New applications for unemployment benefits in the United States remained near a 15-year low this week, while the average number of new claims rose 5,000 to a seasonally adjusted 267,750 over the past month, statistics from the U.S. Department of Labor revealed.
Republican Utah Gov. Gary Herbert on Thursday chided a local judge for putting his "personal beliefs and feelings" above the law when he ordered ordered a baby to be taken from her lesbian foster parents and placed with a heterosexual couple, supposedly for the child's well-being.
A reputed mobster allegedly involved in the 1978 Lufthansa heist portrayed in the Mafia biopic "Goodfellas" was cleared all charges related to the crime Thursday.
While many Americans celebrate diversity, a number of people voiced outraged against a "Google Doodle" that displayed a diverse group of men and women who served in the U.S. Armed Forces.
Students from colleges around the country are mobilizing to fight against racism following the string of anti-racism protests that lead to the ouster of the University of Missouri's president.
A powerful storm system swept through several states in the Midwest this week, bringing snow, severe thunderstorms and high winds, in addition to tornadoes in parts of Iowa.
The alleged mobster involved in the 1978 Lufthansa Heist Vincent Asaro was just released and acquitted on Thursday as the federal jury in Brooklyn surprisingly voted for Asaro's case, leading him to be acquitted of charges that he helped plan the legendary heist.
In an effort to bring awareness and change to the skyrocketing cost of college tuition, students from across the country walked out of their classrooms on Thursday to participate in the Million Student March.
U.S. border patrol officials announced Thursday that the agency will continue to test and review a body camera program before the devices are distributed to their agents.
Retired U.S. Army Capt. Florent Groberg was awarded the nation's highest military honor for heroically tackling a suicide bomber while serving in Afghanistan in 2012.
An outburst by the overly excited Arizona State University mascot Sparky may cost the Tempe institution thousands of dollars, after a local councilman sued the school over injuries he says he sustained during the halftime ceremony of a Sept. 18 football game against the University of New Mexico.
2016 hopeful Marco Rubio has scored yet another major endorsement from a wealthy Republican donor. The 2016 Republican presidential hopeful Marco Rubio has scored yet another major endorsement from a wealthy Republican donor.
Regularly scheduled flights between the United States and Cuba might begin in coming months, after government officials in Havana said that they and their counterparts from Washington are close to signing an agreement on the normalization of air travel between the two countries.
