Caroline Kennedy is expected to be named the next U.S. ambassador to Japan after being greeted "gently" by both parties in a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing which lasted an hour and 20 minutes on Thursday
Chicago police said at least one gunman walked up to a basketball court at Cornell Square Park in the southside of Chicago on Thursday evening and opened fire, injuring 13 people. The police said that thirteen people who were hit had varying injuries. Those wounded, including a serious injury to a 3-year-old boy, are being treated at local hospitals in Chicago's Back of the Yards neighborhood
The Republican controlled House of Representatives voted on Thursday evening to cut $39 billion from the country's food stamp assistance program.
Floyd Corkins, who pleaded guilty to shooting a Family Research Council employee last year, was sentenced Thursday to 25 years in prison. Corkins at the time said that he disagreed with the organization's firm stance against gay marriage
