Victor Morton

Transgender immigrant detainees to be housed according to preferred gender

U.S. immigration officials said Monday that they will house detainees according to their preferred gender identity rather than their sex.

Hillary Clinton’s lead shrinks in New Hampshire as Bernie Sanders surges in polls

Hillary Rodham Clinton's lead among Democratic primary voters in New Hampshire is now only in the single-digits as Sen. Bernard Sanders continues to surge in polling.

Democrats use Confederate flag flap in South Carolina to solicit donations

National Democrats tried Monday evening to raise funds off the South Carolina Confederate flag flap.

Church shooting in Charleston, South Carolina

A South Carolina black church founded by former slaves in 1865 was attacked by a white gunman Wednesday night and multiple churchgoers have reportedly been killed.

Brian Williams out as ‘NBC Nightly News’ anchor

Brian Williams has been permanently removed from the anchor chair at "NBC Nightly News," according to a report Wednesday evening in the New York Post.

$10 bill: Alexander Hamilton to be replaced by a woman, Treasury Department says

It was unclear Wednesday night what Hamilton's exact fate would be -- whether he'd remain on a separate series of printings or whether the new bills, designed to be harder to counterfeit, will feature both him and the woman.

Rachel Dolezal dismissed from local university, weekly paper

Rachel Dolezal, the white woman who said she was black and became leader of a Washington state NAACP chapter, lost two outside portfolios Monday, no longer employed either by the city's alternative weekly or the local university where she had taught Africana Studies.

Hillary Clinton’s Benghazi emails withheld from House investigators

Sidney Blumenthal's email correspondence on Benghazi suggests that the State Department or former Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton did not turn over all of her emails to House investigators, as she has insisted, according to a report in Politico on Monday evening.

FIFA officials to be indicted by U.S. on corruption charges

Officials of FIFA, the governing body of world soccer, will be indicted in the U.S. on corruption charges.

Josh Duggar, ‘19 Kids and Counting’ star, admits molesting girls as teen

Josh Duggar, one of the stars of reality TV shows about America's most-famous large family, has acknowledged molesting underage girls as a teenager.

Texas, Nebraska defy death penalty abolitionists, obtain lethal injection drugs

The campaign by death-penalty opponents to make executions de facto impossible by cutting off the supply of fatal drugs may be losing momentum as two states announced Thursday that they have been able to replenish their supplies.

Brandon Bostian identified as Amtrak engineer in Philadelphia derailment

Amtrak refused to name the engineer of the doomed Washington-New York train, but cable news and social media quickly filled the gap Wednesday.

Philadelphia Amtrak train derailment: Mayor rebuts two-train crash speculation

Philadelphia Amtrak train derailment: Survivors take to Twitter

Multiple survivors on the Amtrak train that derailed Tuesday night in Philadelphia tweeted images and descriptions from the site, even before official word was out.

Amtrak train from D.C. derails in Philadelphia; 7 dead, dozens injured

An Amtrak train traveling from Washington to New York derailed Tuesday night in the northeastern part of Philadelphia, killing six people and injuring dozens.

Osama bin Laden location given to U.S. by Pakistani official, not a courier: report

The CIA learned of Osama bin Laden's hideaway from a Pakistani intelligence official, leading to the Special Forces raid that killed the al Qaeda leader, NBC News reported.

Tom Brady on ‘Deflategate’: Patriots’ Super Bowl win not tainted

New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady said the team's Super Bowl victory was not tainted by the NFL's accusation that he likely knew about deflated balls before the AFC Championship Game in January against the Indianapolis Colts.

Pamela Geller targeted for assassination by Islamic State allies, NYPD says

Conservative blogger and anti-jihad activist Pamela Geller has been publicly targeted by name for assassination by Islamic State-allied terrorists, according to the New York Police Department.

Tornados touch down in Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska

The Oklahoma City area braced for a potential tornado barrage Wednesday evening as sirens went off in Moore, site of a devastating 2013 storm, and the National Weather Service declared a tornado emergency.

Geert Wilders on Muslim hit lists before Muhammad cartoon attack

The keynote speaker at Sunday's Muhammad cartoon-drawing contest in Texas was Dutch politician Geert Wilders, a longtime target of Muslim extremists in Europe.