The Republican controlled House of Representatives voted on Thursday evening to cut $39 billion from the country's food stamp assistance program.
Floyd Corkins, who pleaded guilty to shooting a Family Research Council employee last year, was sentenced Thursday to 25 years in prison. Corkins at the time said that he disagreed with the organization's firm stance against gay marriage
While deemed as one of the greatest American novels written since World War II, Ralph Ellison's "Invisible Man" has been banned from school libraries in Randolph County, North Carolina. The novl has long been seen as a seminal work of fiction, which deals with the honest realities of race in America.
Ty Warner, the owner and founder of Ty Inc, and creator of Beanie Babies, is set to plead guilty to tax evasion after hiding millions of dollars in a secret Swiss bank account, the Justice Department announced on Wednesday.
