• The Supreme Court just had a quiet term. These high-profile cases are about to change that.

    The Supreme Court just had a quiet term. These high-profile cases are about to change that.

    Jul 03, 2017 08:41 PM EDT

    Nearly every single Supreme Court term in recent memory has had at least one-headline grabbing decision. That changed in the court's latest term, when it kept high-profile legal disputes off the docket. But the absence of blockbusters in the term that ended last week is setting up ...

  • Supreme Court leans left in term unsettled by Scalia's death

    Supreme Court leans left in term unsettled by Scalia's death

    Jun 28, 2016 08:42 PM EDT

    ... in August. Thomas, who was 43 when he joined the court, will turn 70 during the next president's term. Shapiro said the just-ended term might have marked "the end of an era." But at least until a ninth justice is confirmed, and as the term's biggest cases ...

  • Ex-U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert starts prison term

    Ex-U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert starts prison term

    Jun 22, 2016 05:50 PM EDT

    ... the line of succession to the presidency will be subject to the same protocol other new federal inmates, which typically includes a full-body strip search. Hastert must serve at least 85 percent of his sentence, or just over a year. High-level politicians going to prison is nothing new ...

  • News Wrap: Police search for motive in Louisiana movie theater shooting

    News Wrap: Police search for motive in Louisiana movie theater shooting

    Jul 24, 2015 11:08 PM EDT

    ... a business summit before leaving for Ethiopia on Sunday. And, in Burundi, results from the presidential election were announced, with the incumbent winning a third term. President Pierre Nkurunziza claimed victory in the disputed election, even amid unrest over whether or not his third term is constitutional. Ballot counting started ...

  • How to pick a long-term-care facility when your loved one can't live alone

    How to pick a long-term-care facility when your loved one can't live alone

    Sep 18, 2014 06:18 PM EDT

    ong-term care centers to cater to Latino elders About Family Caregiver Alliance National Center on Caregiving 785 Market Street, Suite 750 San Francisco, CA 94103 (415) 434-3388 (800) 445-8106 Website: www.caregiver.org E-mail: info@caregiver.org Family Caregiver Alliance (FCA) offers an extensive online library ...

  • U.S., Iran search for nuclear agreement ahead of July 20 deadline

    U.S., Iran search for nuclear agreement ahead of July 20 deadline

    Jul 14, 2014 07:13 PM EDT

    ... into effect in January, world powers and Iran have until July 20 to conclude a final deal. The goal for the West is a long-term agreement setting clear limits on Iranian activity and locking in place an international monitoring regime to ensure that the Islamic republic cannot develop nuclear ...

  • Supreme Court: Police need warrants to search mobile phones

    Supreme Court: Police need warrants to search mobile phones

    Jun 25, 2014 02:36 PM EDT

    This post was updated at 10:56 a.n. EDT as more reporting was made available from the AP. In a strong defense of digital age privacy, a unanimous Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that police may not generally search the cellphones of people they arrest without first getting search warrants ...

  • Study measuring value of college prizes engagement over elite for long-term well-being

    Study measuring value of college prizes engagement over elite for long-term well-being

    May 09, 2014 12:32 AM EDT

    ... people and their parents, who are thinking about the next several years? MITCH DANIELS: Go to school prepared to draw on the lessons here, to search out the experiential opportunities, as well as the traditional classroom, to go to a school with some reputation for the engagement of faculty closely ...

  • News Wrap: Flight 370 search follows promising pings

    News Wrap: Flight 370 search follows promising pings

    Apr 08, 2014 12:36 AM EDT

    ... ocean for underwater sounds like those emitted from flight data recorders, and on board, they may have detected, but not located them. ANGUS HOUSTON, Chief Search Coordinator: Clearly, this is a most promising lead. And probably in the search so far, it's the -- it's probably the best information ...

  • March jobs report offers bright spot, but long-term unemployment continues stubborn streak

    March jobs report offers bright spot, but long-term unemployment continues stubborn streak

    Apr 04, 2014 10:07 PM EDT

    The Labor Department’s reported boost of 192,000 jobs in March marks a milestone in the economic recovery: all of the private sector jobs lost in the recession have been regained. Economics correspondent Paul Solman offers a closer analysis of the numbers and Hari Sreenivasan takes an in-depth look at the problem of long-term unemployment with...