huffingtonpost.com - Congress approved having the District of Columbia give a statue of the great African-American historic figure Frederick Douglass for display in the U.S. Capitol complex. All states get two statues, but the ...

theatlanticcities.com - It sounds like a pretty safe assumption that the people who live in flood plains, or own businesses there, face the highest chances of flooding. This was certainly true during Superstorm Sandy ...

guardian.co.uk - A survivor of the Enniskillen bombing atrocity of 1987 has challenged the Libyan prime minister to compensate victims killed by IRA bombs supplied by Muammar Gaddafi.

hrc.org - LGBT youth who identify as Latino face greater rejection from their communities and schools than their non-LGBT Latino counterparts, according to a new report on LGBT Latino youth released today by the ...

roanoke.com - Well-known area television meteorologist Jamey Singleton was ordered by a judge Monday to pay a $200 fine for causing a February wreck that sent three men to the hospital.

thinkprogress.org - House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers (R-MI) sought to implicate the White House in the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) targeting of conservative groups applying for 501(c)(4) status during an appearance on CBS’s ...

chicagoist.com - Photo by Huge Galdones, via Grubstreet Chicago. The Charlie Trotter's news just keeps coming. To quickly recap: Closing, crazy auction, property for sale. Now, two collectors have filed a lawsuit in federal ...