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Kerry Washington and Michelle Obama Bring Dance Moves and Wise Words to DC Kids

Kerry Washington teamed up with Michelle Obama to honor students and teachers at Savoy Elementary School in Washington DC today.

Best-Case, Worst-Case Scenarios for Steve Nash in 2013-14 Season

It was not the sort of season Steve Nash envisioned when he agreed to a trade last summer that brought the 17-year NBA veteran point guard to the Los Angeles Lakers.

His familiar No. 13 was already retired (Wilt Chamberlain), so Nash took the No. 10 purple and gold jersey.

Steve Forrest obituary

Hollywood actor best known for his starring role as Lieutenant Dan 'Hondo' Harrelson in the 70s cop series S.W.A.T.

Steve Forrest, who has died aged 87, was a product of the Hollywood studio system, then at its tail end in the 1950s.

iPhone urinalysis app draws scrutiny from FDA

Biosense Technologies' uChek system turns Apple's iPhone into a capable urinalysis device, and now the Food and Drug Administration is saying that it may need to clear the medical app lest developers risk violating federal law.

Petition Asks Obama To Support Treaty For The Blind, Rather Than Siding With Hollywood

During the course of President Obama's administration, he has gone back and forth over support for the WIPO treaty for the blind, which would make it easier for vision impaired people to get copies of books that they can read (allowing legally made copies to be shared across borders).

IMF chief Lagarde made key witness

A French court does not place IMF head Christine Lagarde under investigation over a payout made when she was finance minister, making her a key witness instead.

Holder Should Demand Feds Get a Warrant to Read Our E-mail

Attorney General Eric Holder is on record the Department of Justice supports legislation that generally would require the government to get a probable-cause warrant to read your e-mail.

Another Memorial Day in this endless war Amy Goodman

As we pause to remember those who died for our freedoms, we are faced with the possibility of a 'forever war'

In a remarkable but little-noticed oversight hearing last week, the Senate Armed Services Committee looked at "The Law of Armed Conflict, the Use of Military Force, and the 2001 Aut

Obama drone oversight proposal prompts concern over 'kill courts'

Human rights groups wary after president asks Congress to establish special court or board to authorise legal drone action

Proposals to vet future US drone strikes risk creating "kill courts" according to human rights campaigners who say Barack Obama's promise of new legal oversight does no

Syrian government agrees to attend Geneva conference, says ally Russia

Assad regime agrees 'in principle' to conflict resolution initiative as Syrian opposition comes under pressure to take part as well

The Assad government has agreed to take part in next month's international conference in Geneva aimed at resolving Syria's civil war, according to ally Russia,