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.
Sheriff Joe Arpaio, the six-time elected sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona, has reached a partial settlement with the Department of Justice over its civil rights lawsuit against him, the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office and Maricopa County, Arizona.
Donald Trump recently attacked fellow Republican Senator John McCain, proclaiming, "He's not a war hero" and was only viewed as a hero because "he was captured." The twist, however, is Donald Trump avoided serving in the Vietnam War with deferments, possibly proving himself to be a coward.
An African American group and a chapter of the Ku Klux Klan were both scheduled to hold demonstrations at the same time around the grounds of the South Carolina State House on Saturday.
Saturday’s chance to make big money playing Powerball is here. And since no one won the grand prize on Wednesday -- when the winning numbers were: 13, 16, 34, 45, 50, and 11 -- all that money has rolled over and is now at $70 million with a cash value of $42.7 million.
A male Navy Petty Officer became the fifth U.S. service member to have died following a shooting at the Navy Operational Support Center in Chattanooga, Tennessee on Thursday.
In spite of an initiative by Vice President Joe Biden and a Manhattan prosecutor's $35 million grant, tens of thousands of rape kits continue to go untested in the United States.
President Obama became the first sitting U.S. president to a visit a federal prison on Thursday when he took a tour through Oklahoma's El Reno Correctional Institution in Oklahoma.
