Police find new ‘suspicious item’ in probe of subway alert

Under tight courthouse security and close monitoring by local officials concerned about keeping the peace, jury selection begins Tuesday for the murder trial of a white university police officer charged with... Under tight courthouse security and close monitoring by local officials concerned about keeping the peace, jury selection begins Tuesday for the murder trial of a white university police officer charged with killing an... Drivers in Texas busted for drunken driving, not paying child support or low-level drug offenses are among thousands of "high-threat" criminal arrests being counted as part of a nearly $1 billion mission to secure... Drivers in Texas busted for drunken driving, not paying child support or low-level drug offenses are among thousands of "high-threat" criminal arrests being counted as part of a nearly $1 billion mission to secure the... Two months after he jumped ... (more)

Black Doctors Call on Obama to Ban Menthol Tobacco Products

African-American doctors are calling on President Barack Obama to ban sales of menthol-flavored cigarettes, which government data show are heavily preferred among black smokers. The African-American Tobacco Control Leadership Council, a nonprofit anti-smoking advocacy group, launched a public campaign this week asking Obama to direct the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to remove all so-called mentholated tobacco products from the marketplace.

Poll: In tumultuous summer, young Americans in a dour mood

SAN FRANCISCO >> In a summer of political and racial tumult, young Americans are in a dour mood: pessimistic about the fairness of their economic system, questioning the greatness of the United States and deeply skeptical of the way the nation picks its leaders. A new poll of young people between the ages of 18 and 30 finds that an overwhelming 90 percent think the two-party political system has real - though fixable - problems or that it is "seriously broken."

Poll: Harris holds big lead in U.S. Senate race

A month after crushing her contenders in the primary, Attorney General Kamala Harris is still the clear favorite among California voters over Rep. Loretta Sanchez, who faces increasingly long odds of pulling off an upset in the state's first all-Democratic U.S. Senate election, a new Field Poll suggests. Harris leads Sanchez 39 to 24 percent, the poll found, with 15 percent of participants - mostly Republicans - volunteering that they won't vote for either candidate and 22 percent undecided.

Justice Thomas Praised by Former Clerks, Colleagues on 25th Anniversary of Nomination

His former law clerks and colleagues in the Reagan administration had high praise for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, who was nominated by President George H.W. Bush to the high court on July 1, 1991 - 25 years ago today. Thomas, who replaced Thurgood Marshall as the 106th justice , was described by those who've known him for more than a quarter century not only as a principled defender of the Constitution and therefore a foe of unlimited government power, but also as an engaging, gregarious mentor and friend who "knows everything about the Supreme Court, down to the names of the janitors."

Sexual Assault On Campus: We Believe You

The Hunting Ground, a 2015 documentary examining rape on college campuses, begins with scenes of ecstatic high school seniors getting into the colleges of their choice. These clips grimly foreshadow the horrific experience that they will encounter when they join the ranks of the one out of five women and 5 percent of men who will be sexually assaulted while attending college.