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Feds: 7-Eleven Stores Exploited Immigrants

Feds: 7-Eleven Stores Exploited Immigrants

Nine owners and managers of 7-Eleven convenience stores were charged on Monday in a scheme to exploit immigrants in part by paying them using the stolen Social Security numbers of a child and three dead people. (June 17)

Daughter: Mandela Doing 'Very Well'

Daughter: Mandela Doing 'Very Well'

Family members of former South African president Nelson Mandela visited the elderly statesman as he spent his 10th day in a Pretoria hospital on Monday for a recurring lung infection. (June 17)

Historic Ruling Set in Affirmative Action Case

Historic Ruling Set in Affirmative Action Case

Supreme Court justices will soon announce a decision on an affirmative action case, Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin. That could decide whether race can be used to determine college admission. (June 17)

Mandela Spends 9th Day in Hospital

Mandela Spends 9th Day in Hospital

South African President Jacob Zuma on Sunday asked the audience at a Youth Day celebration to join him in wishing former President Nelson Mandela a Happy Father's Day. (June 16)

Rally Supporting Edward Snowden Draws Hundreds

Rally Supporting Edward Snowden Draws Hundreds

Hundreds of people marched to the U.S. consulate in Hong Kong on Saturday in support of Edward Snowden, an American citizen who leaked top-secret information about U.S. surveillance programs. (June 15)

Moment of Silence Marks 6 Months Since Newtown

Moment of Silence Marks 6 Months Since Newtown

Newtown held a moment of silence Friday for the victims of the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School at a remembrance event that doubled as a call to action on gun control. (June 14)

Turkey Protests Enter Crucial Phase

Turkey Protests Enter Crucial Phase

Activists leading a sit-in in a coveted Istanbul park on Friday were considering a promise made by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to let courts - and a potential referendum - decide about a park redevelopment project. (June 14)

Obama Urges Ban on Workplace Bias Against Gays

Obama Urges Ban on Workplace Bias Against Gays

President Barack Obama is marking Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month by calling on Congress to pass legislation banning workplace discrimination against gays and lesbians. (June 13)

Senators Grill NSA Chief on Surveillance

Senators Grill NSA Chief on Surveillance

Senators from both sides of the aisle questioned the director of the National Security Agency says over surveillance programs. Keith Alexander says they have disrupted or helped disrupt dozens of terrorist attacks. (June 12)

ACLU Sues Over NSA Phone Records Program

ACLU Sues Over NSA Phone Records Program

Two prominent civil rights groups have filed a lawsuit against the National Security Agency over its program that reportedly collects the telephone records of millions of American customers of Verizon. (June 11)

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