The University of Connecticut agreed to pay a nearly $1.3 million settlement to five women who filed a lawsuit against the school for alleged mishandling of their sexual assault complaints.
Prosecutors say the company was warned for almost a decade. FedEx is being indicted by a grand jury for charges of transporting prescription drugs by illegal online pharmacies, according to the Justice Department.
A survey of cable news shows, interviews and debates shows 84 percent of guests are white and 72 percent are men. The survey Who Gets to Speak, conducted by FAIR (Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting — a media watchdog group), studied six primetime programs on CNN, Fox News and MSNBC for a total of five weeks.
If you're feeling lucky, then you may want to purchase a ticket for the Mega Millions lottery jackpot, which has jumped to $50 million, if you have not done so already. The drawing will take place on Friday, July 18, at 11 p.m. EST.
Babar Ahmad was the mastermind behind Jihadist websites that aided Islamist extremist groups. A Connecticut court on Wednesday sentenced Babar Ahmad to prison for helping the Taliban and other Islamic extremist terrorist organizations.
He received the Arthur Ashe Courage Award during the ceremony held in Los Angeles. The newest addition to the St. Louis Rams, Michael Sam, has won an award from ESPN.
A wildfire is blazing out of control near Warm Springs, Ore., having burned up approximately 40 square miles of land in the five days since it was sparked. Firefighters are making very little headway in their efforts to battle the blaze and officials warn that they expect the fire to continue to grow significantly before any real progress in containment is made.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo helped broker a last-minute deal between the Long Island Rail Road and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority on Thursday, averting a strike that would have stranded hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers.
Economists had predicted a much stronger month in residential building. Housing starts and residential building permits fell in June to the lowest rate since September, indicating the housing recovery may be slowing, according to a Reuters report on U.
A federal judge has decided that the death penalty system in California is unconstitutional. A federal judge has decided that the death penalty system in California is unconstitutional.
If carrying less than an ounce, only a $25 fine will be assessed. Washington, D. C. has passed a decriminalization law that took effect Thursday at 12:01 a.
A federal judge has ruled California's death penalty is unconstitutional because of prolonged delays on death row. Inmates are dying of natural causes before they are being executed.
Rupert Murdoch has his thumb over a large portion of TV networks (and other media) in the US, and he only seeks to increase his share. But CNN parent company Time Warner rejected an $80 billion deal, which would involve selling off CNN.
European nations also considering sanctions against Russia. President Obama added more sanctions against Russia Wednesday. He targeted large banks and energy and defense firms.
The Fire Department of New York's annual calendar will be a little different in 2015--besides featuring some of the city's finest hunks, it will also include a female firefighter for the first time ever.
