The U.S. labor market is showing signs of continued strength as the nation's companies added some 237,000 jobs in June, Bloomberg said based on figures from the ADP Research Institute.
Hillary Clinton's $275,000 proved a bit too steep for officials at the University of Missouri at Kansas City hoping to spice up a gala luncheon marking the opening of a women's hall of fame. But the institution was happy to hand over $65,000 for a brief appearance by Clinton's daughter, Chelsea.
Donald Trump's $500 million breach-of-contract lawsuit seems not to have made a big impression on Univision's lawyers, who on Tuesday deemed the presidential candidate's complaint "factually false and legally ridiculous."
The 2016 White House contenders, who may call themselves their respective parties' frontrunners, hail from families who already have a presidential pedigree. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and and Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush beat out their rivals in the latest poll conducted by CNN and the Opinion Research Corporation (ORC).
When tensions flared up between Venezuela and Colombia in 2008, Russian President Vladimir Putin promised the late leader Hugo Chávez his support in case the South American neighbors went to war, according to a new book.
ISIS terrorists have beheaded two women and a man whom they accused of "sorcery," Reuters said based on reports by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. The incident marks the first time the terror group, which controls large swaths of territory across Syria and Iraq, has decapitated female civilians.
The display of rainbow colors to celebrate the Supreme Court's landmark ruling legalizing same-sex marriage across the nation turned into a political hot-button issue on Monday as the White House took heat for its diversity-inspired colors and Facebook users reacted to altered profile pictures.
The Mega Millions jackpot has climbed to $74 million, and if you're hoping to convert yourself into a brand new millionaire just in time for the weekend, you might want to tune in at 11 p.m. Eastern Time; that's when the multistate lottery's draw is set to take place at the studios of WSB-TV, Atlanta's ABC affiliate.
Barack Obama's approval rating has benefitted from what CNN called a "memorable week," and for the first time in more than two years, a majority of Americans now feel that the president is doing a good job, based on a poll conducted with the Opinion Research Council.
Walmart has apologized for fulfilling a customer's request to bake a cake bearing the flag of the Islamic State militant group, also referred to as ISIS, a terror organization that controls large swaths of territory across Syria and Iraq.
Republican presidential hopeful Jeb Bush, who has already published some 300,000 emails from his time as Florida governor, once again plans to make a point of his exemplary record-keeping by releasing 33 years of his personal income tax returns.
The case of a woman who faults the University of Texas's affirmative-action policies for denying her admission to the institution's flagship Austin campus is headed back to the Supreme Court.
TV personality and newly announced presidential hopeful Donald Trump has described his criticism of the Supreme Court's landmark ruling on same-sex unions as support for "traditional marriage" - a phrase that invited some questioning from CNN host Jake Tapper.
Republican presidential hopeful Rand Paul on Monday broke his silence on the Supreme Court's landmark ruling on same-sex marriage, suggesting that the easiest way to end the debate on the issue would be for the federal government to no longer recognize any kind of marriage.
A Chinese company is inching closer to building a 170-mile canal across Nicaragua, from the Pacific Ocean to the Caribbean Sea - a massive project that raises all kinds of practical, environmental and geopolitical questions.
Republican presidential hopeful Ted Cruz and Karl Rove, the political strategists known as the "architect" of George W. Bush's gubernatorial and presidential campaigns, are engaged in what Politico called an "epic feud" over an endorsement by Bush's father, former President George H.W. Bush.
The top law-enforcement official in Texas on Sunday defied the U.S. Supreme Court and told the state's county clerks and magistrates that they could refuse marriage licenses to same-sex couples if they felt that issuing them would violate their "religious liberty."
Puerto Rico may not be able to pay back its $72 billion public debt, and the U.S. territory's governor hopes to defer payments and negotiate with creditors, Fox News reported based on comments by Jesús Manuel Ortiz, Gov. Alejandro García Padilla's spokesman
What better way start off your week than with some Latin American soccer spirit? So if you would like to invest in a stylish case for your iPhone 6 to show your allegiance, we have some Copa América-inspired options you might want to consider.
Monuments dedicated to the leaders and soldiers of the Confederacy in six states have been the targets of vandals in the wake of the last week's shooting at a historic black church in Charleston, South Carolina.
Republican presidential hopefuls Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio on Thursday voiced strong disagreement with the Supreme Court's Affordable Care Act ruling, in which the nation's highest tribunal saved President Barack Obama's signature healthcare law.
The Latino Victory Fund, a Hispanic political-action committee established by actress Eva Longoria and Democratic Party finance chair Henry Muñoz, for the first time is supporting a Republican candidate for office.
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Wednesday grilled Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Director Katherine Archuleta over the massive hack of personal information of up to 18 million federal employees.
A Colombian woman and her 1-year-old son who were passengers on a twin-engine Cessna that had crashed into the thick jungle on Saturday survived the accident and were rescued four days later.
