Two Mistakes Too Many, US Secret Service Director is Out

U.S. Secret Service Director Julia Pierson resigned under fire on Wednesday after a series of security lapses came to light that exposed gaping holes in the protective cocoon around President Barack Obama.

Pierson, in her position for just 18 months, faced mounting calls from lawmakers to step down in…

Michael Dunn Guilty in Loud Music Murder

A Florida jury found Michael Dunn, a middle-aged white man, guilty of first-degree murder on Wednesday in the shooting death of an unarmed black teenager in an argument over loud rap music.

Dunn, 47, a software engineer, testified he thought he was defending himself from an armed threat…

CDC Confirms 1st Ebola Case In US

U.S. health officials said on Tuesday the first patient infected with the deadly Ebola virus had been diagnosed in the country, in a new sign of how the outbreak ravaging West Africa can spread globally.

The patient had recently traveled to West Africa and developed symptoms several days after…

Woman Beheaded at Workplace Attack

A man fired from an Oklahoma food processing plant beheaded a woman with a knife and was attacking another worker when he was shot and wounded by a company official, police say.
Moore Police Sgt. Jeremy Lewis said his department is waiting until Alton Nolen, 30, regains consciousness to arrest…

Ferguson Police Chief Apologizes to Michael Brown's Family

Ferguson, Missouri, Police Chief Thomas Jackson issued a video apology Thursday to the parents of Michael Brown, as well as to any peaceful protesters who feel he didn’t do “enough to protect their constitutional right to protest.”

Specifically, he apologized that it took investigating officers four hours to remove…