While Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney criss-cross the state of Michigan hoping to win the next important Republican primary, a poll suggests President Obama is widening the gap in head-to-head matchups with them come November, according to the Daily News. In a new Politico/George Washington University Battleground poll, President Obama leads the former Massachusetts governor…

The White House has provided the New York Police Department with millions of dollars to spy on Muslim Americans, according to the Huffington Post. Since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, the Bush and Obama administrations have provided $135 million to the New York-New Jersey region through the White House Office of National Drug…

Four students have been shot at an Ohio high school, according to CNN. The gunman opened fire in the cafeteria of the surburban-Cleveland high school just as the school day was beginning. The suspect, reportedly a student at the school, was in custody, an FBI agent told reporters. The students are injured, but the extent…

A gay Texas judge is refusing to conduct marriage ceremonies for straight couples, according to the Daily News. The judge, Tonya Parker, who is an African-American lesbian, said that she will not officiate any straight-couple marriages until gays and lesbians have the same rights in her state. Same-sex marriage is not legal in Texas. “I do…

In an interview on Fox News Latino Feb. 24, journalist and pundit Juan Williams sat down with pundit and author Pat Buchanan and asked him if he was a racist. Buchanan responded to the question with a resounding no after Williams said that many Americans believe the conservative commentator is one. “Do I hate black…

New York Times columnist Charles Blow issued an apology Friday for a controversial tweet about former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, according to the Huffington Post. Blow tweeted during the Wednesday GOP debate in Arizona, “Let me just tell you this Mitt ‘Muddle Mouth’: I’m a single parent and my kids are *amazing*! Stick that in…

A spokesman for Nelson Mandela said that the former South African president has been released from a hospital a day after being checked in, according to the Daily News. Mandela, 93, who checked in to the hospital for abdominal pain yesterday, stayed overnight after undergoing minor diagnostic surgery. The procedure, called a laparoscopy, involved surgeons…

The New Jersey funeral home where Whitney Houston’s body was held is denying claims that it sold an open-casket photo of Whitney Houston to the National Enquirer, according to the Daily News. Carolyn Whigham, the CEO of the Whigham Funeral Home in Newark, N.J, said that she’s horrified by accusations that her close-knit staff is…

A new monument in Mississippi is honoring the last American slave to die, according to 9News.Com. For over 40 years, Sylvester Magee didn’t have a headstone. Magee, who died in 1971, lived for 130 years, according to historians, and is considered by many to be the last enslaved American to die, as well as the…

Supermodel-turned-TV host and production company founder Tyra Banks can now add Ivy League graduate to her résumé, according to the Washington Post. The 38-year-old recently graduated from Harvard University’s Executive Education Owner/President Manager Program with a certificate. Those enrolled in the program pay $33,000 a year for one three-week session every year for three years.…