Obama to announce changes for student loan repayment
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama is slated to speak to students at Georgia Tech on Tuesday about how he wants to make the process of repaying student loans easier to understand and manage.
Jury in Boston Marathon bomb trial sees blood-stained note
BOSTON - Jurors in the trial on Tuesday of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev got to see the blood-stained message that prosecutors say he wrote on the inside of a boat he was hiding in before his violent capture, explaining his reasoning for killing innocent people. | Video
Hillary Clinton to address email use after U.N. remarks
NEW YORK - Likely Democratic presidential contender Hillary Clinton will hold a news conference on Tuesday to try to defuse a controversy over her use of private email for work while she was U.S. secretary of state.
Atlanta-area police shoot dead unarmed, naked African-American man
- A white, Atlanta-area police officer shot dead a naked and unarmed African-American man acting erratically in his apartment complex and who was possibly suffering from a mental illness, the county police chief said.
Texas federal judge leaves block on Obama immigration plan in place
- A federal judge in Texas on Monday declined to lift a block of the White House's immigration plan for at least 10 more days, court records show.
American held in Thailand linked to Detroit housing telemarketing scam
BANGKOK - Thai police have arrested an American suspected of being part of a group charged with operating a fraudulent Detroit housing telemarketing scheme that caused losses of over $20 million to nearly 300 people, a senior officer said on Tuesday.
Oklahoma University shuts 'disgraceful' fraternity for racist video
NORMAN, Okla. - The University of Oklahoma closed a fraternity linked to a video of students singing racial epithets, ordered its members to move out of the house and labeled the actions of those involved "disgraceful."
ACLU, Wikimedia file lawsuit challenging NSA mass surveillance
- The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) said on Tuesday it had filed a lawsuit on behalf of organizations including the Wikimedia Foundation and the conservative Rutherford Institute against the National Security Agency and the Department of Justice challenging the government's mass surveillance program.
San Francisco 49ers player arrested for domestic violence
SAN FRANCISCO - Five-year NFL veteran Bruce Miller, a fullback with the San Francisco 49ers, was arrested for domestic battery, police said on Monday.
Kleiner ex-partner Pao testifies in Silicon Valley bias case
SAN FRANCISCO - A former partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers accusing the venture-capital firm of gender discrimination testified on Monday that she urged firm leaders to improve human relations policies after learning that three administrative assistants had allegedly complained about harassment. | Video
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