In the wake of Edward Snowden's revelations of bulk collection, the National Security Agency and other U.S. intelligence operations will have to comply with new limits on how they collect personal data. Critics of the administration's data-collection efforts said the new rules fail to address the main problem.
There is lots of excitement for the Feb. 4 Powerball jackpot, which has grown to a whopping $317 million. The drawing will take place Wednesday night at 11 p.m. ET.
Texas, California score well, Alaska and Vermont don't Texans are very familiar with the huge offerings of fast food they encounter when driving around the big state.
The May 2011 liaison between Dominique Strauss-Kahn and Nafissatou Diallo, then a maid at New York's Sofitel, led to the Frenchman's resignation as head of the International Monetary Fund and effectively ended his political career, which had included presidential aspirations. But Diallo's fortunes, too, seem to have turned.
The judge presiding over the murder trial of former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez removed a juror on Tuesday after it was discovered that she had previous discussions about evidence in the case and an early interest in serving on the jury panel.
What would you do with $317 million? It's something Powerball players will be dreaming about Wednesday across 45 U.S. jurisdictions. But they will only have a chance to take home the giant jackpot if they purchase their tickets by 9:59 p.m. Eastern Time, and even then, the possibilities are slim at best.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo confirmed on Wednesday that six people were killed and over a dozen were injured after a Metro-North train slammed into a SUV Tuesday night.
Starting on Wednesday, the Florida Supreme Court will hear opening arguments in a case over the definition of sexual intercourse that involves a gay man charged with breaking the law for failing to let his partner know he is HIV-positive.
The president is getting a new plane. The Air Force has chosen a new Air Force One, the plane on which the U.S. president travels, and Boeing will manufacture it.
Any day now, "American Idol" judge Jennifer Lopez is set to launch her new "JLuxe," fragrance, her third perfume to hit the market over the last several years.
Starting as early as next week, gay couples in Alabama will be allowed to get married for the first time ever due to a recent federal appeals court decision to deny a stay on a lower court ruling that overturned the state's ban on same-sex marriage.
Concerned about the way early information is being disseminated about the death of their daughter, the parents of slain Denver teen Jessica Hernandez are demanding that federal officials conduct a totally separate probe in the shooting.
Paid version will have more features. Tinder has been the quick-matching app of choice for singles since 2012. It has quickly evolved into an app with 50 million users without adding any new features.
The National Transportation Safety Board has determined that a fatal May 31 plane crash was likely caused by the pilot taking selfies. Amritpal Singh, 29, and a passenger were killed when their Cessna 150K crashed into a Colorado wheat field.
Google could get into the car-hailing business Google might want to start offering rides to people, much like Uber and Lyft, according to Bloomberg Business.
A California jury convicted a 28-year-old man of 27 felony counts for posting more than 10,000 sexually explicit photos of women online to extort them for hundreds of dollars each. Kevin Bollaert was found guilty of 21 identity theft and 6 extortion counts.
Anyone who has seen the Peter Jackson's film versions of "The Lord of the Rings" remembers that J.R.R. Tolkien's famous piece of jewelry can be a bit spooky. But a 9-year-old Texas boy recently found out that invoking the "ring" could also get him suspended from school.
A 28-year veteran of the Sublette County, Wisconsin Sheriff's Office decided to leave his job in rather than conform to a new dress code that would require him to hang up his cowboy boots and cowboy hat.
