This is part of the America’s Future series airing on FOX News Channel, looking at the challenges facing the country in the 21st century. LOS ANGELES — With gang violence on the rise in Los Angeles, the city’s mayor is criticizing the Department of Homeland Security for what he says …

Exclusive: Rosie’s New Show | Police Give It Away; Whitney: Getting Courage; A ‘Times’ Farewell Exclusive: Rosie’s New Show We know a little bit more about Rosie O’Donnell‘s potential new show for NBC. This is thanks to our pals at the network and not Rosie, who’s keeping mum on all …

Jacko’s Neverland on Verge of Foreclosure | As the Globes Turn: Strike Kills More Awards | Wyclef Straddles Political Fence | Sightings Jacko’s Neverland on Verge of Foreclosure Michael Jackson’s 2,900-acre Neverland Ranch is about to go the way of all things. The fabled ranch, scene of many parties for …

I love fast food as much as I hate big government. And now a slow economy with rising food prices is causing idiot lawmakers to consider “sin taxes” on fast food. Color me engorged and enraged. The thought of taxing tacos came from New Jersey Gov. Jon S. Corzine, who …

James. He insisted on being called James. Not Jim. And for goodness sake, don’t even think Jimmy. Everyone told me he was gruff. Never smiled. Never laughed. Never one to chit-chat. Actually, never one to chat, at all. Unless he was yelling. And James yelled a lot. At workers who …

Ailing Paul Newman Turns Over $120m To Charity | Coldplay, Beatles Lose Leader | Spielberg’s Gift; Diddy Graduation; Polanski Update; World Turns Slower; Old Lox Ailing Paul Newman Turns Over $120m To Charity Movie star Paul Newman has quietly turned over the entire value of his ownership in Newman’s Own …

A new national Gallup poll has Senator Obama beating Hillary Clinton 49 to 42. And most polls say Obama will win Tuesday night in Wisconsin. That would make nine votes in a row where Obama defeated Clinton. So you can expect some criticism directed toward the surging Obama. Now one …

Spanky Gibson was shot by a sniper in May of 2006 while on foot patrol in Ramadi, Iraq. When the firefight was over, his left leg was gone. But Gunnery Sgt. William Gibson, a decorated Marine, didn’t stop serving his country, even after his leg was amputated above the knee. …

Actor Dennis Quaid has spent the past four months trying to make sense of the hospital error that almost killed his newborn twins last year, he told 60 Minutes Sunday. Quaid’s twins were hospitalized at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles last November for treatment for a staph infection. They …

Everybody in DC is talking about reform and that’s the subject of this evening’s Talking Points memo. Bob Herbert, a columnist for The New York Times says that big money from the Vegas casinos poured into Washington politicians and a law prohibiting betting on college sporting events was killed because …