Krishnadev Calamur

President Obama delivers his State of the Union address tonight and is expected to focus on the state of the economy and its impact on the middle class.

U.S. economic growth has been brisk and the unemployment rate has fallen to 5.8 percent. But economic challenges remain, ...

Just last year, NBC said it was developing a new TV show with comedian Bill Cosby. Now, the network doesn't want anything to do with him.

NBC Chairman Bob Greenblatt said "I think that's safe to say" there won't be any future projects with Cosby, who has been ...

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The U.S. Supreme Court will decide on gay marriage this term.

The justices said today they will review an appellate court's decision to uphold the ban on same-sex marriage in Ohio, Tennessee, Michigan and Kentucky. The four states are among 14 that ban ...

National Guard Sgt. Valerie Deant and her fellow soldiers went last month to a firing range in Medley, Fla. What they saw there made them angry. Not only had North Miami Beach Police snipers who had used the range before them used mugshots of six African-American men as targets, one ...

The NCAA has announced a proposed settlement under which the Penn State football team's 112 wins from 1998 through 2011, which were thrown out amid the Jerry Sandusky child molestation scandal, will be restored. The move would restore the team's late coach Joe Paterno as the most successful coach ...

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Muslim students at Duke University will gather today for their call to prayer in the quadrangle outside Duke Chapel, a day after the private university in Durham, N.C., reversed course on allowing the traditional adhan from the chapel's bell tower.

As we reported Thursday, ...

Saudi blogger Raif Badawi, who was due today to receive the second of 20 rounds of 50 lashes, is getting a temporary reprieve. A doctor who examined Badawi found his wounds from last Friday's public flogging in Jiddah hadn't healed and determined the blogger would be unable to withstand another ...

Duke University announced this week it would allow the traditional Muslim call to prayer from the Duke Chapel bell tower. The reaction from some Christian groups was angry, and today the private university in Durham, N.C., reversed course.

"Duke remains committed to fostering an inclusive, tolerant and welcoming campus for ...

Pope Francis says there are limits to freedom of speech, especially when it comes to someone's religion, in comments that made reference to the deadly attack last week on the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo.

Francis defended freedom of speech, calling it a fundamental human right, but said it must ...

Women will be allowed to take part in the Army's Ranger training program for the first time, an Army spokesman said today.

"Secretary of the Army John McHugh approved the participation of both men and women in the spring 2015 Ranger course assessment," Lt. Col. Benjamin Garrett said in a ...

The U.S. has transferred five detainees from Guantanamo Bay — four to Oman and one to Estonia, the Defense Department says. The transfers bring to 122 the number of detainees who remain at the military prison.

The detainees sent to Oman are Al Khadr Abdallah Muhammad Al Yafi, Fadel ...

Birdman and The Grand Budapest Hotel topped the list of nominations – with nine each — announced today by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. They were followed by The Imitation Game with eight Oscar nominations and American Sniper and Boyhood, with six each.

Birdman, a film about ...

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At least two people have been killed and one wounded in the Belgian town of Verviers in what is being described as an anti-terrorism operation, state-run RTBF and other media are reporting.

Witnesses told RTBF that explosions were heard near the town's station area.

There's a management shakeup at the Secret Service in the wake of several security lapses: The Washington Post is reporting that four of the Secret Service's senior-most officials have been removed and a fifth is retiring.

Assistant Directors Dale Pupillo, Paul Morrissey, Jane Murphy and Mark Copanzzi have been ...

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President Obama is expected to lay out plans today intended to make it easier for cities, towns and rural communities to offer their citizens fast and cheap broadband Internet.

The move would ask the Federal Communications Commission to address state laws that prevent cities ...

Controversial French comedian Dieudonne has been arrested in the wake of the deadly attack on the satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo and held on charges of apologizing for terrorism. He was one of 54 people held across France; none has been linked to the attacks.

Dieudonne's alleged crime: writing "Je suis ...

A Singapore Armed Forces ship has found the fuselage of AirAsia Flight 8501 that went down in the Java Sea last month, the country's defense minister said today.

Singapore Defense Minister Ng Eng Hen, on his Facebook page, said images taken by a remote-controlled vehicle showed part ...

An African team will be featured for the first time ever in this year's Tour de France: South Africa's MTN-Qhubeka received a wild card today from race organizers.

"OK, we had [Kenya-born Briton] Chris Froome win the 2013 Tour de France, [South African] Daryl Impey wore the yellow jersey, ...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Jochaim Gauck were among political and religious leaders who attended a rally in Berlin organized by Muslim groups to honor those killed by Islamist militants in last week's terrorist attacks in Paris.

The rally, near the iconic Brandenburg Gate, came amid massive anti-Islam demonstrations ...