Thursday that Luke Harding’s “The Snowden Files: The Inside Story of the World’s Most Wanted Man” will be released Feb. 11 as a
Robert Zimmerman, the brother of George Zimmerman, announced on Twitter on Wednesday that George had finished a new painting of Florida State Attorney Angela Corey, who unsuccessfully prosecuted George in the case surrounding the death of Trayvon Martin. Very proud
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration says it is conducting new studies of the safety of caramel coloring in soft drinks and other foods, even though previous research has shown no identifiable health risk. The agency’s announcement comes
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — On the heels of controversy over a vandalism case, pop star Justin Bieber has been arrested after police say he drag raced on a Miami Beach street in a yellow Lamborghini and failed a sobriety
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. National Security Agency’s bulk collection of phone records provides only minimal benefits to countering terrorism, is illegal and should end, a federal privacy watchdog said in a report to be released on Thursday, according to
It’s the kind of money maneuver disgraced stock broker Jordan Belfort would applaud. Martin Scorsese’s The Wolf of Wall Street, nominated for five Academy Awards including Best Picture, got a cozy tax break from the state of New York where
Mark Duplass may not be a household name, but in indie film circles he’s practically a legend. The prolific actor/director/screenwriter is connected to some of the buzzier films in independent cinema, including The Puffy Chair, Humpday and Baghead, and he
(AFP) President Nicolas Maduro has announced a crackdown on violence in television dramas in Venezuela, the latest in a series of measures seeking to reduce the nation’s spiraling crime rate. In a speech delivered from the presidential palace late Tuesday,
On Wednesday, despite President Obama’s statements to The New Yorker earlier this week equating marijuana with alcohol, the White House maintained that its position on pot had not changed. White House press secretary Jay Carney said that Obama was merely
On Wednesday, Secretary of the Treasury Jack Lew said that America would once again hit the debt ceiling by late February, despite Congress’ temporary debt limit increase back in October 2013. That agreement suspended the debt ceiling and funded the
