The international community is calling for a cease-fire in the week-old Israeli-Palestinian war, which rages on as each side continues to launch rockets and ammunition.
Kurdish forces have taken over Iraqi oil fields, adding to the already tense situation in Baghdad. Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurds took over two oil fields in Baghdad amid a dispute with the government Friday.
Residents of Washington state lined up outside marijuana dispensaries Tuesday to buy legalized weed, which was officially approved for sale Tuesday. However, there is currently a shortage of marijuana purveyors.
Senate Democrats introduced new legislation Wednesday to combat the Supreme Court's Hobby Lobby ruling, which allows certain businesses to deny coverage for contraception to female employees.
Hamas is continuing to lob rockets into Israel while Israel responds with a surge in air strikes. Thousands of Israelis took cover in bomb shelters as Hamas launched more rockets into central Israel Wednesday, prompting Israel to respond by launching more air strikes into Gaza.
President Obama requested authority to deport more undocumented immigrant children last week, and immigrant rights groups are fighting back against the pending authorization.
A federal oversight board endorsed NSA surveillance programs, but suggested that new safeguards be put in place to protect the privacy of American citizens.
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin and French and German leaders to discuss possible solutions to the ongoing crisis in east Ukraine.
The U.S. Supreme Court overturned a Massachusetts law Thursday that prohibited pro-life protestors from picketing directly in front of the entrances of abortion clinics.
One of the Libyan militants suspected of carrying out the 2012 terrorist attack in Benghazi is now in the custody of U.S. federal law enforcement and will face a federal judge Saturday.
