During President Barack Obama's first term in office his wife, first lady Michelle Obama, led a congressional effort to get the nation's schools to serve healthier food options making the reduction of childhood obesity a priority.
The 'My Brother's Keeper' initiative to help young men of color released a new report Friday outlining an agenda to help black, Hispanic and Native American males succeed.
Acquaintance of Tsarnaev indicted. An acquaintance of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has been charged with obstruction of justice relating to the investigation of the case, according to an indictment unsealed Friday.
Amid scandal, Shinseki resigns. In a special breaking news announcement that interrupted normal television programming, President Obama announced that Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki had resigned earlier Friday morning.
Hillary Clinton defends her response to the 2012 Benghazi attack in her new book. Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton defends her actions in response to the 2012 terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya in her new book.
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released a report Tuesday calling for more transparency from data brokers. Today, we take at what the FTC describes as the characteristics of data brokering and the benefits and risks involved.
With the nomination of Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro received his latest endorsement from the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals (NAHREP).
If you're feeling lucky and are a Mega Millions ticket holder, then get ready for the Friday, May 30 lottery jackpot drawing, which has risen to $26 million.
Although the New York Police Department (NYPD) announced the disbanding of its controversial Muslim surveillance program last month, a growing number of Latino Muslims living in New York City remain concerned about being watched and harassed by authorities.
Edward Snowden sat down for a long-form interview with "NBC Nightly News" anchor Brian Williams, who traveled out to Moscow to film the hour-long interview that premiered Wednesday. The conversation was wide-ranging, but one aspect of the interview is getting a lot of attention.
For the first time in U.S. history, Congress approved a measure that would prohibit the federal government from interfering with states' medical marijuana laws.
