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Sorting Out Texas: Split Decision Possible?

Two days after the Texas primary and caucus, the winner is still unclear. Hillary Clinton won the popular vote, but Barack Obama is leading in the count in the caucus.

International Arms Dealer Arrested in Thailand

Police in Bangkok, Thailand, arrest Viktor Bout, an international arms dealer, on Thursday. Doug Farah, an investigative journalist, talks to Melissa Block about the man accused of trading arms all over the world — often to both sides of the same conflict simultaneously.

Mississippi Voters to Cast Ballots in Primary

The Mississippi presidential primary is very different from those in Texas and Ohio, which Democrat Hillary Clinton won. Mississippi has the largest percentage of African-American voters in the country; if voting trends continue, that should benefit her rival, Barack Obama.

63,000 Jobs Cut in February

The nation lost 63,000 jobs in February, the first time jobs have dropped two months in a row since 2003. We hear from people in Michigan, one of the hardest hit states, about what it's like to be unemployed and what they're doing to get back on track.

Gov. Eliot Spitzer speaks in New York City with his wife, Silda, after it was reported that he has been involved in a prostitution ring.

Calls for Spitzer's Resignation as Details Emerge

New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer stayed out of the public eye Tuesday, a day after allegations surfaced that he spent thousands of dollars for a night with a call girl. A top state Republican is threatening to push for impeachment.

From the outside, <em>The Source</em> in the 1990s was the gold standard in hip-hop. But from the inside, Kim Osorio discovered it was something more grimy: an entrenched boys' club that normalized sexism.

'Is this what it had to be?'

In 2005, Kim Osorio sued The Source for gender discrimination, sexual harassment and hostile work environment, retaliation, defamation. Responses to the case reinforced hip-hop's culture of silence.

Writer Neil Gaiman (center) makes music with FourPlay (L-R: Peter Hollo, Shenton Gregory aka Shenzo Gregorio, Lara Goodridge and Tim Hollo)

Writer Neil Gaiman debuts his first music album with an Australian string quartet

British writer and comic book author Neil Gaiman launches first studio music album with Australia's FourPlay String Quartet.

3 Colorado teens are arrested in the death of a woman killed by a rock while driving

Additional charges could be brought against the teenagers who are accused of killing a 20-year-old woman by throwing rocks at her car, the sheriff's office said.

The destroyed section of the Antonivka bridge over the Dnipro river is seen on Nov 18, 2022 in Kherson, Ukraine.

Ukrainian journalist's death leads to investigation and criticism

Bogdan Bitik was shot while on the Antonivka bridge in Kherson. He was working with an Italian journalist who was also shot but survived. Ukraine has launched a war crimes investigation.

State Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco is shown ahead of a news conference in Sacramento, Calif., last month. San Francisco is repealing a ban on city-funded travel to 30 states that it says restrict abortion, voting and LGBTQ rights after determining the boycott is doing more harm than good. Wiener, who authored the original ban, agreed that the measure hadn't produced the intended results.

San Francisco is repealing its boycott of anti-LGBT states

San Francisco repealed a boycott that prohibits staff from visiting and city departments from contracting with companies headquartered in states including Texas, Florida and Ohio.

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