A federal judge gave a school district in Mississippi 30 days to halt the 'clustering' of white students into certain schools and classes, saying it amounted to segregation.
In many ways, the nuclear summit was a victory for President Obama. But it also suggested that his goal of putting nuclear weapons under lock and key won't be realized quickly or easily.
The case of a mother sending her adopted Russian child back could slow or even stop US-Russia adoptions. Russia was the No. 3 country for US international adoptions last year.
If an Obama doctrine is emerging, it is one much more realpolitik than his predecessor’s, focused on relations with traditional powers and relegating issues like human rights and democracy to second-tier concerns.
AP - President Barack Obama, wrapping up a 47-nation nuclear security summit, said Tuesday he is confident China will join other nations in pressing for tough new sanctions on Iran for continuing to defy the international community in seeking nuclear weapons.
AP - President Barack Obama laid out a nightmare scenario on Tuesday — a terrorist with atomic bomb materials no bigger than an apple who could launch an attack killing hundreds of thousands of people.
AP - Mike Huckabee, a possible Republican presidential candidate in 2012, says the effort to allow gays and lesbians to marry is comparable to legalizing incest, polygamy and drug use.
A series of strong quakes hit Qinghai province, the U.S. Geological Survey says. At least 67 people have died and many others are buried in the rubble, state-run media says.
President Obama said the summit reached unanimous agreement on the threat posed by unsecured nuclear materials, and on steps to keep them away from terrorists.