The Orquestra Buena Vista Social Club on Thursday delighted President Barack Obama and his guests at the White House, making the legendary band the first Cuban ensemble to perform at the executive mansion in more than five decades.
A high-ranking Cuban general, who also serves as Havana's defense minister, recently visited Syria to help support Bashar al-Assad in the country's civil war, in which the dictator's forces are fighting both rebel groups and the ISIS terror organization.
On the day following their first presidential debate, Democrats vying for their party's 2016 White House nomination received mixed reviews from major advocacy groups for the Latino community.
At least some of the 43 Mexican students who disappeared last year under mysterious circumstances were not incinerated at a landfill but killed in a different location in the state of Guerrero, one gang suspect claims in his testimony.
The second season of ABC's hit show "How to Get Away with Murder" is picking up steam as it heads into its fourth episode on Thursday, when professor Annalise Keating (Viola Davis) faces the tricky case of a teenager accused of murdering her best friend.
Jeb Bush would repeal and replace President Barack Obama's signature healthcare law if he were to move into the White House come January 2017, the Republican presidential candidate announced on Monday.
Republicans struggling to find a replacement for outgoing House Speaker John Boehner have their eyes set on Paul Ryan. But if the Wisconsin congressman and 2012 vice presidential nominee can't be convinced to take the job, the race could turn into a free-for-all, analysts predict.
The Supreme Court this week is set to consider whether its decision to strike down automatic life sentences with no chance of release for teenage killers should apply retroactively, a decision that could determine the fate of hundreds of inmates whose convictions are final.
Some 400 people rallied in Jackson, Mississippi, on Sunday to demand that the Magnolia State change its flag to erase the Confederate battle emblem from its official banner.
Wealthy Middle Eastern nations -- and not the United States -- should protect the thousands of refugees who are fleeing the civil war in Syria, many of whom could be ISIS sympathizers, Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump claimed on Sunday.
Russian security forces said on Monday that militants trained by the ISIS terror group had planned to strike Moscow's public transport system, but police forces successfully prevented the plot.
The holiday marking the continent's discovery - "Columbus Day" to most Americans and "Día de la Raza" in many Spanish-speaking nations - is increasingly being celebrated as "Indigenous Peoples Day" by jurisdictions across the United States.
Bill Flores, a three-term congressman from central Texas, on Monday announced that he was hoping to replace outgoing House Speaker John Boehner - which would make the 61-year-old second in the U.S. presidential line of succession.
The more than a dozen GOP White House hopefuls already have two debates under their belts, but Tuesday's encounter will mark the first such event for Democratic contenders.
Hillary Clinton made a mistake when she used a private email server to conduct government business, but the then-secretary of state did not threaten national security, President Barack Obama said in a "60 Minutes" interview that aired on CBS on Sunday.
Militants from the Islamic terror group ISIS are encroaching on Aleppo, Syria's largest city, and have already taken control of large parts of homonymous province surrounding the highly symbolic locale.
If starting off the weekend as a brand new millionaire would make a good finish to your workweek even better, then you might want to buy a Mega Millions ticket some time before the draw entry closes at 10:45 p.m. EST.
GOP front-runner Donald Trump reversed his earlier comments that he would drop his White House bid if his poll numbers plummeted, proclaiming on Friday that he is "never getting out" of the race.
Despite the headline-grabbing rapprochement between Washington and Havana, which culminated in yet another meeting between Presidents Barack Obama and Raúl Castro last month, trade with the Communist island has not picked up in the way U.S. officials expected.
An autopsy report showed Oklahoma prison officials used an unapproved drug in the January execution of a convicted murderer, whose final words were "my body is on fire."
An email then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton received on the private server she used to conduct government business contained the name of a source of the Central Intelligence Agency, the Republican chairman of the committee investigating the 2012 Benghazi attacks said on Thursday.
A heckler, opposed to the contributions Hillary Clinton's campaign received from private prison corporations, interrupted the Democratic front-runner on Thursday in the midst of a speech she was giving at an awards ceremony.
Havana is once again home to a U.S. ambassador, but a visit from another illustrious guest -- Rolling Stones front man Mick Jagger -- is grabbing almost as many headlines as the recent rapprochement between the United States and Cuba.
Jeb Bush considers himself more conservative than both his father, former President George H.W. Bush, and his brother, former President George W. Bush.
New Hampshire is set to turn into a key senatorial battleground next November as incumbent Republican Kelly Ayotte will be challenged by Democratic Gov. Maggie Hassan, who kicked off her campaign on Monday.
