President Obama announced new sanctions targeting top government officials as well as North Korean organizations and industries. The sanctions are a direct response after North Korea allegedly hacked Sony Pictures.
If you would like to start the new year with $188 million in your bank account, then you should try your luck at the the Mega Millions lottery jackpot. The drawing will take place on Friday, Jan. 2, at 11 p.m. EST.
Donna Douglas, the actress best known for her role as Elly May Clampett in the CBS television series "The Beverly Hillbillies," died Friday at 81, family members told WAFB, the network's Baton Rouge, Louisiana, affiliate.
New Hampshire state police say that 35 vehicles were involved in two separate pileups on Interstate 93 northbound near the town of Ashland on Friday morning.
Outgoing Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid suffered injuries while exercising at his Nevada home but is expected to make a "full recovery" and return to Washington on Tuesday.
A 75-year-old Illinois man who for 51 years lived with a 7-inch turn signal lever embedded in his left arm had the foreign object removed during surgery Wednesday.
Undocumented immigrants in California are expected to apply for driver's licenses in record numbers. Foreigners who are in the country illegally and reside in the Golden State are benefiting from what is known as "AB 60," a bill passed last year by the Legislature that enables them to receive the documents in spite of their status.
Officials in Cleveland are hoping that an outside agency will handle the investigation into the death of Tamir Rice, the 12-year-old boy who was fatally shot by a Cleveland police officer while carrying a toy gun in November.
Revelers celebrated New Year's Eve in Las Vegas and Southern California amidst near-freezing temperatures due to a blustery winter storm which dumped snow and ice across the West. Many motorists also found themselves trapped in snow while several people died from the severe wintery storms.
The Obama Administration moved one step closer to its goal of closing Guantanamo Bay by releasing five more prisoners and transferring them to another country earlier this week.
A Staten Island Supreme Court judge will hold a hearing on January 5 into petitions seeking transcripts, instructions, and evidence from the grand jury that investigated the death of Eric Garner but decided not to indict the police officer involved in his chokehold death in July.
In addition to bringing in the New Year on Thursday, 3.1 million low-wage workers in 21 states across the country received an increase in their salaries.
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More than 200 people being detained in immigration custody in Arizona have been released during the last month in light of the new enforcement directives from President Obama handed to Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials confirmed this week.
More Americans signed up for unemployment benefits last week bringing totals to 298,000, according to the Labor Department. The figure was an increase of 17,000 from the previous week.
A federal judge has denied Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's last-minute request to postpone his upcoming trial for nine months and move it case out of Massachusetts. As a result, the high profile case is still set to begin on Monday, Jan. 5 in Boston.
A 17-year-old student, who was born as a boy named Joshua, but identified as a girl named Leelah Alcorn, decided to end her life early Sunday morning by walking onto Interstate 71, where she was hit by a tractor-trailer.
