Four reporters, three of them Americans, working out of Iran were reportedly detained in Tehran on Tuesday but it is still unclear who took them and why.
Guatemalan President Otto Perez Molina said if the U.S. wants to solve the current border crisis it should give $2 billion in funding to Central American nations "to attack the root of the problem."
The site believed to be the burial location of Jonah, who is known in Judeo-Christian and Islamic traditions as being swallowed by a whale before becoming a prophet for God, was reportedly desecrated after Islamic extremists planted explosives around the tomb.
Roughly 1,300 fast food workers over the weekend are expected to attend a national convention in suburban Chicago, where they will discuss their efforts to unionize and demand high higher wages.
The Obama administration Friday approved offshore oil and gas exploration in the Eastern Seaboard as well as seismic surveys with the use of sonic cannons.
New hiring data released by the Labor Department on Friday revealed that job growth has actually increased at a faster pace in the 13 states that raised minimum wages than in those that haven't.
Several hundred protests were held throughout the nation on Friday and Saturday regarding the influx of undocumented immigrant children fleeing their homes in Central America to cross the U.S.-Mexico border illegally.
The U.S. Sentencing Commission on Friday approved an amendment allowing tens of thousands of inmates who are currently serving time for drug related crimes to apply for reduced sentences.
Negotiations to halt Iran's nuclear weapons program have been extended through late November after negotiators from Iran and six world powers failed to reach an agreement in Vienna by the Sunday deadline.
Amazon has requested permission from the Federal Aviation Administration to continue forward with its plan to use drones to deliver packages to customers in less than 30 minutes.
Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson on Friday visited the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, which opened in Artesia, New Mexico, on June 27 but has recently been used to house about 400 immigrants.
The mayor of Bell, California, who came to the United States illegally from Mexico when he was 4 years old, has been working alongside other city officials and the Salvation Army to set up a temporary shelter for the young immigrants from Central America.
The Drug Enforcement Administration's war on marijuana has been loosing ground recently as the agency's historical allies such as the White House, Congress and the Department of Justice begin to shift its positions on what the DEA considers is a dangerous drug.
As the technology industry in the Bay Area continues to grow, making more computer and tech savvy programmers rich, so too does Silicon Valley's sex workers.
Two people who were riding the Ninja roller coaster at Six Flags Magic Mountain when a fallen tree branch derailed it Monday filed a lawsuit against the Southern California amusement park Wednesday after they allegedly suffered head injuries in connection with the incident.
As the nation's border states continue to see an influx of unaccompanied minors from Central America cross the U.S.-Mexico border, filling up federal facilities, President Barack Obama urged Congress on Wednesday to pass a $3.7 billion fund to process the undocumented minors and transport them back to their homelands.
Sgt. Andrew Tahmooressi attended a nine-hour hearing Wednesday at a courthouse in Tijuana where he pleaded not guilty to weapons charges that were brought against him in April.
Following the decision by Seattle's Democrat-controlled City Council to increase the city's minimum wage to $15 an hour last month, several Seattle businesses banded together to repeal the newly enacted law.
A new study has found that children raised by same-sex couples tend to rate better in terms of physical health and social well-being than children in the general population.
Over the Fourth of July weekend, 50-year-old real estate professional Steven Robles was attacked by a shark at Southern California's Manhattan Beach and lived to tell about it.
Since Pope Francis was elected to the papacy in March 2013, he has voiced strong support for protecting Earth's environment and especially preserving the rain forests in his homeland, South America.
Growing concern for fans' safety at baseball games could change MLB's 100-year-old "limited duty rule," known as the Baseball Rule, which means teams have the duty to warn but not protect fans from flying objects.
Following this week's U.S. Supreme Court decisions on the Hobby Lobby and Wheaton College cases, the three female justices issued a strongly worded statement that blasted the rulings and warned of the impact they could cause.
