States with normally little seismic activity are experiencing significant increases in earthquakes over the last year, and scientists are examining whether increased oil fracking is the culprit.
Colorado's Division of Motor Vehicles website shut down briefly Wednesday night as a result of an influx of noncitizens making appointments to get driver's licenses.
Edna Giggs, a member of her local NAACP chapter, has been leading a charge against new voter-identification laws in Texas, which some civil rights and liberties groups consider to be among the most restrictive in the nation.
This year, a small Texas town's Independence Day will be remembered for all the wrong reasons. This year, a small Texas town's Independence Day will be remembered for all the wrong reasons.
President Barack Obama continued a recent Fourth of July tradition at the White House by holding a naturalization ceremony, granting citizenship to immigrants who signed up to serve in the U.S. military as well as their spouses.
On the anniversary of the United States' independence, Russia President Vladimir Putin sent President Barack Obama a telegram giving the president his best wishes on the historical day and his wishes for the two countries to reconcile.
Two parents from Orange County were arrested on Tuesday after an anonymous tipster told Child Protective Services (CPS) that they were keeping their 11-year-old Autistic son in a large dog cage.
There's no better way to celebrate the Fourth of July than by winning $20 million. However, to make this dream a reality, then you must purchase a ticket for the Mega Millions lottery drawing, if you have not done so already. The Friday, July 4 lottery jackpot drawing currently stands at $20 million.
The mother of Sgt. Andrew Tahmooressi, who has been held in a Mexican jail for three months, has appealed to the top U.S. diplomat in Mexico, seeking his help in getting the Marine released.
On Monday in Jackson Heights, Queens, New York, over 100 translatinas, New York elected officials and their supporters will hold the third annual Translatina March to bring awareness to their community and to fight discrimination.
41 million Americans are expected to travel 50 or more miles by car. More travelers will be hitting the road this year for the Fourth of July than did so in the previous seven years, according to projections from AAA.
Hobby Lobby, a craft store chain, won a groundbreaking and controversial case in the U.S. Supreme Court earlier this week regarding contraception coverage to its employees.
According to the Centers for Disease Control, the adult U.S. Latino population has lower rates of asthma than the general population (7.3 percent compared to 8.4 percent), but Latino children have higher than average rates for asthma, and those rates are escalating.
NASA on Tuesday approved the production of rocket believed to be the most powerful to ever launch in history, which will explore areas beyond our moon including near-Earth asteroids and Mars by the end of the decade.
Unemployment dropped to 6.1 percent, numbers not seen since 2008. The U. S. economy has seen unprecedented job growth this year and that will benefit both the economy and the unemployed if the trend continues.
The three Shining Path leaders charged with narco-terrorism, among other things Three former leaders of the Sendero Luminoso ("Shining Path"), a militant group that has operated in Peru since 1980, have been indicted in a U.
A woman from South Florida and her travel partner are being detained in a Cuban jail on accusations of smuggling synthetic marijuana through the Havana airport on Saturday.
