Dozens of cities will receive less federal money this year than last for anti-terror programs, The Associated Press has learned.The grant list to be released Friday by the Homeland Security Department shows that 43 cities are in line for fewer dollars in...

Dozens of U.S. cities will see cuts in the anti-terror money they receive from the government this year, due to spending decisions to be announced Friday by the Homeland Security Department.According to an early copy of the list obtained Wednesday by The...

During a recent afternoon storm, brothers Angel and Salvador Badillo sat under a tin roof with a couple of friends, sipping beers as the open drainage ditch in front of their clapboard house filled like a moat.Soon, neighbors’ septic tanks could begin...

Eight nonprofit organizations were named winners of the “MacArthur Award for Creative and Effective Institutions,” and each will receive up to $500,000 from the MacArthur Foundation:_Centro de Derechos Humanos de la Montana, Tlachinollan, Guerrero...

An organization that defends human rights in Nigeria, a foundation in Madagascar seeking to preserve that island nation’s environment and a workforce development group in Chicago are among the eight winners of this year’s MacArthur Foundation grants...

More cities across the country are considered at high risk of a terrorist attack, according to a new list of funding priorities from the Homeland Security Department.Last year the department made 45 cities or regions eligible for a competitive...

The top Republican on the House Homeland Security Committee, normally a Bush loyalist, is threatening not to support certain administration spending priorities if counterterrorism funding to police and firefighters is cut.After learning of Bush...

When everyone but idiotic anchorman Ted Baxter was fired from WJM News in 1977, Mary Richards and her fellow casualties were left reeling. It was a classically bittersweet finale for the beloved “Mary Tyler Moore” show after seven hit seasons.Then...

A Bush administration plan to slash anti-terror grant programs by more than half would threaten the safety of U.S. cities, several New York politicians charged Saturday.U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer blasted the Bush administration’s plan to eliminate some...