William P. White, who served as the insurance commissioner, has said that he was fired after he publicly criticized and questioned Barack Obama's decision to allow an extension of health policies that do not comply with the federal affordable healthcare law.
George Zimmerman, the former neighborhood 30-year-old watchman, acquitted in the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, was arrested after deputies in Florida responded to a disturbance call in Orlando on Monday, authorities said
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visited Auschwitz-Birkenau, the former Nazi death camp, to pay tribute to Holocaust victims. Between 1940 and 1945, 1.1 million people, mostly Jews, died in gas chambers or from disease, forced labor or starvation at Auschwitz.
Actress-activist was honored by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences on Saturday, as she was given the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award at the 2013 Governors Awards. The honor was bestowed upon those in Hollydood "whose humanitarian efforts have brought credit to the industry." Previous past winners include Jerry Lewis and Paul Newman
