More than 700 million women alive today were married before they turned 18, the United Nations’ children agency said Tuesday, as it co-hosts a London summit calling for more progress to end child marriages and the practice of female genital mutilation. Figures released by UNICEF say child brides are most common in sub-Saharan Africa and […]
Congress has only a few days left before August recess to approve President Obama’s request for an additional $3.7 billion for the border crisis, with no scheduled voting dates and little apparent optimism for passage. The House and Senate Appropriations committees, where the first key votes will take place, each said Monday that no date […]
President Barack Obama bestowed the Medal of Honor Monday on a former Army staff sergeant who fought off enemy fighters during one of the bloodiest battles of the Afghanistan war. Ryan M. Pitts is the ninth living recipient of the nation’s highest decoration for battlefield valor for actions in Iraq and Afghanistan. READ MORE: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/07/21/obama-to-bestow-medal-honor-on-nh-veteran/
Children in New York looking to misbehave may want to reconsider if they wish to avoid a spanking. A court says it’s OK for parents to spank their kids. Watch your butts, kids — a state appeals court says it’s OK for parents to spank them. In a ruling Wednesday, the state Appellate Division found […]
Prosecutors claim the federal government warned FedEx about drug distribution at least six times A federal grand jury indicted shipping company FedEx Thursday on charges of shipping prescription drugs for illegal online pharmacies. Prosecutors say that Congress, the Drug Enforcement Administration and other federal agencies warned FedEx for nearly a decade that their shipping services […]
James Garner, the wry and handsome leading man who slid seamlessly between television and the movies but was best known as the amiable gambler Bret Maverick in the 1950s western “Maverick” and the cranky sleuth Jim Rockford in the 1970s series “The Rockford Files,” died on Saturday night at his home in Los Angeles. He […]