As scientific evidence accumulates on the destructive impact of carbon-dioxide emissions, a handful of lawyers are beginning to bring suits against the major contributors to climate change. Read More
PORTLAND, Ore. -- A crowd of 75,000 lined up on a sunny Sunday for a chance to see Sen. Barack Obama speak at Waterfront Park during his final day of campaigning in Oregon before the state's primary, the largest crowd he's attracted during the Democratic primary.
Grave by mass grave, South Korea is unearthing the skeletons and buried truths of a cold-blooded slaughter from early in the Korean War, when this nation's U.S.-backed regime killed 100,000 or more leftists and hapless peasants in a summer of terror in 1950. Though U.S. intelligence agencies had knowledge of the killings, U.S. officials denied or downplayed the reports for decades, sometimes blaiming the deaths on the "murderous barbarism" of North Koreans. Read More
Ismael Hossein-Zadeh: The heightened price of energy is a direct consequence of the destabilizing wars and geopolitical insecurity in the region. These include not only the raging wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, but also the threat of a looming war against Iran. Read More
GRESHAM, Ore. -- Democrat Barack Obama told seniors Sunday that Republican John McCain would threaten the Social Security that they and millions like them depend on because he supports privatizing the program. Obama turned to a bedrock, pocketbook issue as he spoke to about 130 people at an assisted living facility and sought to tie the GOP's presidential nominee-in-waiting to an unpopular President Bush on an issue that motivates seniors. Read More
BAGHDAD -- A day after the American military confirmed a soldier had used a Koran for target practice at a shooting range, the commander of United States troops in Baghdad apologized to local leaders and tribal sheiks, saying he was asking for their forgiveness. "I come before you here seeking your forgiveness," General Jeffrey Hammond said at the meeting. "In the most humble manner, I look in your eyes today and I say please forgive me and my soldiers."
Former Rep. Thomas G. Loeffler, a Texan who is among the McCain campaign's most important advisers and fundraisers, has resigned as a national co-chair over lobbying entanglements, a Republican source told Politico on Sunday. It's at least the fifth lobbying-related departure from the campaign in a week. Read More
A wide-ranging and provocative new study of immigrants' integration into U.S. society has concluded that newcomers today are assimilating more quickly than their predecessors did 100 years ago -- with Cubans, Vietnamese and Filipinos among those leading the way -- and Mexicans lagging behind.
GREAT FALLS, Montana -- Jeff Greenwood was the only student to graduate from Opheim High School, which, like many schools in rural towns, has seen enrollment take a dive. Gov. Brian Schweitzer gave the commencement address.
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee said Sunday he'd like to be John McCain's running mate. "There's no one I would rather be on a ticket with than John McCain," said Huckabee.
A small but startling sign welcomed the gun lovers who arrived at the National Rifle Association's annual gathering Friday. "Firearms WILL NOT be allowed in Hall A during the Celebration of American Values Leadership Forum." Beyond this sign at the Kentucky Exposition Center was a row of 10 metal detectors. They were manned by uniformed Secret Service officers deployed because the scheduled speakers included presumptive Republican nominee John McCain.
Frank Rich: The biggest gift President Bush has given his party this year was to keep his daughter's wedding nearly as private as Connie Corleone's. Now that his disapproval rating has reached the Nixon nadir of negativity, even a joyous familial ritual isn't enough to make the country glad to see him. The G.O.P.'s best hope would be for both the president and Dick Cheney to lock themselves in a closet until the morning after Election Day.
Monday's raid on Postville, Iowa's Agriprocessors plant, in which 389 immigrants were arrested, was the Bush administration's largest crackdown on illegal workers at a single site. It has upended this tree-lined community, which calls itself "Hometown to the World." Half of the school system's 600 students were absent Tuesday, including 90 percent of Hispanic children, because their parents were arrested or in hiding.
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt -- President George W. Bush sought to reassure skeptical Arabs on Sunday he is committed to securing a deal on Palestinian statehood before he leaves office, despite his outspoken support for Israel. In a speech Sunday, Bush's planned remarks include this statement: "We must stand with the Palestinian people, who have suffered for decades and earned the right to a homeland of their own."
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A Christian group based in San Diego found grounds for outrage over the new retro-style logo for Starbucks Coffee. The Resistance says the new image "has a naked woman on it with her legs spread like a prostitute," Mark Dice, founder of the group, said in a news release. "Need I say more? It's extremely poor taste, and the company might as well call themselves Slutbucks."
