A new study finds fatal police shootings have reached their highest level in a decade, yet only a minimal percentage of those slayings result in criminal charges being filed against officers.
Aurora Theater shooter James Holmes was assaulted by a fellow inmate in prison earlier this month. Aurora Theater shooter James Holmes was assaulted by a fellow inmate in prison earlier this month.
A Taiwanese woman who gave birth on a U.S.-bound international flight could face a hefty fine for forcing the plane to make an emergency landing in Alaska.
According to Ann Coulter, the easiest way to figure out if an elected official is truly smart is to test the politican on an anti-immigration "litmus test."
A 73-year-old Vietnam veteran in Fresno was attacked and robbed outside an AutoZone. A 73-year-old Vietnam veteran in Fresno was attacked for his wallet outside of an AutoZone.
A federal magistrate on Thursday lowered bond for a man accused of failing to tell authorities all he knew about his friend Dylann Roof, the suspect accused of killing nine people at a historic black church in Charleston in June.
President Barack Obama on Thursday defended the Black Lives Matter movement, explaining to law enforcement officials that the social justice movement is not anti-white or anti-police, but rather calls attention to issues plaguing the African-American community.
Everyone wants an affordable way to call loved ones, but for the millions imprisoned in the U.S., it can be a vital lifeline. But the deals some phone companies have made with prisons can make it prohibitively expensive for inmates to contact the outside world.
Conservative Latinos plan to hold an "unprecedented gathering" in Boulder, Colorado, the site of the CNBC presidential debate on Oct. 28, to counter anti-Latino perceptions sparked by GOP front-runner Donald Trump.
The Obama administration is urging Congress to devise a plan to help rescue Puerto Rico from its massive $72 billion debt crisis before it implodes into an even bigger "humanitarian crisis."
The mother of Freddie Gray, the man who died from a fatal spine injury while in police custody in Baltimore earlier this year, attempted to commit suicide Wednesday night.
Following the recent rapprochement between the United States and Cuba, U.S. air carriers are eager to resume commercial flights to the Caribbean destination. But Republican presidential hopeful and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie wants no such flights to depart from the Garden State.
The office of a University of Washington professor who recently sued the Central Intelligence Agency was burglarized this week, in what the academic called a "suspicious" coincidence.
U.S. Secretary of Defense John Kerry recently met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on Thursday. While the two leaders were discussing the steps to end the Palestinian-Israeli violence, two Palestinians apparently stabbed an Israeli civilian.
In light of the recent nuclear tensions involving Pakistan and India, U.S. President Barack Obama met up with Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, Thursday, at the White House in Washington in the hopes of limiting Pakistan's nuclear weapon program.
House lawmakers have called U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch to meet them for a meeting on discussing plans to stop gun violence in minority communities.
