A U.S. Border Patrol agent kneed a man at least five times in the face while several other agents held him pinned facedown on ...

Several new state laws affecting education take effect this month, highlighting the rights of immigrant students and the ...

Watch a video interview with Rose Byrne talking about 'If I Had Legs I'd Kick You', her Oscar chances and her busy ...

Michael Crichton, who was not just responsible for ER” but also megabits including “Jurassic Park”, died in November 2008, ...

Discover the significant world events, notable birthdays, and notable deaths that occurred on January 12. Check what happened ...

On a mild December day in 1984, a man named Bernie Goetz shot four Black teen-agers on a subway. The incident galvanized the ...

Writer Dennis Lehane has written iconic books set in the working class Boston neighborhoods of his childhood. His latest book ...

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For Ashanti Jones, a 23-year-old student who lives in East Garfield Park, Inspiration Kitchens provides a $25 gas card so her ...

The son of film director Rob Reiner and wife Michele is scheduled to be arraigned on murder charges Wednesday in the couple’s ...

Today in Music History for Jan. 13: In 1501, Christianity's first vernacular hymnal was printed in Prague, capital of the present-day Czech Republic. It contained 89 hymns in the Czech language. In ...