North Carolina Police Officer Randall "Wes" Kerrick appeared in court Monday to face charges of manslaughter for fatally shooting an unarmed black man two years ago while he was seeking help following a car accident.
A coalition of medical workers, insurers and hospitals in Puerto Rico have launched a media campaign petitioning Congress not to slash the Island's healthcare funding in wake of its $72 billion debt crisis.
The U.S. Census Bureau expects more than 1 million immigrants to enter the United States in 2016, and projections to 2050 show that the country may add as many as 49 million new residents over the next three and a half decades.
Interstate 10, the main corridor between Los Angeles and Phoenix, has been closed "completely and indefinitely" after an elevated section of the freeway collapsed over the weekend due to heavy rains in the California desert.
American athletes may be used to topping the medal count at the Olympic Games, but it took no fewer than 21 years for the United States to finally triumph again at the International Math Olympiad.
New York City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito is expected to make an announcement Monday highlighting the success of a city initiative that provides undocumented children in NYC with free legal representation and protection from deportation.
Donald Trump, who over the weekend said that he liked "people who weren't captured," should apologize to American prisoners of war and their families, John McCain urged on Monday.
The U.S. and Cuba have formally re-established diplomatic relations on Monday morning with the reopening of respective embassies. Small ceremonies in Washington, D.C. and Havana marked the reopening of the Cuban and U.S. embassies, respectively. In the U.S. State Department, the Cuban flag was raised in a quiet non-ceremony with other flags recognized by the U.S.
Hillary Clinton's campaign experienced a digital hiccup when it noticed that only about 100,000 of the 2.5 million email addresses in its database are still in use and working.
Three days before the GOP's 17 presidential hopefuls are scheduled to debate on Fox News, many of them will participate in a nationally televised forum hosted by C-SPAN.
Three of the six Baltimore police officers charged in connection with the death of Freddie Gray now claim they gave statements under duress based on being afraid they were on the verge of being terminated.
Gossip site Gawker is accusing the FBI of conspiring with wrestling legend Hulk Hogan in a $100 million suit he has filed against the website over its release of a sex tape he is featured in.
In 2016, the GOP will have to work harder than ever before to seize the enough of the Latino vote to win the presidency, requiring the support of nearly half the Latino vote, according to new estimates. The hard math may explain why some Republican candidates aren't even trying.
Donald Trump, the Republican presidential candidate who has proven to be a rabble-rouser within past weeks, is finally receiving inner-party reactions to his offensiveness and hatemongering.
Bill Cosby admitted under oath back in 2005 that he had paid women for sex in hopes of keeping the affairs from his wife and hinted that he had become skilled in understanding nonverbal signs given to him by women consenting to sex.
The Texas trooper that pulled over and arrested a woman who was later found dead in her jail cell was put on desk duty Friday for violating procedures, announced the Texas Department of Public Safety.
Over half of the driver's licenses issued in California this year have been distributed to undocumented immigrants in light of a new law that extends licenses to people regardless of their residency status.
Cuba and the United States are working toward reestablishing ties; in doing so they'll re-open embassies for the first time in more than half a century. However, the rekindling will also affect the lives of ten of thousands of Cuban nationals living in the U.S. who face deportation by order of immigration authorities.
