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Pop star Ciara teamed up with the Biden White House on Wednesday to promote coronavirus vaccinations for children. The “1, 2 Step” singer, who is married to Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson, appeared at the White House along with her three children, all of whom are under the age of 8.

A children's graphic novel from the immensely popular "Captain Underpants" series will no longer be found in library and book store shelves after the publisher deemed it to contain "passive racism." The book in question is 2010's "The Adventures of Ook and Gluk" by Dav Pilkey, who has apologized for the work saying it "contains harmful racial stereotypes" and is "wrong and harmful to my Asian readers." The book follows a pair of friends who travel from 500,001 B.C. to 2222, where they meet a martial arts instructor who teaches them kung fu and they learn principles found in Chinese...

LONG BEACH, N.Y. -- Captain Underpants may be a superhero, but he isn't welcome at one suburban New York school. Three 17-year-old girls were told to leave Long Beach High School when they showed up on the school's Superhero Day dressed as the subject of the bestselling children's books. Captain Underpants is a superhero from popular books that has battled, among other things, talking toilets and the infamous Professor Poopypants. The girls, Chelsea Horowitz, Ashley Imhof and Eliana Levin, wore beige leotards and nude stockings under white briefs and red capes. They were completely covered. Principal Nicholas Restivo said he...

Saddam Hussein plans to take legal action after a British newspaper published photos of him half-naked in his prison cell and doing his washing. "We will sue the newspaper and everyone who helped in showing these pictures," said Saddam Hussein's chief lawyer Ziad Al-Khasawneh, speaking from Jordan. The Sun newspaper said it would fight any legal action and said it planned to publish more photos on Saturday. The US has launched an investigation into how the photos were leaked. The US military and legal experts said the photos - possibly taken more than a year ago - may breach Geneva...

No decision on whether Sandy Berger should face charges 7/19/2004 10:02 PM By: Associated Press WASHINGTON -- Government and congressional officials said the investigation of Sandy Berger for taking classified Sept. 11 documents is still active. They also said no decision has been made on whether Berger should face criminal charges. The officials said the missing documents from a secure reading room at the National Archives include critical assessments about the Clinton administration's handling of the millennium terror threats. The documents also deal with identifying America's terror vulnerabilities at airports and sea ports. Berger said he knowingly took handwritten notes,...

WASHINGTON -- President Clinton's national security adviser, Sandy Berger, is the focus of a Justice Department investigation after removing highly classified terrorism documents and handwritten notes from a secure reading room during preparations for the Sept. 11 commission hearings, The Associated Press has learned.

Ex-CIA chief surfed Web on home computer with top-secret data - Clinton latter pardoned him.

WASHINGTON -- President Clinton's national security adviser, Sandy Berger, is the focus of a Justice Department investigation after removing highly classified terrorism documents and handwritten notes from a secure reading room during preparations for the Sept. 11 commission hearings, The Associated Press has learned.

A sensitive after action report on the foiled Millennium bomb plot, portions of which were allegedly pilfered by former National Security Advisor Sandy Berger, sounded the alarm that al Qaida operatives had entered the U.S. and were preparing to strike. In testimony before the 9/11 Commission in April, Attorney General John Ashcroft detailed the highly classified March 2000 document, saying it contained a set of sweeping recommendations on how to combat the al Qaida threat that were completely ignored by the Clinton White House. "The NSC's Millennium After Action Review declares that the United States barely missed major terrorist attacks...

To: Paul Atreides This is why he stole the documents and "lost" them: http://www.nationalreview.com/levin/levin200404151634.asp 70 posted on 07/19/2004 9:49:00 PM EDT by holdonnow [ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies | Report Abuse ]

BILL'S AIDE PROBED IN FILE SWIPE By JOHN SOLOMON -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- July 20, 2004 -- WASHINGTON — Former National Security Adviser Sandy Berger is the focus of a criminal probe after he removed highly classified terrorism documents from a secure reading room while preparing for the Sept. 11 commission hearings. The ex-Clinton administration official's home and office were searched earlier this year by FBI agents armed with warrants after he voluntarily returned documents to the National Archives. But some drafts of a sensitive, after-action report critical of the Clinton administration's handling of al Qaeda terror threats during the December 1999 millennium...

The Washington Timeswww.washingtontimes.com Berger investigated for taking classified reportsPublished July 20, 2004 ASSOCIATED PRESS     President Clinton's national security adviser, Samuel R. Berger, is the focus of a criminal investigation after removing highly classified documents and handwritten notes from a secure reading room while preparing for the September 11 commission hearings.     Mr. Berger's home and office were searched earlier this year by FBI agents authorized with warrants.     Some drafts of a sensitive after-action report on the Clinton administration's handling of al Qaeda terror threats during the December 1999 millennium celebration are still missing.     Mr. Berger and his attorney told the Associated...

AP: Clinton Adviser Probed in Terror Memos 3 minutes ago Add U.S. National - AP to My Yahoo! By JOHN SOLOMON WASHINGTON - President Clinton (news - web sites)'s national security adviser, Sandy Berger, is the focus of a criminal investigation after admitting he removed highly classified terrorism documents from a secure reading room during preparations for the Sept. 11 commission hearings, The Associated Press has learned. Berger's home and office were searched earlier this year by FBI (news - web sites) agents armed with warrants. Some drafts of a sensitive after-action report on the Clinton administration's handling of al-Qaida...

Tuesday, July 20, 2004 WHITEWASH-GATEClinton aide took home classified 9-11 papersFBI investigates Kerry adviser Berger for theft of secret terror documents Posted: July 20, 20041:00 a.m. Eastern © 2004 WorldNetDaily.com WASHINGTON – In a blockbuster revelation that may prove to be the most shocking scandal of the Clinton administration, former National Security Adviser Sandy Berger is under criminal investigation for pocketing highly classified terrorism documents prior to the Sept. 11 Commission hearings. Sandy Berger Berger is the focus of a Justice Department investigation for removing the documents and handwritten notes from a secure reading room, the Associated Press is reporting. He has...