U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada reported late Wednesday that “productive conversations” were taking place on a possible compromise on how to restore payments to 1.3 million long-term unemployed.
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The Obama administration on Wednesday pressed the nation’s schools to abandon what it described as overly zealous discipline policies that send students to court instead of the principal’s office.
Greg Maddux was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame, gathering 97 percent of the vote, it was announced Wednesday. The Las Vegas resident who starred at Valley High School will be going in with Atlanta Braves teammate Tom Glavine and slugger Frank Thomas.
A 2015 trial date has been set for Benjamin Frazier, who is accused of fatally shooting one man and injuring two security officers at a nightclub inside Bally’s.
A Navy helicopter with five crew members crashed into the ocean off the Virginia coast during a routine training mission Wednesday, killing two crew members and leaving two in the hospital and one still missing.
Two minutes of footage from a camera on Michael Schumacher’s ski helmet showed the Formula One great was clearly skiing off a groomed trail when he lost his balance and crashed, leaving him with critical head injuries, investigators said Wednesday.
A former kindergarten teacher Melvyn Sprowson must stand trial on kidnapping and other charges for his relationship with a 16-year-old girl, a Las Vegas judge ruled Wednesday.
Rushing to curb political fallout, the White House pushed back Wednesday against harsh criticism in a new book by former Defense Secretary Robert Gates that questions President Barack Obama’s war leadership and rips into Vice President Joe Biden.
A political dirty-tricks investigation of Gov. Chris Christie’s inner circle broke wide open Wednesday with the release of emails and text messages that suggest one of his top aides engineered traffic jams in a New Jersey town last September to punish its mayor.
Despite having a marriage license, dozens, maybe hundreds, of couples missed their chance to be legally married in Utah after the U.S. Supreme Court decided on Monday to temporarily halt gay marriages until an appeals court considers whether gay couples have a right to wed in Utah.