The number of academically unacceptable public schools in Texas increased more than fivefold this year after the state raised standards, leaving parents with a confusing picture of districts’ progress.

A pro-family activist says religious liberties are put at risk when homosexuals become federal judges.
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Potential Republican presidential candidate Gov. Rick Perry of Texas repeated his personal opposition to gay marriage in a speech to conservatives in Denver on Friday.

A new “apocalypse establishment” has emerged in the momentary absence of Harold Camping, exploiting the fears resulting from the approaching debt-ceiling deadline, and may help the End Times preacher to resurrect “professionally,” a business magazine …

Prosecutors in the Meredith Kercher murder case have challenged independent forensic experts who have raised doubts over the DNA evidence used to convict Amanda Knox of the killing.

As he scrambled through the bushes, with the whip of bullets overhead and the screams of the dying in his ears, there was only one thought in Fredric Bjordal’s mind: the desperate hope that the …

Obama asked Americans Friday to call, email, and tweet Congressional leaders to “keep the pressure on” lawmakers in hopes of reaching a bipartisan deal to raise the nation’s $14.3 trillion debt limit ahead of an …

The credibility of the British-backed rebel forces in Libya has been thrown into doubt after the shock assassination of a top military commander led to claims that the movement is enmeshed in a bloody internal …

There are fewer undocumented immigrants in California – and the Sacramento region – because many are now finding the American dream south of the border.

House Speaker John Boehner’s plan to raise the nation’s debt ceiling and slash government spending narrowly passed his chamber on Friday and then was blocked by Senate Democrats, setting up a weekend of negotiations to …