While U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, prepares to battle federal bribery charges brought against him this week, the longtime senator sent a video message this week in Spanish and English to his supporters thanking them for their support and vowing to fight the charges levied against him.
The U.S. unemployment rate in March remained unchanged at 5.5 percent, the Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics announced. But during the same time frame, the economy only added about 126,000 jobs, a figure the Washington Post called "disappointing."
Visitors to New Orleans' historic French Quarter will have their pick among the "Historic French Quarter Easter Parade," the "Chris Owens Easter Parade" and the "Gay Easter Parade" - or they can attend all three on April 5.
There are plenty of ways to celebrate the Easter holiday with the entire family this weekend, especially if you live or are visiting the San Fernando Valley and Los Angeles area.
California must pay for the gender reassignment surgery of a convicted murderer serving a life sentence. Her constitutional rights entitle Michelle-Lael Norsworthy to the procedure, U.S. District Court Judge Jon Tigar ruled.
So you picked up a Mega Millions ticket and hope to convert yourself into a millionaire tonight? Then don't forget to tune in at 11 p.m. Eastern Time, which is when the draw for the $25 million jackpot is set to take place at the studios of WSB-TV, Atlanta's ABC affiliate.
After spending nearly 30 years on Alabama's death row, 58-year-old Anthony Ray Hinton was freed on Friday after prosecutors finally acknowledged that the case against him lacked sufficient evidence to tie him to the murders of two fast-food workers in 1985.
On Thursday Florida authorities arrested three members of the Ku Klux Klan who worked at a Florida prison for plotting to kill a black prison inmate after his release.
Stanford University will relieve tuition for families making below $125,000 a year, expanding its previous program as well as free room and board to families making less than $65,000 a year.
An, as of yet, unidentified Air Force cadet died on Thursday on the U.S. Air Force Academy campus. The school has not released any details concerning the cadet's death.
A few bats in the attic of his traditional mansion are not reason enough to spend $1.2 million on a new residence for Ohio University's president, students say, and several hundred of them on Thursday showed up for a protest outside the historic Park Place house to protest what they view as a wasteful administration of their tuition dollars.
The rapprochement between the United States and Cuba could mean that tens of thousands of U.S. yachts could soon descend on island, an influx for which the country's infrastructure is not prepared.
The white Arizona police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black man in December after he mistook the victim's painkillers for a handgun will not face any criminal charges.
At least 79 more were injured, over 500 students rescued At least 147 people were killed in an attack by terrorists at a University in Northern Kenya. More than 500 students were rescued from the scene, according to USA Today.
