So you picked up a Mega Millions ticket and hope to convert yourself into a millionaire tonight? Then don't forget to tune in at 11 p.m. Eastern Time, which is when the draw for the $20 million jackpot is set to take place at the studios of WSB-TV, Atlanta's ABC affiliate.
The suicide of a 22-year-old, who for 3 years had been jailed without trial, prompted New York Mayor Bill de Blasio to promise that the city would intensify reforms at its Rikers Island prison complex.
Doctors in Arizona are suing the state over a recently passed abortion law they say forces them to lie to their patients about the reversibility of such procedures.
The Obama administration is drafting a new plan to shut down the U.S. detention facility at Guantánamo Bay, Defense One reported on Thursday based on comments by Arizona Sen. John McCain.
Chiquis Rivera, the eldest daughter of Mexican-American singer and songwriter Jenni Rivera, defended her late mother this week against allegations leveled by baseball star Esteban Loaiza, Jenni's third husband.
In the 20th draw since the last time a player had taken home the lottery's big prize, a new soon-to-be millionaire finally cracked the Mega Millions jackpot on Tuesday.
A former FIFA vice president from Trinidad and Tobago - one of the 14 high-ranking officials of the international soccer body whom U.S. prosecutors accuse of bribery and racketeering - has promised to prove a link between FIFA and attempted fraud in his nation's 2010 elections.
Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz on Wednesday apologized for the timing of a joke he made on the campaign trail at the expense of Vice President Joe Biden, whose son Beau had died on Saturday.
Authorities in El Salvador counted 635 homicides in May, making the month the single deadliest since the end of the Central American nation's civil war in 1992.
Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton is facing what Politico called some "troubling" poll numbers, even though the publication admitted it is still early in the race.
Delaware is moving closer to decriminalizing marijuana possession after the state's House of Representatives voted on Tuesday to approve legislation that would replace criminal penalties with civil fines for adults apprehended with small amounts of the drug.
In a preliminary report on the derailment of Amtrak's Train 188, the National Transportation Safety Board said on Tuesday that it had found no anomalies with the braking system of the formation or the signals and track at the crash site.
Russia doctored two satellite images so it could blame Ukraine in the crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, a Boeing 777 that was downed by a missile in July 2014, according to a report by the Bellingcat investigative team.
Two individuals in South Korea have died from Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, or MERS, the country's health authorities confirmed on Tuesday. The cases marked only the second time the virus has caused fatalities in Asia since a man succumbed to it in Malaysia in April 2014.
Most Americans support the federal government's bulk collection of telephone metadata first revealed by NSA leaker Edward Snowden, and they want Congress to reauthorize the program, CNN reported based on a poll it conducted along with the Opinion Research Corporation.
Would you like to wake up with $260 million in your account in the coming days? Then you might want to buy a Mega Millions ticket today as the lottery's jackpot has reached that considerable amount. That is because 19 draws have come and gone since March 24, the last time a player managed to win the big prize.
North Carolina's Republican-led state Senate on Monday voted to override Gov. Pat McCrory's veto of a bill that would allow some court officials to refuse to perform same-sex marriages.
Thousands of protesters took to the streets on Saturday in Venezuela to demand the release of political prisoners and voice their discontent with the socialist administration of embattled President Nicolás Maduro.
Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton plans to turn substance abuse and mental health into key issues of her 2016 White House campaign. She promises proposals in the next few months.
Australia's main opposition party on Monday proposed to legalize same-sex marriage, making Labor leader Bill Shorten the first head of a major political force in the country to back a bill to overturn a national ban on such unions.
