Scalise, the new Majority Whip in the House, gave a speech at a white supremacist event in 2002 but says he does not remember doing it and dismisses any notion he himself adheres to those beliefs.
President Fernandez de Kirchner "adopted" a new presidential godson as part of an Argentine tradition. Somehow tradition and myth intertwined and it became a story about werewolves.
Robert O'Neill, who is allegedly the Navy SEAL who shot Osama Bin Laden dead, is under investigation by the U.S. Navy for revealing classified information.
Luka Magnotta has been found guilty of first-degree murder by a Montreal court. Two years ago he committed one of Canada's most gruesome murders by killing university student Jun Lin and dismembering and mailing part of his body to schools and two of Canada's top political parties.
A driver's license ban affecting young undocumented immigrants, known as Dreamers, has been blocked and Dreamers began applying for new state licenses on Monday.
Nigerian terrorist group Boko Haram has released a video depicting their slaughter of captive civilians. Despite this new footage of brutality, the group has suffered some losses across Nigeria's borders.
Joe Arpaio, Arizona sheriff famous for his targeting of undocumented immigrants and racial profiling in his county, has filed a lawsuit against the president over his executive order on immigration, arguing it to be unconstitutional and amnesty.
The Justice Department will file charges against New York City over inmate abuse at Rikers Island, the city's correctional facility. Mayor de Blasio promised to reform the prison but the federal government will go forward with its case.
The Marxist rebel group FARC has announced it will seek a unilateral ceasefire with the Colombian government. The news comes after peace negotiations came close to collapsing a couple of months ago. Nonetheless, the government of Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos will not accept the ceasefire terms.
A local meteorologist from central Texas was shot multiple times outside his studio as he headed home on Wednesday morning. Police are currently looking for the man who shot morning meteorologist Patrick Crawford, who is in stable condition.
After receiving their rejection letters on Friday, almost 300 applicants received an email on Sunday saying they had been accepted to the university. Johns Hopkins sent another email soon after correcting the mistake.
The Navy has finished testing on one of its first biomimetic underwater drones: the GhostSwimmer. Swimming and looking like a fish, the unmanned drone will allow the Navy to explore the technological benefits of this design as well as how it operates.
Los Angeles will be the first city to outfit its police force with body cameras. On Tuesday, the city’s mayor, Eric Garcetti, announced the Los Angeles Police Department's officers will begin using 7,000 body cameras.
On Wednesday, a homicide at a highway rest stop led to a high-speed chase on a Minnesota highway, shutting it down for several hours and culminating in the death of two people. The incident took place in the early hours of the morning, and the highway has been reopened.
After months of indecision, the U.S. Senate has approved Dr. Vivek Murthy as surgeon general. Murthy proved a controversial pick because of his comments concerning the NRA and gun control reform.
Peruvian anti-terrorist police have arrested a Lebanese national, who is part of Hezbollah, in the capital city. The man initially lied about his nationality but later confessed to being part of the terrorist group.
An American citizen illegally crossed into North Korea and gave a speech denouncing the U.S. The man is believed to be bipolar and has not been imprisoned by North Korean authorities, unlike previous American captives..
The families of some of the Sandy Hook massacre victims, which took place in Newtown, Connecticut two years ago, are seeking an unspecified monetary recompense for what happened to their loved ones.
A Queens teenager has made millions and has not yet graduated from high school. The teen traded stocks until he amassed an incredible quantity. Now he plans to team up with two friends and start his own hedge fund company. However, the reported sum he acquired may not be accurate.
The hostage situation at a cafe in central Sydney has ended with two people dead, including the gunman, and an unknown number of wounded. The standoff lasted for a whole day, ending in the early hours of Tuesday, local time.
A federal judge has ruled in favor of a group of protesters who sued the St. Louis police forces. The judge ordered the police to warn protesters before using chemical agents like tear gas and allow them enough time to disperse before using the weapons.
