As many as 11 families are now being held in detention as the government earnestly kicked off its plan to find and deport Central American migrants who once sought refuge in the U.S. and have stayed here illegally.
In effort to combat misconceptions about Islam, a group of Muslim men hit the streets to spread a message of love and peace in the heart of New York City on New Year's Eve.
Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy is shining a spotlight on gun violence and the hundreds of mass shootings that took place in 2015 in effort to push Congress to pass gun legislation.
In an apparent move to stand with Harney County ranchers Dwight Hammond Jr and Steven Hammond, an armed militia group headed by Ammon Bundy and brother Ryan Bundy have occupied a federal wildlife refuge building. See the details here.
Longshot presidential candidate Martin O'Malley has failed to submit enough valid signatures to participate in the Ohio Democratic primary ballot this March, state officials said Thursday.
A new poll shows 2016 presidential front-runners Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton with strong double-digit leads over their respective fields for the Republican and Democratic primary races in Nevada -- a state where Latinos make up a large voting bloc.
Police are investigating the death of a 20-year-old college student who fell to his death while trying to descend the facade of the Four Seasons Hotel in Manhattan.
2016 Presidential hopeful Donald Trump announced on Dec. 29, 2015 that he planned on spending $2 million for TV ads in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina.
A hacker recently discovered personal information linked to 191 million registered voters in the U.S. in a massive database that was leaked onto the web. No one has claimed responsibility for the leak that exposed the data to the public.
Despite increase in oil, stocks fall Thursday Stocks fell Thursday, the last day of trading of 2015, rounding out the worst year of performance in the S&P 500 and Dow Jones indices since 2008.
A number of states are slated to usher in a slew of new laws to welcome in the new year. Some will provide workers with much needed relief and extra pay, while others will loosen or tighten gun regulations.
Giada De Laurentiis is currently making headlines after she was accused as a home wrecker by not just one woman but two. According to the reports, the 45-year-old chef broke the marriages of her fellow colleague Bobby Flay with wife Stephanie March as well as her current beau Shane Farley with his personal trainer wife Jennifer Giamo.
Tanya Couch, mother of the infamous "affluenza" teen who killed four people in a drunk driving collision, was arrested Thursday after arriving back to the U.S. from Mexico.
Civil rights activists from around the country are expected to soon converge on the city of Cleveland to stage concerted protests to the recent decision not to charge officers in the killing of Tamir Rice.
