Canada’s guest worker program could become model for U.S. immigration changes OJOCALIENTE, Mexico — When Oscar Reyes heads north for seasonal work every spring, he no longer pays a smuggler to snea…

When Will Obama Act on Catastrophic Climate Change? Unless we act fairly soon in response to the timetable set by physics, there’s not much reason to act at all. Change usually happens very slowly,…

The ‘War on Terror’ Designed to Never End As the Pentagon’s former top lawyer urges that the war be viewed as finite, the US moves in the opposite direction. Last month, outgoing …

Prominent Arizona business man, wife and daughter die in experimental plane crash A Phoenix businessman and his wife and teenage daughter died Saturday when his home-built experimental aircraft cra…

California man dies trying to save dog swept away by rogue wave A California man died New Year’s Day after he attempted to save his dog after it was swept out to sea by a rogue wave while the…

Relatives of victims in Colorado movie theater shooting criticize invite to attend reopening CENTENNIAL, Colo. –  Relatives of those killed at a Colorado movie theater rejected an invitation Wednes…

Relatives of victims in Colorado movie theater shooting criticize invite to attend reopening CENTENNIAL, Colo. –  Relatives of those killed at a Colorado movie theater rejected an invitation Wednes…

Iceland teen known legally as ‘girl’ fights for right to name A 15-year-old is suing the Icelandic state for the right to legally use the name given to her by her mother. The problem? B…

Illinois Dems press forward with gun control bills, firearms group warns of ‘no exemptions’ Illinois Senate Democrats appear to be moving forward with new gun control measures in the wa…

Obama signs fiscal crisis deal and defense bill from Hawaii with autopen HONOLULU –  President Obama late Wednesday signed the fiscal crisis bill passed by Congress using an autopen while on vacati…

Woman Dies After a Gang Rape That Galvanized India NEW DELHI — As protests grew in India Saturday over the death of a young woman who was raped in Delhi this month by several men in a moving bus, p…

China’s Great Dream Beijing’s new communist party boss, Xi Jinping is inspiring his countrymen with talk of a Chinese renaissance. The first changes were small, more style than substance. Citizens …

The FBI vs. Occupy: Secret Docs Reveal “Counterterrorism” Monitoring of OWS from Its Earliest Days Once-secret documents reveal the FBI monitored Occupy Wall Street from its earliest da…