This Sunday 500 Yazidis killed and 300 kidnapped into slavery by ISIL. Iraq's human rights minister Mohammed Shia al Sudani announced Sunday that at least 500 Yazidis been killed and about 300 had been kidnapped by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant or ISIL.
The state's same-sex marriage ban could be overturned by a Federal appeals court. The opening ceremony of the 9th Gay Games began Saturday in Cleveland, Ohio, bringing thousands of LGBT and straight athletes to the city.
After a successful implementation of the transparency rule for broadcast TV and radio stations, the FCC may expand the application of the rule to cable and satellite stations.
15 militants killed, 7 injured, and aid given to those stuck above IS groups are all the success stories from the two days of air strikes by the US in Iraq
It was a close call, but the first part of the dual hurricane system expected to slam Hawaii has caused only limited damage, while Hurricane Julio is expected to shift north and spare the Aloha state from the brunt of its power.
A lawsuit claims the EPA's approval of the use 18,000 pesticides was done without consultation with two government agencies and threatens many animals already on the endangered species list.
Argentina petitions Int'l Court of Justice over debt default dispute. ICJ can do nothing unless the US consents to the Court's jurisdiction in the case. Argentina defaulted on 91 percent of its bond debt when the Court ruled it had to settle with all debt holders. But Obama could intervene on behalf of Argentina, as Bush did previously under certain presidential privileges.
U.S. began firing on Iraq to protect U.S. personnel and Iraqi religious minorities U. S. President Barack Obama said Saturday that he has no specific timetable for an end to airstrikes in Iraq, which began Friday, according to USA Today.
Jonestown is the second-biggest single-event loss of American life It's been 35 years since the Jonestown massacre, in which more than 900 people died in a mass suicide-murder in Guyana, but a reminder of the horrific event came to light on Thursday.
Plan would only allow booze at shows without live ammunition Gun enthusiasts in Texas soon may be able to get their whiskey with their weapons if a proposal from the state Alcoholic Beverage Commission is accepted, according to an AP report.
One day before her son's funeral, a Florida mother says she was told by her church that it would be "blasphemous" to hold her son's funeral at the church because he was gay.
