NEW YORK – The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation is giving 20 jails of all sizes $150,000 each to come up with ways to reduce the number of people unnecessarily behind bars. The jails announced Wednesday to receive planning grants include the nation’s biggest jails in Los Angeles, …
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TORONTO – Another prominent member of Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s government will not see re-election in October. Justice Minister Peter MacKay, a former foreign affairs minister and defense minister, will make the announcement later Friday. The prime minister’s office said Harper will deliver remarks alongside him. MacKay and Harper were …
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Let’s talk about the democratic side of the presidential race. With new polls showing a more vulnerable Hillary Clinton in the categories of trusworthiness and whether voters believe she really cares about their needs and problems — could it mean new life for other potential candidates? So far, only former …
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More bad news Tuesday. Dow down more than 500 points. Just hang in there. Work hard, tough it out, don’t panic. The bottom will soon be reached. Now with the second presidential debate about an hour away, John McCain must tap into the country’s anger if he wants to win, …
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For the second time in less than a year, Vice President Dick Cheney will undergo a procedure at George Washington University Hospital to restore his normal heart rhythm. Cheney, 67, experienced an abnormal heart rhythm Wednesday morning during a visit with his doctors. “It was discovered that the vice president …
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I have to say I’m surprised that a nasty culture war battle has erupted so soon after the presidential election, this one over gay marriage. You’d think there would be a cooling down period after the vote. Not so. Wednesday night we showed you a confrontation in Palm Springs, California, …
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Online dating service eHarmony has agreed to create a new Web site — “Compatible Partners” — for gay and lesbian users, the New Jersey Office of the Attorney General announced. Created as part of a settlement with Eric McKinley, a gay man from New Jersey, the Web site will provide …
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The “Montauk Monster” may just be a bag of bones by now, but the people who know where it is aren’t saying. The riddle of the beaked beast found on a upscale East Hampton, N.Y., beach in mid-July got even trickier Thursday as various experts weighed in — and its …
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Well, it’s definitely eye-catching. Attendees at the Leipzig Games Convention in eastern Germany were startled this week to come across a modification of the classic “Space Invaders” video game — one in which the relentless crab-like aliens are blowing holes in the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center. The …
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Il is more impaired from the stroke he apparently suffered last month than reports from the region suggest, and the United States and China are holding talks about what to do if the government in Pyongyang collapses, FOX News has learned. A senior Bush administration …
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