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 New Syrian conflict video shows soldier executions
 The Life and Death of Chocolate City
 Opinion: Obama's 'worst week ever' closer to business as usual for US presidents
 'When Art Danced with Music': Ballets Russes exhibit opens in DC
 Pro-life activists may use Gosnell trial for ammunition against Roe v. Wade
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Immigration reform progress 'amazingly bipartisan,' expert says
Jersey prison denying Yaroshenko needed medical treatment, attorney says
Analyst: Democratic Senate stands in the way of GOP calls for impeachment
WASHINGTON – Immigration reform has continued to be a central issue on Capitol Hill, where officials in both the House and Senate are evaluating and marking up proposals and bills to find a solution. →
 
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IRS doubles down, says in hearing that inspections were not political

WASHINGTON – The House Ways and Means Committee on Friday held its first hearing into last week's revelations that the Internal Revenue Service had unduly applied stricter scrutiny when reviewing and granting 501(c)4 applications from conservative groups as far back as spring 2010. →

Obama to meet top officials to demand action on IRS scandal
US Justice orders probe into IRS
The Los Angeles Police Department has a history of scandals, prompting the federal government to keep a close eye on the department. Photo Credit: (c)RIA Novosti, B. Beliavsky.

From Rodney King to Rampart, is LAPD ready to move past scandals?

LOS ANGELES – A major milestone has been reached this week for the Los Angeles Police Department after a judge ended federal oversight for the department that was once an epicenter of scandal. →

LAPD Apologizes For Release of US Rapper's Autopsy
LAPD Investigating How Canadian Tourist Ended up in Hotel's Water Tank
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What's it like living with autism?

WASHINGTON – A lot of people are considering the autism spectrum anew as numbers seem to be exploding, definitions are changing and new studies seem to be getting closer to find out the nature and origins of conditions. →

Austerity helps turn recessions into health epidemics, expert says
Report shows wide variations in health care costs for common procedures
Music lover. Brand X Pictures/Thinkstock.

The Life and Death of Chocolate City

WASHINGTON -- On the one-year anniversary of go-go music legend Chuck Brown's death, Kim Brown takes a look back at Chuck Brown's funeral and a new book on the history of go-go music in Washington, DC. →

'When Art Danced with Music': Ballets Russes exhibit opens in DC
'Culture Beyond Borders' hopes to foster friendship between countries with music
Sonia Delaunay, costume design for title role (from Cleopatra), 1918. Lent by the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Photo courtesy of the NGA.

'When Art Danced with Music': Ballets Russes exhibit opens in DC

WASHINGTON -- The National Gallery of Art's exhibition on Diaghilev's Ballets Russes started in Washington, DC last week. →

DC's Nat'l Gallery of Art celebrates Serge Diaghilev’s Ballet Russes
Esteemed Aspen Santa Fe Ballet group comes to Moscow
President Barack Obama, with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, delivers a statement in the Rose Garden of the White House, Sept. 12, 2012, regarding the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya. White House/Lawrence Jackson.

Opinion: Benghazi attack's political power derived from 2012 election stress

WASHINGTON -- The 2012 attack on the US Embassy in Benghazi is still causing debate on Capitol Hill. →

GOP takes aim at Obama admin over Benghazi following newly released emails
Opinion: Benghazi hearing was "cinder block tied to Clinton's ankle"
Car chase. Hemera/Thinkstock.

NM mother accidentally rams car of child abductor

WASHINGTON -- A mother in New Mexico chased the car of a man believed to have had abducted her 4-year-old daughter, eventually smashing into his car with hers. The suspect turned himself in on Thursday and has been charged with kidnapping and child abuse. →

Food, skin allergies on the rise among children in US, survey shows
Doctor: Parents of child shot with bubble gum pink gun cannot be exonerated
Actor Chris Pine at a Moscow premiere of Star Trek Into Darkness. Photo Credit: (c)RIA Novosti, Valeriy Melnikov.

'Star Trek: Into the Darkness' enters the Prism

WASHINGTON – Science and science fiction are inextricably wed, but whether the inventions of tomorrow bubble up from the musings of writers, we can see a line of progress that travels its way from Swift, to Verne, and even Roddenberry. →

New invention proves invisibility cloaks no longer just for Harry Potter
Study offers new clues on the origin of life
Protestors wear suits covered in faux American dollars. Photo Credit: (c)RIA Novosti, Alexsey Druginyn.

Groups push SEC to require corporations to list political donations

WASHINGTON – After the public learned this week that the IRS targeted conservative groups applying for tax-exempt status, officials are now paying new attention to supposedly non-political groups engaging in political activities. →

Obama to meet top officials to demand action on IRS scandal
US Justice orders probe into IRS
Pharmaceutical drugs. Photo Credit: (c)RIA Novosti, O. Ivanov.

Expert: Digitizing medical data good, but patients must watch drug companies

WASHINGTON – With more and more medical data being digitized, hospitals, doctors and pharmacies are becoming more and more efficient in treating patients. →

Increasing Unpaid Hospital Care Costs 'A Real Crisis'
Group: Medication and Hospital Supplies in Gaza Reaching Critical Levels
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Austerity helps turn recessions into health epidemics, expert says

WASHINGTON – Austerity - the economic policy that calls for drastic cuts to government spending and tax increases - has been implemented - or rather imposed - in a number of European countries in order to revive stagnant economies. →

May Day rallies decry austerity, 'slave labour'
$85 Billion Austerity Hit Lines up US Economy
Abortion debate. Hemera/Thinkstock.

Pro-life activists may use Gosnell trial for ammunition against Roe v. Wade

WASHINGTON -- The conviction of Dr. Kermit Gosnell, who was convicted on three counts of first degree murder and one of involuntary manslaughter, has added new fuel to the abortion debate in the US. →

US abortion provider convicted of murder
'Outrage' across the country after North Dakota bans abortions at 6 weeks
President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of Turkey participate in a working dinner in the Red Room of the White House. White House/Pete Souza.

Expert: Obama walking "tightrope" on Syria

WASHINGTON -- Turkey's prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and President Obama met on Thursday to discuss what can be done to improve the Syrian situation. →

UN General Assembly approves Syria peace resolution
No progress on Syria for Netanyahu, Putin, despite common goal of peace
Eagle. Hemera/Thinkstock.

Opinion: Obama's 'worst week ever' closer to business as usual for US presidents

WASHINGTON -- Between the IRS scandal, the DOJ confiscating AP's phone records, and Benghazi, some are calling this the worst week of Obama's presidency. →

Opinion: Benghazi attack's political power derived from 2012 election stress
GOP takes aim at Obama admin over Benghazi following newly released emails
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