Sexual assault happens in countries all around the globe. Recent new reports about gang rapes in India and sexual violence at U.S. universities has thrust the issue into the spotlight.
Now that the U.S. congressional midterm elections are history, potential presidential candidates from both major parties are expected to announce their intentions for the 2016 election over the next few months.
Republican Senator John McCain was one of the few members of his party to applaud the release of a report on the CIA's brutal interrogation practices after the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States.
The U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee has released the highly-anticipated and controversial report on the interrogation techniques used by the CIA in the country's war on terror.
A new U.S. Defense Department report ordered last year by President Barack Obama shows unwanted sexual contact in the military has dropped over the past two years.
White House spokesman tells reporters 'prudent steps' have been taken to protect US facilities in the event of violent protests.
Orion capsule, intended to take US astronauts back to the moon and beyond, splashed down in Pacific Ocean
Justice Department to investigate whether civil rights of unarmed black man who died in grips of white police officer were violated.
Only about 10 percent of Native Americans have a college degree, roughly half the national average.
In the debate about immigration in the United States, one group often overlooked is the estimated 1.3 million illegal immigrants from Asia.
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