Advocates for the mentally disabled say their clients may be adults physically, but they have the mental capabilities of children.
The death of a 31-year-old mentally disabled suburban Fort Worth woman inspired the legislation that's passed the Texas House. Michelle Mills runs the center from which Tiffany ran away.
International banks, acting on government orders to freeze assets from Libya, Egypt and Tunisia, are scouring hundreds of millions of client files for individuals on the new watch lists. But in doing so, bank compliance officers are grappling with a peculiar challenge: the myriad ways of transliterating Arabic names.
DES MOINES --- Gov. Terry Branstad signed 11 bills into law Tuesday, including legislation that would allow people --- who have been adjudicated mentally deficient to carry a gun --- a process for getting a gun if their situation changes.
Backers say Senate File 456 fixes an omission in the "shall issue" law approved last year.
The legislation...
MOSCOW (Dow Jones)--Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin Wednesday criticized U.S. monetary policy, calling it "hooliganism."
"We see that everything is not so good for our friends in the States," Putin told lawmakers in the lower house of parliament. "Look at their trade balance, their debt, and budget. They turn on the printing press and...
By MARCUS WOHLSEN, Associated Press – Wed Apr 20, 12:28 am ET
SAN FRANCISCO – When President Barack Obama arrives at Facebook headquarters Wednesday, he will be the first sitting head of state to visit the brick-and-mortar home of the social media powerhouse.
He will also be partaking in a unique pilgrimage to this area in Northern...
