Obama Cuts Prison Sentences For 42 Drug Offenders
President Barack Obama has shortened the sentences of 42 people serving time for drug-related offenses, continuing a push for clemency that has ramped up in the final year of his administration.
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President Barack Obama has shortened the sentences of 42 people serving time for drug-related offenses, continuing a push for clemency that has ramped up in the final year of his administration.
This is part of his mission to help save lives for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.
The U.S. Army has said the nine Fort Hood soldiers who died when a rain-swollen creek swept their vehicle into rushing waters were in the right place for their intended training.
Evil and mean... are the words of a mother describing the man charged with her daughter's murder, just days before they were set for marriage.
BP announced Friday that it has agreed to pay $175 million to settle a class-action lawsuit filed by investors.
A battle of "David versus Goliath" in North Texas as the world's largest oil company is challenging a small, Oak Cliff comic shop over its logo.
Donald Trump singled out a black supporter at a rally in California on Friday as he sought to demonstrate his support among African-Americans, saying, "Look at my African-American over here!"
The 74-year-old boxing great's respiratory issues have been complicated by the Parkinson's that he was diagnosed with in the 1980s.
Maj. Gen. John Uberti says the bodies were found Friday, a day after their 2½-ton truck overturned in Owl Creek at Fort Hood. Five other soldiers were killed and three more injured.
Steve Spainhouer, who now lives in McKinney, remembers the potential dangers at the creek. "We always tell our troops pay attention to the signs."
Jim Grobe said Friday that there will be no tolerance on the Baylor football team for egregious acts like sexual assault and bullying.
An apartment building in Granbury was deemed unsafe because of a landslide and officials worry more evacuations are on the way.
Chase E. Crary, 44, of Ferris, is charged in the "accident involving death" early Sunday morning on May 22.
Witnesses tell CBS11 someone driving a Chevy Tahoe drifted over the yellow line on Highway 171 and hit a small, yellow car.
Shares of Gogo Inc. fell 16 percent Friday on news that American Airlines picked rival ViaSat Inc. to provide Internet access on about 100 new Boeing jets and might drop Gogo on many jets that use it now.
