Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is waving off rumors that she is considering a run for governor of New York. ...more

November 15, 2009

At a paid motivational speech in Fort Worth, Texas, President George W. Bush urged listeners to stand by their beliefs. ...more

October 28, 2009

George W. Bush is scheduled to headline an upcoming business seminar in Fort Worth as part of a series of motivational speeches by the former president. ...more

October 23, 2009

The war in Iraq has given the Nature Coast Coalition for Peace and Justice plenty to protest in the last five years. ...more

January 6, 2009

President-elect Barack Obama on Saturday named New York City housing commissioner Shaun Donovan to lead the Department of Housing and Urban Development, turning to a former Clinton administration aide known for developing affordable housing. ...more

December 14, 2008

Ten states are responsible for the bulk of illegal guns that are shipped across state lines for use in crimes, according to a report released Friday by a national coalition of mayors. ...more

December 5, 2008

If the presidential campaign debate were a reliable gauge of the nation's problems, the country would be practically free of crime. Neither Barack Obama nor John McCain is paying sufficient attention to criminal justice. In some ways, the issue may seem like a throwback to 1992, when murder rates were spiking nationwide. Yet it is worth recalling New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's warning just last year that Americans have a much greater chance of being killed by crime than by a terror strike. ...more

October 12, 2008

Her memories of Sept. 11, 2001, are a blur of confused images, sounds and smells. ...more

September 10, 2008

Her memories of Sept. 11, 2001, are a blur of confused images, sounds and smells. ...more

September 10, 2008

It is not a tidy anniversary this year. Seven years between that awful day and this Sept. 11, the terrorist attacks linger somewhere between the immediate, a conscious part of our days, and the comfortable remove of the distant past. No longer yesterday and not yet history. ...more

September 6, 2008