Group asked local schools to honor freedom of religion during holidays

Web cam offers insider view of the state's emergency operations center

After months of campaigning by immigrant advocacy groups and students, including a massive push leading up to Saturday’s U.S. Senate vote, a bill that would have offered a pathway toward legal status for hundreds of thousands of young illegal immigrants failed to leap a procedural hurdle, effectively killing the legislation.

Texas panel says no to body scanners; DHS kept tabs on Oakland protests