The Florida Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that inmates serving life sentences for crimes they committed as juveniles should be re-sentenced. The decision means that a 2014 law, which requires a judicial review before a juvenile can be imprisoned for life, will apply retroactively.
During construction at a U.S. military base in Bavaria, workers discovered an unexploded bomb from the Second World War, prompting an evacuation. The bomb was successfully defused a couple hours later.
A solar eclipse will appear in the sky Friday morning, the first day of spring, USA Today reports. The solar eclipse will occur the same day as a Supermoon.
The retailer is the latest company to raise the minimum wage for its employees, following a growing trend as demands for higher wages continue and unemployment goes down.
The Secret Service destroyed surveillance video showing an incident in which two of its members allegedly drove a government car into White House security barricades after drinking at a late-night party.
Terry McAuliffe joined calls for an investigation on Thursday after a University of Virginia was injured during a bloody arrest, an incident that caused outrage on the college campus. The commonwealth's governor issued a statement asking police to look into "the use of force in this matter."
Claims for unemployment benefits remained virtually flat last week, suggesting the U.S. jobs market remains strong even though economic growth has slowed.
Twenty-six states, led by Texas, are attempting to block President Obama's expanded Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and Deferred Action for Parental Accountability.
The attorney of the widow of a Mexican migrant worker fatally shot by Pasco police wants the three officers involved in the case to be charged with murder.
The U.S. military has confirmed that it has lost contact with an unarmed Predator drone that had been flying over northwestern Syria and which forces loyal to dictator Bashar al-Assad claim to have shut down.
Republican presidential hopeful Marco Rubio would "absolutely" defy U.S. allies to revoke any Iranian nuclear deal he might inherit from Barack Obama, the Florida senator said on Tuesday. The next president "should not be bound" by a potential agreement the Obama administration strikes with Iran, he added.
A prosecutor said Tuesday that an Ohio woman accused of decapitating her 3-month-old baby had been ordered to stay away from her child, ABC News reports according to the Associated Press.
A suspicious letter sent to the White House has tentatively tested positive for cyanide, a deadly chemical that makes the body unable to use oxygen. The envelope was was received Monday at an off-site facility that screens mail addressed to the executive mansion.
Jurors in the Boston Marathon bombing trial were presented on Wednesday with the home-made bombs that bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and his deceased brother allegedly threw at police who were searching for them in a manhunt.
