Gay groups were finally welcome at Boston's St. Patrick's Day parade on Sunday after as organizers had decided to lift a ban that had shut them out for decades. This year, the sponsoring South Boston Allied War Veterans Council invited Boston Pride and OutVets to join in the festivities.
A Tallahassee home with Senator Marco Rubio and former congressman David Rivera's name on the deed puts the would-be presidential candidate's finances into question, Politico reports.
Relatives of the 43 students who disappeared last year in Guerrero, Mexico, have been protesting in their country since September and are ready to take their demonstrations to the Unites States.
Two weeks after regulators closed Puerto Rico's Doral Bank, the financial institution's parent company, Doral Financial Corp., filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Wednesday.
To celebrate its 75th anniversary, Dairy Queen is giving away free ice cream on Monday. To celebrate its 75th anniversary, Dairy Queen is giving away free ice cream on Monday.
Likely presidential candidate says he is a listener, not a flip-flopper. Scott Walker, who is likely to compete as the Republican Party's presidential candidate defended himself Saturday in New Hampshire saying he was not a flip-flopper on issues.
University of Maryland officials are investigating the origins of an e-mail that contains "vulgar language" that was sent by an undergrad student who is also a member of the university's Kappa Sigma fraternity.
Around 100,000 members of the armed forces of Venezuela will be occupied with ten days of exercises that employ shoulder-fired missiles, fighter planes, and armored trucks.
Ferguson, Mo. Mayor James Knowles is coming under heavy fire to step down from his post in the wake of a scathing new Department of Justice report that finds the city officials routinely allowed for lax police oversight, racial profiling and profit-driven court practices where black and minority citizens were concerned.
There is a lot of excitement for the March 14 Powerball jackpot, which currently stands at a whopping $119 million. The drawing will take place Satuday night at 11 p.m. ET.
The legal battle over President Obama's executive order to stop the deportation of up to 5 million undocumented residents continued on Friday after a federal appeals court rejected the U.S. Justice Department's request to fast-track the review of a judge's decision to pause Obama's immigration action.
A teen girl with a long, violent rap sheet is being held at Rikers Island on a $500,000 bond for leading a pack of teens in a brutal attack on a 15-year-old girl in a McDonald's restaurant in Brooklyn, New York.
In light of the controversy over the video featuring members of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon at the University of Oklahoma singing a racist chant, black students at the University of Washington say that they, too, have been subjected to racism at the hands of SAE members at their own campus.
Gate guards at a U.S. Air Force base in central Georgia are once again allowed to wish personnel and visitors a "blessed day" as they enter the facility. Commanders at Robins Air Force Base had previously forbidden the greeting after an unidentified airman complained about its religious nature.
Ten days ago, it looked as though Jesús "Chuy" García had a good shot at becoming Chicago's first Latino mayor. But incumbent Rahm Emanuel is now ahead of the Cook County commissioner by a double-digit lead. In a Chicago Tribune poll 51 percent of likely voters said they would vote for Emanuel; 37 percent support García.
