According to sources, detainees held at the U.S. prison complex in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, can not be sent to Yemen after the Obama administration effectively reinstated a ban on such transfers given the volatile security situation in the Arab world's poorest country.
The owner of a Denver bakery has been accused of religious discrimination because she refused to put a gay slur on a Bible-shaped cake. Marjorie Silva, who runs the Azucar Bakery in the Mile-High City, prefers not to repeat what term the customer demanded to have written on the pastry; but it was harsh enough for her to draw the line, the entrepreneur said.
Two days after the nation commemorated the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case that could cripple a key Civil Rights law that was passed in King's honor.
A new study by the Department of Veterans Affairs and Army says Iraq and Afghanistan vets are at a higher risk of suicide than veterans from the Vietnam or Gulf Wars.
Not all eyes were on President Obama during last night's State of the Union address as fashion writers across the globe took note that his wife, Michelle Obama, opted to wear a Michael Kors suit for the event.
New Internet system will use satellites in space SpaceX will try to help more people throughout the world get Internet, and they will do it from space.
Reies Lopez Tijerina, a former radical leader of the Chicano movement died Monday at age 88. Reies Lopez Tijerina, a Pentecostal preacher-turned-radical-leader for the Chicano movement 50 years ago, died Monday.
Day 26 of the Jodi Arias sentencing retrial continued on Tuesday as the defense team hammered down on their argument that Arias killed her lover Travis Alexander because he was an emotionally abusive and manipulative boyfriend.
More than 170 New York City firefighters responded to a massive five-alarm fire in a four-story Brooklyn building that killed one person and injured several others early Wednesday morning.
There is lots of excitement for the Jan. 21 Powerball jackpot, which has grown to a whopping $208 million. The drawing will take place Wednesday night at 11 p.m. ET.
The Georgia parents of a 17-year-old high school student Kendrick Johnson have filed a $100 million wrongful death suit against 38 people, including a local FBI agent they say coaxed his sons to "violently assault" their son, leading to his death.
Authorities are investigating the death of a 9-month-old infant who was fatally shot by his 5-year-old brother in northwest Missouri on Monday morning. The tragic incident took place in the rural town of Elmo Monday morning when a little boy accidentally shot his baby brother with a .22 caliber Magnum revolver.
The U.S. economy was a major focus for President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address. From the start, Obama said the country’s economy is growing, creating jobs at the fastest pace since 1999 and the unemployment rate lower than before the 2008 financial crisis.
A new poll released on Tuesday reveals that recent world events have cast a spotlight on the importance of foreign policy for the current administration. A majority of Americans admit that they are living in fear of a terrorist attack on U.S. soil that they feel is imminent and have also expressed concern that Congress is incapable of keeping the country safe from such a threat.
