Republican presidential contenders Marco Rubio and Rand Paul this week butted heads over the NSA telephone metadata program, with the Florida senator backing an extension of the bulk-collection effort and his libertarian Kentucky colleague threatening a filibuster over the Patriot Act's possible reauthorization.
Americans are becoming less Christian and more secular, the Pew Research Center reported based on a massive study it conducted between June and September 2014.
Millennials are divided about the U.S. judicial system. Harvard University Institute of Politics' (IOP) "Survey of Young Americans' Attitudes Toward Politics and Public Service" found nearly one-in-two millennials "do not have confidence that the justice system is fair," and the topics of race, political party and income are major factors.
Authorities found the remains of four victims behind a strip mall in Connecticut where a serial killer may have dumped their bodies. Suspect has been identified and is behind bars.
Despite distancing himself from most Republican hopefuls on other issues, Jeb Bush stands firm by the Iraq War, telling Fox News he would have invaded the country.
The national graduation rate reached 81.4 percent in 2013, a record high, and its improvement is largely due to increased graduation rates among low-income, African American and Latino American students.
An Oregon woman has filed a lawsuit against United Airlines, claiming that she and her family were kicked off a Portland-bound flight because her teenage daughter is autistic.
The Mega Millions jackpot is climbing higher and higher given that no fewer than 13 drawings having gone by since the last time a lucky winner took home the lottery's big prize; that means that tonight's reward sits at an impressive $140 million.
A new report published by The Baltimore Sun reveals that over 2,500 people arrested by Baltimore police within the last three years have been turned away from the city's jail because they were suffering from severe injuries.
A Florida high school principal was arrested last week after police caught her smoking marijuana in the back seat of a car with an 18-year-old student.
First lady Michelle Obama gave a candid speech about racism and her own experience coping with racial discrimination during the commencement ceremony at Tuskegee University in Alabama on Saturday.
"Noah" held on to the top spot as the most popular name for male newborns in the United States, the Social Security Administration revealed as it released its annual list of top baby names. The Biblical moniker had already topped the agency's ranking in 2013, after surging from fourth place the previous year.
Sen. Marco Rubio, one of the Republican Party's candidates for the 2016 presidential nomination, released a short piece on the American Dream Monday morning. In it he vows to fight for Americans struggling to achieve the American Dream.
As a result of protests from students, alumni, and community members, the University of Northern Colorado lifted the suspension on Mexican American studies on Friday.
The University of North Carolina and GlaxoSmithKline have joined forces to find the cure for AIDS, a crippling disease that caused an alarming 1,500,000 deaths in 2013.
California started allowing self-driving cars to hit public roads for testing in September. Already, there have been four accidents involving these cars.
The ethnic and racial make up of the U.S. may start experiencing another change soon as immigration from Asia, particularly China, starts outpacing Mexican and Latin American immigration.
