Video shows confrontation between Spring Valley student and school resource officer  —  Spring Valley High School officials and Richland County sheriff's deputies are investigating after a video supposedly taken at the high school shows a confrontation between a female student and the school's resource officer.

Conservatives already trashing new budget deal  —  <p>The ink isn't even dry on a tentative two-year budget agreement, but conservatives in Congress are already pouncing. </p><p>GOP leaders from both ends of the Capitol met privately with their rank-and-file Monday evening to outline …

Decatur City Schools addresses teacher's controversial Halloween costume  —  DECATUR, Ala. - A representative from Decatur City Schools called a news conference Monday morning in reference to a controversial picture on social media.  During the conference, Superintendent Ed Nichols read a letter of apology from the teacher involved.

Poll: Carson opens up 14-point lead over Trump in Iowa  —  Ben Carson has overtaken Donald Trump in Iowa, surging to a 14-point lead, according to a new poll.  —  A Monmouth University survey released on Monday found Carson taking 32 percent support in Iowa, followed by Trump at 18 percent.

Prized Horse Is Led Out of Stall and Butchered in Florida  —  Just before 7 a.m. Sunday, Deborah H. Stephens, a renowned American equestrian, arrived at her horse barn in Palmetto, Fla., to check on some paperwork and prepare for the day's lessons.  —  Suddenly, one of the barn workers appeared …

‘Supergirl’ Star Responds to Jeb Bush Calling Her ‘Pretty Hot’ (VIDEO)  —  Melissa Benoist, the star of the CBS show “Supergirl,” said Monday that she didn't know what to think about Republican presidential candidate and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush's comment that he thought she “looked pretty hot.”

Trump unleashes criticism of US foreign policy in N.H.  —  ATKINSON, NH - Businessman Donald Trump told a packed room the United States should not challenge countries that require women to wear burkas as he unleashed a full-throttle criticism of America's current foreign policy.

Hillary Clinton Is Smearing Bernie Sanders as a Sexist  —  It's ridiculous.  Bernie's record as a feminist is as good as Hillary's.  —  Hillary Clinton has found a new wedge issue against Sen. Bernie Sanders.  The topic is gun control, but the angle is gender.

The House science committee is worse than the Benghazi committee  —  Last Thursday, the nation watched with a mix of amusement and horror as the House Benghazi committee spent 11 hours grilling Hillary Clinton on a bizarre farrago of issues, many of which bore only tangential connection to the Benghazi attack.

What Americans blame most for mass shootings (Hint: it's not gun laws)  —  As Democrats look to make gun violence a core issue in the 2016 presidential campaign, a new Washington Post-ABC News poll finds wide agreement that gun violence is a problem but bitter and stark division on whether …

Melissa Harris-Perry Scolds Guest to Be ‘Super Careful’ About Saying ‘Hard Worker’ Because Of Slavery  —  MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry derailed a conversation about potential Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R., Wis.) Saturday to admonish a guest for calling him a “hard worker,” …

Troops who sought strike thought Taliban had hospital  —  4 photos  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Army Green Berets who requested the Oct. 3 airstrike on the Doctors without Borders trauma center in Afghanistan were aware it was a functioning hospital but believed it was under Taliban control, The Associated Press has learned.

Processed meats rank alongside smoking as cancer causes - WHO  —  UN health body says bacon, sausages and ham are among top five most carcinogenic substances along with cigarettes, alcohol, asbestos and arsenic  —  Bacon, ham and sausages rank alongside cigarettes as a major cause of cancer …

Brave Portland Woman Breaks Up Planned Parenthood Protest by Chanting “Yeast Infections!”  —  During her shift at Portland, Oregon's Purringtons Cat Lounge on Sunday, Mary Numair looked out the street-facing windows and saw a woman carrying a sign that read “Abortion Kills Children.”

NBA's Glen Rice Jr. — Shot In Leg ... In Gunfight At T.I.'s Restaurant  —  SHOT IN LEG  —  In Gunfight At T.I.'s Restaurant  —  BREAKING NEWS  —  The man who was shot in the leg at T.I.'s Atlanta restaurant is former NBA player Glen Rice Jr. — son of Glen Rice.

In U.S., Support for Tea Party Drops to New Low  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans' support for the Tea Party has dropped to its lowest level since the movement emerged on the national political scene prior to the 2010 midterm elections.

Hundreds of refugees disappear in Germany  —  Around 700 of the 4,000 refugees who have been housed in Lower Saxony over the past week have gone missing and authorities mostly have no idea who or where they are.  —  The astonishing number was revealed in a survey of local authorities …

Justice Kennedy Suggests That Kim Davis Should Resign  —  Justice Anthony Kennedy, a member of the Supreme Court's conservative bloc who nevertheless has authored several important gay rights opinions, suggested during an event at Harvard Law School last Thursday that public officials …

Rubio gives up on Senate: ‘He hates it’  —  Marco Rubio is a U.S. senator.  And he just can't stand it anymore.  —  “I don't know that ‘hate’ is the right word,” Rubio said in an interview.  “I'm frustrated.”  —  This year, as Rubio runs for president, he has cast the Senate …

FBI chief tries to deal with the ‘Ferguson effect’  —  15 photos:  —  Ferguson protests mark a year of outrage  —  Members of a group calling themselves the “Oath Keepers” appear in Ferguson carrying large guns on Monday, August 10, one day after a police confrontation led to a protester being shot.