All USA Update
Rachel Canning: N.J. teen who sued parents for child support is back homeA New Jersey teenager who left home, then tried to force her parents to pay her bills, has returned home, her parents’ lawyer said Wednesday. But her lawsuit is still pending.
Death row inmate, wrongfully convicted, goes free almost 30 years laterGlenn Ford, sentenced to death for killing a man whose lawn he used to mow, was not even at the scene of the crime, according to new evidence used to free him from death row this week.
Bullied children more likely to consider or attempt suicide, report saysCyberbullying is even more correlated to a heightened risk of suicidal thoughts and actions, the report also said. An estimated 15 to 20 percent of adolescents are involved in bullying, either as a bully, a victim, or both.
Twice the police, more security cameras on tap for Boston Marathon 2014Tightened security for the Boston Marathon, to be run April 21, includes more police and a bigger list of searchable items, officials said Monday. Last year, two homemade bombs exploded near the finish line, with devastating impact.
Public transportation makes a comeback, but not in BostonIn 2013, Americans took 10.7 billion trips on public transportation, the highest number in more than five decades. But progress is not even: Detroit, Baltimore, Chicago, and Boston saw ridership sag.
Portrait of Millennials: Call them Generation UnaffiliatedMillennials, a.k.a. Generation Y, are more disassociated from mainstream institutions – political parties, organized religion, marriage – than are older Americans. In fact, they're the most politically unaffiliated group the Pew poll has ever seen.
Mass. upskirt photos now illegal as lawmakers keep their promiseMass. upskirt photos were expressly legal for about 24 hours before state lawmakers, moving quickly and jointly, pushed through a bill that the governor signed Friday morning.
'Upskirt' photos legal in Mass., court rules. Not for long, critics say.Mass. Supreme Judicial Court ruled Wednesday that, under existing state laws, taking so-called 'upskirt' photos in public is not illegal, prompting state lawmakers to promise updates to an outdated law.
Obama calls Senate rejection of his civil rights nominee 'a travesty'Eight Democratic senators joined Republicans to vote down Debo Adegbile, President Obama's nominee for head of the Justice Department’s civil rights division, because of his connection to the infamous Mumia Abu-Jamal 'cop-killer' case.
Bin Laden kin agreed to speak for Al Qaeda while N.Y. burned, prosecutor saysOpening statements were delivered Wednesday in the trial of Osama bin Laden's son-in-law, Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, the most senior alleged member of Al Qaeda to be tried in a civilian US court.
Kentucky AG won't defend anti-gay marriage bill, but governor willKentucky’s attorney general said Tuesday he would not defend a Kentucky anti-gay marriage law struck down last month. But the governor said the state will hire outside attorneys to appeal.
Many soldiers prone to suicide even before they enlist, study saysThe military has been struggling with high rates of suicide, but a new study of Army data suggests that the problem might not be tied solely to deployments but to preexisting mental health issues.
Where will latest East Coast winter storm hit hardest?Yet another winter storm trucked along the East Coast on Monday, plunging much of the region into a now familiar duel with low temperatures and heaps of snow.
Forbes' richest people: number of billionaires up significantlyForbes' richest people: the list is out and many familiar names are on it. Not much has changed at the very top. There are a record 1,645 billionaires worldwide, with the US the top supplier.
MtGox bankruptcy: Bitcoin insiders saw problems with the exchange for monthsMtGox filed for bankruptcy Friday and said 850,000 bitcoins are missing as a result of a hack. Other exchanges have managed to withstand the same vulnerability, Bitcoin insiders say.
Most in US wouldn't eject illegal immigrants; a minority would OK citizenshipAlmost 3 in 4 Americans support a legal status for illegal immigrants, new poll finds. But support is lower for a path to full US citizenship. The public is divided, too, over the jump in deportations.
Boston mayor pushes St. Patrick's Day parade organizers to include gay groupsBoston Mayor Martin Walsh has threatened to boycott the upcoming St. Patrick's Day parade if organizers refuse to allow a gay veteran's group to participate.
More religious Americans support gay marriage than a decade ago, survey findsOverall, 53 percent of Americans now support gay marriage, according to the new survey. There is also growing support among adherents of every religion included in the report.
George W. Bush paintings to debut at presidential libraryGeorge W. Bush, who signs his work '43,' will display more than two dozen original paintings in his first 'intentional' art show in April. As yet undisclosed: Did world leaders get the brush?
Does collapse of MtGox spell the end for Bitcoin?MtGox, the world's largest Bitcoin exchange, went offline Tuesday amid reports that it lost track of 740,000 of customers' bitcoins. As risks of the digital currency become more apparent, other Bitcoin operators try to reassure investors.
