The chance of becoming a millionaire -- however slim -- is available to players of America's multistate lotteries several times a week, but it's not every day that a lucky participant can take home a whopping $400 million.
Venezuela's new National Assembly, in which the opposition against President Nicolás Maduro holds a majority for the first time, will be headed by Henry Ramos, the secretary general of the Democratic Action party. But, the new leader was prevented from entering the building.
A New Hampshire state representative over the weekend got into an argument with Hillary Clinton after she tried to question the Democratic front-runner over allegations involving the sexual history of Clinton's husband, former President Bill Clinton.
Republican presidential hopeful Marco Rubio on Jan. 3 promised to immediately undo President Barack Obama's executive action on gun rights if he were to move into the White House in 2017.
Donald Trump doubled down on some of his most controversial remarks in his campaign's first television ad and promised to enact a temporary ban on Muslims entering the United States and make Mexico pay for a wall along the border.
Millions of visitors gathering at New York's iconic Times Square to watch the ball drop on New Year's Eve will also be given an idea of where their next trip may take them as Peru's tourism authorities have made a big ad buy to promote the South American country.
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are not the only big names hoping to secure the White House in 2016, as fictional President Frank Underwood made clear when he released (an equally fictitious) campaign ad to promote the fourth season of the Netflix hit series "House of Cards."
The ISIS terror organization planned a New Year's Eve attack on the Turkish capital of Ankara, Turkish government officials revealed after they arrested two militants belonging to the group on Dec. 30.
Bernie Sanders has drawn huge crowds on the campaign trail and seems to be an actual challenge to Hillary Clinton in some early primary states. But the Vermont senator is far behind in another key race - the one to secure so-called superdelegates at the party's convention.
Mexican authorities are holding off on deporting the Texas teen fugitive, who made headlines because of his "affluenza" defense back to the United States, after a local court gave 18-year-old Ethan Couch a three-day court injunction.
With his confrontational style and politically incorrect proposals, Donald Trump has already taken the race for the 2016 GOP nomination in an unexpected direction.
Puerto Rico may default on at least some of its bond payments as early as Jan. 1, 2016, which might lead some bondholders to file suit and others to hold off to see if the U.S. commonwealth might recover some liquidity.
The governments in Caracas and Bogotá on Dec. 29 offered contradictory accounts of what led to the crash of a Venezuelan military helicopter that injured the pilot and co-pilot.
A jailed suspected member of the Sinaloa Cartel who was due to be extradited to the United States was found dead on Dec. 28 at a prison complex in the Mexican state of Oaxaca.
Marco Rubio is taking his campaign to the crucial early-caucus locales of Iowa this week, and the Florida senator plans to crisscross the Hawkeye State on a private plane instead of a bus after wintry weather slowed down the tour's kickoff.
Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump kicked off the week by bashing his Democratic counterpart Hillary Clinton and her husband, his GOP rival Chris Christie, as well as the largest newspaper in New Hampshire.
Democratic primary front-runner Hillary Clinton has been named as the most admired woman in the world, and President Barack Obama - whom Clinton hopes to replace in the White House come 2017 - as the most admired man, according to a new poll.
If the holidays have left their mark on your bank account and you could really benefit from some additional cash ahead of the new year, then you might want to buy a Mega Millions ticket today, as the multistate lottery's jackpot has climbed to an impressive $117 million.
Secretary of State John Kerry was the target of harsh criticism from Republicans on Monday, after the Democrat told Iranian officials that the Obama administration could help the Islamic Republic to circumvent new visa restrictions recently passed by Congress.
Donald Trump resorted to his habitually colorful language on Monday to describe Hillary Clinton's performance during the latest Democratic presidential debate and later noted that the former secretary of state "got schlonged" by Barack Obama in the 2008 White House race.
Passengers traveling between the United States and Mexico may soon benefit from additional flights, after the two countries signed a new air service agreement on Friday.
A message from Pope Francis, urging Nicaragua and Costa Rica to resolve some of the conflicts that have long affected the relationship between the Central American neighbors, has been well-received in both countries, though neither country has so far taken any concrete steps toward a rapprochement.
In a move to underline his conservative credentials, Republican presidential hopeful Ted Cruz is hitting back at rivals accusing the Texas senator of a soft stance on undocumented immigrants.
With the focus of the 2016 presidential campaign shifting to issues of national security, following this month's San Bernardino terror attack, Bernie Sanders -- whose campaign focuses on economic issues -- is finding it harder and harder to keep up with Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton.
