A political scientist who studies what helps people connect across differences. A novelist whose books about Native American ...

New Orleans voters head to the polls to elect a new slate of city leaders, including a mayor to replace term-limited ...

The county terminates a contract with the MacArthur Foundation, giving up more than $600,000. The foundation's reliance on ...

Two senators took the cudgels for erstwhile backwater destinations down south in eastern Mindanao when they argued for funding to upgrade its small airport and usher in wider recognition and interest ...

He may be an only child, but that doesn’t mean Selma Blair’s teen son Arthur can get away with everything he wants. Especially when he wants to change something so permanent! The Legally Blonde star ...

Nicolas Sarkozy, former president of France, was found guilty of plotting to finance his 2007 election bid with help from the government of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi. By Aurelien Breeden Reporting from ...

With just enough pomp and circumstance to convey the importance, tradition and urgency of the moment, Arthur Levine was sworn in this week as the 10th president of Brandeis University. He had led the ...

Andersen Group Inc., the US arm of a professional services firm founded by former partners of shuttered accounting giant Arthur Andersen, filed publicly for an initial public offering. The San ...

The Senate shot down dueling versions of a short-term funding patch Friday before leaving town for a weeklong recess without a plan in place to avoid a partial government shutdown next month. With ...

WASHINGTON – Hoping to steer the country away from an impending government shutdown, the House of Representatives narrowly passed a short-term funding bill Sept. 19. But the funding extension is ...

WASHINGTON – Hours after a stopgap government funding measure passed the House of Representatives, the Senate struck it down, raising the prospects of a shutdown in just over a week. Senators voted ...