Jun 19, 2018--Amazon.com today announced its selections for Best Books of the Year So Far, naming Tara Westover's memoir Educated: A Memoir the top pick overall. The annual list is hand selected by the Amazon Books Editors and features the Top 20 books released between January and June 2018 - offering readers a mid-year look at the best books.
This image released by the FBI shows the wanted posted for Rafael Caro Quintero. Rafael Caro Quintero, a Mexican drug kingpin convicted in the 1985 killing of a DEA agent was added to the FBI's list of most-wanted fugitives.
Look for the new Stone Barrington thriller by Stuart Woods this week, plus a debut novel inspired by 'Rear Window.' What it's about: When Hollywood film producer Billy Barnett tries to exact revenge for a personal loss, his friend Stone Barrington's legal skills are put to the test.
As we approach the end of President Donald Trump's first year in office, the list of extraordinary things he has done -- for both good and ill -- is nothing short of remarkable. Trump inspires such deep emotions in his critics and supporters that many have struggled to objectively assess his presidency.
By DAVID CRARY AP National Writer NEW YORK - The wave of sexual misconduct allegations that toppled Hollywood power brokers, politicians, media icons and many others was the top news story of 2017, according to the Associated Press' annual poll of U.S. editors and news directors.
US President Donald Trump is perhaps the world's most famous Twitter user, but the most popular post of 2017 was from Barack Obama. Three tweets by former president Barack Obama made it into Twitter's Top 10 list of retweeted messages for this year.
Aaron Rouse, FBI special agent in charge of the Las Vegas field office, speaks during a news conference to announce the addition of fugitive Jesus Roberto Munguia to the FBI's Top 10 most wanted list Monday, Nov. 13, 2017, in Las Vegas. Munguia is wanted for the alleged murder of Sherryl Sacueza in Las Vegas in 2008.
Walter Yovany Gomez was added to the FBI Top 10 Most Wanted List. He is wanted in a 2011 gang slaying in Plainfield.
In one of his last acts as governor, Vice President-elect Mike Pence bestowed the honorary title of Sagamore of the Wabash to Attorney General Greg Zoeller for his eight years as Indiana's chief legal officer. It may have been as fitting for Zoeller to have been honored for his role as a public health advocate.
The turbulent U.S. election, featuring Donald Trump's unexpected victory over Hillary Clinton in the presidential race, was the overwhelming pick for the top news story of 2016, according to The Associated Press' annual poll of U.S. editors and news directors. The No.
In a victory for affirmative action advocates, the Supreme Court upheld the University of Texas's admissions criteria that takes an applicant's race into account . The case was brought by a white female applicant, Abigail Fisher, who was denied admission to the university in 2008 and claimed that the school's holistic "Personal Achievement Index" violated the Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection Clause .
Right now in Venezuela, if you don't support the socialist government, you don't eat. The tyrannical government is buying up nearly all the food there and is redistributing rations only to families that show their support for the ruling political party.