U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced it would conduct a one-year status review of the Monarch butterfly to determine if they are warranted protection under the Endangered Species Act.
You may be able to pay for your gas at the pump using Apple Pay as soon as the new year. Apple is working with companies in the petroleum industry to expand the reach of Apple Pay into U.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved an Ebola test for use on patients with signs and symptoms of the virus infection. In related news, a healthcare worker just returning from Sierra Leone is being treated for Ebola and hospitalized in an isolation unit in Glasgow, Scotland. marking the first known Ebola case in the United Kingdom.
Rep. Michael Grimm announced late Monday that he will resign his seat in Congress, one week after the Staten Island, New York Republican pleaded guilty to federal tax evasion.
Scalise, the new Majority Whip in the House, gave a speech at a white supremacist event in 2002 but says he does not remember doing it and dismisses any notion he himself adheres to those beliefs.
Fifty U.S. law-enforcement officers were killed by guns in 2014, a figure that marks a 56 percent jump from previous years but still remains far below historic highs.
The Texas federal judge presiding over the multistate lawsuit which claims President Obama's executive action on immigration reform violated the U.S. constitution has allowed U.S. Senators John Cornyn and Ted Cruz to file court briefs, along with others in support of the lawsuit.
Vitamix products are built by hand in the USA with at least 70 percent American components. The Vitamix Blender is not simply for making delicious, nutritious smoothies.
If you would like to start the new year with over $170 million in your bank account, then you should try your luck at the the Mega Millions lottery jackpot, which currently stands at a whopping $172 million. The drawing will take place on Tuesday, Dec. 30, at 11 p.m. EST.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio received a mixed reaction from the crowd when he addressed hundreds of new police recruits at a police graduation ceremony at Madison Square Garden on Monday.
Two Los Angeles police officers in a patrol car were shot at Sunday night in an unprovoked attack while they were driving in the southern part of the city, police said. The officers returned fire, but no one was injured.
Although the United States and Cuba are normalizing their diplomatic relations, travel restrictions will still be in place, particularly for non-Cuban-descent travelers.
