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Vice President Joe Biden spoke today at the NAACP’s annual convention, where GOP Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney already faced a tough crowd. Guest host Maria Hinojosa discusses that and other political news of the week with Michael Fauntroy, professor of public policy at George Mason University and syndicated columnist Ruben Navarrette. Article source: http://www.npr.org/2012/07/12/156668322/presidential-campaigns-spar-via-naacp-convention?ft=1&f=1001

Enlarge Joe Burbank/AP George Zimmerman, left, and attorney Don West appear before Circuit Judge Kenneth R. Lester, Jr. during a bond hearing in June. Joe Burbank/AP George Zimmerman, left, and attorney Don West appear before Circuit Judge Kenneth R. Lester, Jr. during a bond hearing in June. Prosecutors have released new evidence in the case

A day after Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney spoke to the nation’s oldest civil right organization, Vice President Joe Biden appeared at the NAACP’s annual convention. He quickly tackled one issue that drew Romney sustained boos — the 2010 health care overhaul. Biden appeared in place of President Obama, who made a brief videotaped address

Enlarge M. Spencer Green/AP Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., D-Ill., thanks supporters at his primary election night party in Chicago on March 20. M. Spencer Green/AP Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., D-Ill., thanks supporters at his primary election night party in Chicago on March 20. A source close to Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., D-Ill., says his staff

Excerpts from the address that Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney plans to give this morning at the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People’s annual convention in Houston were just released by his campaign. Some highlights (we added bold to serve as reference points): — “I believe that if you understood who I truly

iStockphoto.com When the outside temperature feels like a fever, your medicines are at risk. As record-breaking temperatures sweep the nation, it’s hard to keep anything cool, especially if the power goes out. And, try as you might, it’s hard to find health products — from prescription drugs to over-the-counter pain relievers — that don’t caution

Comments under today’s piece on a very well-travelled Volvo, reveal an abundance of affection for the make. “I’ll be here all week” recalls with fondness all the “quirky features” of his white 1968 P1800S, including “rear view mirror … mounted on the center of the dashboard, vertical temp gauges between the speedo and tach, the

Earlier today, we published and distributed a story by Ahmad Shafi recounting his experience witnessing a public execution in Kabul in 1998. Since the story was published, it has come to our attention that portions of the piece were copied from a story by Jason Burke, published by the London Review of Books in March

Euro area finance ministers agreed early Tuesday on the terms of a bailout for Spain’s troubled banks, saying that euro30 billion ($36.88 billion) can be ready by end of this month. The finance ministers for the 17 countries that use the euro as their official currency will return to Brussels on July 20 to finalize

Enlarge Jaime E. Connolly/AP Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass., left) and his longtime partner Jim Ready got married in Massachusetts on Saturday. Jaime E. Connolly/AP Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass., left) and his longtime partner Jim Ready got married in Massachusetts on Saturday. The first openly gay congressman is now the first sitting congressman to be in

Enlarge Sherif Abd El Minoem/AP Egyptian Field Marshal Gen. Hussein Tantawi (left) and new President Mohammed Morsi (center) attend a medal ceremony, at a military base east of Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, July 5, 2012. Sherif Abd El Minoem/AP Egyptian Field Marshal Gen. Hussein Tantawi (left) and new President Mohammed Morsi (center) attend a medal ceremony,

Ernest Borgnine, the larger-than-life actor with the affable, gap-toothed grin, known for often villainous roles, has died, according to spokesman Harry Flynn. He was 95. Flynn told the Associated Press that Borgnine died of renal failure at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center with his wife and children at his side. Borgnine won the best-actor Oscar in 1955